Estuate - Associate Director - Cyber Security

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Management : Lead and manage a team of technical resources located offshore, ensuring high performance, motivation, and professional development.
• Oversee Security Operations Center (SOC), incident response, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and endpoint protection.
• Direct the development and implementation of security architecture, tools, and frameworks across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Partner with IT, legal, compliance, risk, privacy, and business stakeholders to manage security risk and ensure adherence to industry frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS).
• Drive the maturity of identity and access management (IAM), data loss prevention (DLP), zero trust architecture, and secure DevOps initiatives.
• Develop and maintain security policies, standards, metrics, and reporting to executive leadership and audit bodies.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing, diverse cybersecurity team across technical and GRC domains.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, partners, auditors, and regulatory entities.
• Support cyber incident response planning, tabletop exercises, and executive-level simulations
• Stay informed of emerging threats, trends, and technologies to proactively guide strategy and investments.
• Project Deliverables : Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Collaboration : Work closely with onshore teams to align offshore activities with overall business objectives and project goals.
• Resource Allocation : Efficiently allocate and manage technical resources to meet project/operation demands and optimize productivity.
• Quality Assurance : Implement and maintain quality assurance processes to ensure the highest standards of technical
  

• Communication : Facilitate effective communication between offshore and onshore teams, ensuring transparency and alignment on project status, risks, and issues.
• Problem Solving : Proactively identify and resolve technical and operational challenges to ensure smooth project execution.
• Stakeholder Management : Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, providing regular updates and addressing any concerns or : : Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  

• Demonstrated experience building and managing enterprise security programs in complex, regulated environments.
• Proven ability to influence at all levels, including executives and board members.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement : Strong technical foundation in network security, cloud security (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI), security
  

• Experience working in a global organization with distributed teams.
• Certification in (CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, etc.) strongly preferred.
• Experience and Certifications in ITIL, Agile and DevOps practices.
• Experience working in Retail & Manufacturing.
• Knowledge of managing regulatory environments such as HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS, and GDPR