Chief Cryptography & Post-Quantum Readiness

State Street; Quincy (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street in Quincy, CA seeks a Managing Director, Head of Cryptography to lead enterprise cryptography strategy, governance, and modernization across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. You will own key management, secrets vaults, and cryptographic agility while guiding risk and regulatory alignment.

Lead cross-functional partnerships with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, IAM, and Enterprise Architecture to advance cryptographic controls, post-quantum readiness, and scalable security

Qualifications

• Must have senior leadership experience in cryptography or security engineering.
• Proven ability to drive enterprise cryptography programs in large regulated organizations.
• Expertise in PKI, HSMs, key management, and cryptographic lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute enterprise cryptography strategy, roadmap, and governance.
• Lead modernization of cryptographic infrastructure and services.
• Establish and operate enterprise key management and secrets management.
• Partner with engineering to embed cryptographic controls across platforms.
• Lead risk governance, regulatory alignment, and executive reporting.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Cryptography expertise

Key management

Cloud security

Strategy development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

HSM technologies

PKI

Job description

State Street in Quincy, CA seeks a Managing Director, Head of Cryptography to lead enterprise cryptography strategy, governance, and modernization across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. You will own key management, secrets vaults, and cryptographic agility while guiding risk and regulatory alignment.

Lead cross-functional partnerships with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, IAM, and Enterprise Architecture to advance cryptographic controls, post-quantum readiness, and scalable security