Senior Director, AI Security Engineering

salesforce.com, inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Security Engineering to lead Slack's security program across platform defense, product security, and IAM. You will steer a globally distributed team and partner with Executive stakeholders to anticipate threats and architect a forward‑looking security strategy in the agentic AI era.

You will drive incident response, risk management, and security architecture reviews, aligning security with business goals while building a culture of proactive defense and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of cybersecurity across multiple domains.
• 8+ years in senior leadership roles managing managers.
• Proven track record transforming security programs for SaaS scale.
• Experience leading through organizational change across global teams.
• Technical depth with strategic, board-level communication.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Slack Security program across Platform Defense, Product Security, IAM and incident response.
• Lead globally distributed security engineering teams and senior ICs.
• Serve as Incident Commander for critical incidents with executive leadership.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Legal and Compliance to maintain trust and security.
• Benchmark security posture against peers and drive a security-first culture.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident response

Crisis management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Architecture reviews

People management

Security program management

AI/ML security

Threat intelligence

Education

Related technical degree

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Security Engineering to lead Slack's security program across platform defense, product security, and IAM. You will steer a globally distributed team and partner with Executive stakeholders to anticipate threats and architect a forward‑looking security strategy in the agentic AI era.

You will drive incident response, risk management, and security architecture reviews, aligning security with business goals while building a culture of proactive defense and