Senior Director Product Security

Generac; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac is seeking a Senior Director of Product Security to lead our enterprise-wide program across connected energy solutions, software, and services. You will embed secure by design into the full product lifecycle.

You will define frameworks, governance, and incident response capabilities, leveraging IEC 62443 as the security foundation, and collaborate with Engineering, Legal, and Product leadership to drive global regulatory readiness.

Responsibilities

• Set enterprise product security strategy and multi-year roadmap across connected products and services.
• Establish IEC 62443 as primary framework and apply requirements across industrial, commercial, and consumer products.
• Make product security a driver of customer trust and regulatory readiness.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to embed security requirements and risk decisions into design, development, and release.

Job description

Generac is seeking a forward-thinking Senior Director, Product Security to lead and advance our enterprise-wide product security strategy across a rapidly expanding portfolio of connected products, energy technologies, software, and digital services. This highly visible leadership role is responsible for ensuring security is embedded into every stage of the product lifecycle, enabling our teams to deliver innovative solutions that are secure by design and trusted by customers around the world. As the company’s foremost product security leader, you will define the frameworks, governance, and security standards that shape how we design, develop, deploy, and support connected technologies. Leveraging IEC 62443 as the foundation of our product security program, you will lead the evolution of our secure development lifecycle, drive enterprise-wide adoption of secure engineering practices, and establish best-in-class Product Security Incident Response capabilities that safeguard customers and products in the field. This role will play a pivotal part in navigating an increasingly complex global regulatory environment, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act, UK Product Security requirements, and emerging international standards. You will translate evolving cybersecurity regulations into practical engineering processes that position Generac ahead of compliance requirements while strengthening customer trust and market differentiation. As a strategic enterprise leader, the Senior Director will partner closely with Engineering, Information Security, Legal, Quality, Product Management, and Business Leadership to build a world-class product security organization and culture. This leader will regularly engage with executive leadership, board members, customers, auditors, and regulatory agencies, serving as a trusted advisor on product security strategy, risk management, and secure innovation. This is a unique opportunity to influence how a global technology and energy solutions company designs, builds, and delivers its products while transforming product security into a sustainable competitive advantage for the future.

Why Join Generac?

At Generac, you'll have the opportunity to shape the security strategy for a growing portfolio of connected energy solutions that power homes, businesses, and communities worldwide. Your leadership will directly influence product innovation, customer trust, regulatory readiness, and the future of secure energy technology.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Set the enterprise product security strategy and multi year roadmap, and embed secure by design as the standard across the product portfolio and the energy technology solutions and services that extend it.
• Establish IEC 62443 as the primary product security framework, and define how its requirements apply across industrial, commercial, and consumer connected products.
• Make product security a visible driver of customer trust and competitive differentiation, and represent it to customers, partners, auditors, and regulators.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership so security requirements, threat models, and risk decisions are built into product design, development, and release. Secure Development Lifecycle
• Define and operationalize the secure development