Head of Cyber Exposure & Application Security

Biopharma Careers; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Biopharma Careers seeks a Senior Director, Cyber Exposure Management to own enterprise exposure across vulnerability, application security and offensive testing. You will drive a risk-based strategy, govern remediation, and partner with engineering, cloud and product teams to prioritize real-world risks at machine speed.

The role focuses on building a continuous offensive testing program, improving threat detection, and reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information security, computer science or related field, or equivalent.
• Ten or more years in cybersecurity with leadership in vulnerability, application or offensive security.
• Five+ years leading exposure, application security or offensive teams in a large enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Own a multi-year strategy across Vulnerability Management, Application Security and Penetration Testing.
• Lead continuous offensive testing and adversary emulation across environments.
• Translate exposure data into business risk for senior leadership and risk committees.
• Build and uplift a multi-disciplinary team across regions.

Skills

Risk-based prioritization

Vulnerability management

Application security

Offensive security

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in information security or related field

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Job description

Biopharma Careers seeks a Senior Director, Cyber Exposure Management to own enterprise exposure across vulnerability, application security and offensive testing. You will drive a risk-based strategy, govern remediation, and partner with engineering, cloud and product teams to prioritize real-world risks at machine speed.

The role focuses on building a continuous offensive testing program, improving threat detection, and reporting to senior leadership.