VP of Security

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Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people.

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

About this team and role:

The role is part of the broader Mozilla Infrastructure team that is responsible for critical horizontal functions namely Enterprise IT Services, Product & Enterprise Security, Cloud Engineering & Automation, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform & Privacy Services and ML/AI Data Platform. The Infrastructure Team enables various capabilities across one or more Mozilla entities aligned with mission & goals to build a safe & secure internet. The Infra Org is purpose driven as a horizontal function across Mozilla that influences and shapes technical decisions with a strong privacy centric customer mindset. This role is responsible for the Product & Enterprise Security function with focus on improving security posture, working closely with key collaborators to shift left on security capabilities, and establishing a robust security tech & process culture.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and develop the overall Product and Enterprise security portfolio across all Mozilla entities
• Collaboratively work across both Product and Enterprise security needs and drive consistency and efficiencies in the respective workstreams.
• For Enterprise Security, you will lead areas such as Asset Management (MDM), Application Management (MAM), Access Management (IAM/SSO), Corporate Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Incident Response & Vulnerability Management.
• For Product Security, you will lead areas such as Hybrid-Cloud XaaS, CICD workflows, IAM RBAC/ABAC, Data access and management, AI/ML security, DevX / devRel community ecosystem, Vulnerability Management and Incident Response.
• Work across various cross-functional teams to apply your knowledge and skills to bring the security lens around design & architecture, application development & release workflows, data lifecycle management workflows and security metrics driven outcome measurement.
• Establish, implement, and monitor policies, standards, systems, and controls to ensure appropriate confidentiality, integrity, availability, safety, privacy, and recovery of information assets owned, managed, and processed by the organization
• Work with vendors and external partners to meet financial, technical and legal requirements.
• Lead the Security team, setting direction and coaching team members to deliver on key initiatives
• Lead in the context of Mozilla's culture and community guidelines, engaging with bias-for-action, driving alignment, building relationships and fostering a security minded culture.

Your Professional Profile

• 15+ years of progressive Security experience and skills exercised in large scale global products & enterprise services.
• 7+ years of experience as a Security organizational leader, ideally with geographically distributed and remote teams
• Extensive knowledge and practical experience in implementing a range of industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks and guidelines (SOC2, SOX, ISO 27001, etc.)
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to drive long term organizational impact
• A background that demonstrates a bias for action and the ability to navigate constraints in order to achieve business outcomes
• Ability to collaborate with a diverse group of partners to address cross-functional challenges and lead change
• Proven success growing and developing teams; you’ve successfully led multi-level teams and have mentored your direct reports to be encouraging, successful managers of their own teams

What you’ll get:

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
• Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
• Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
• One-time home office stipend
• Annual professional development budget
• Quarterly well-being stipend
• Considerable paid parental leave
• Employee referral bonus program

Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc.

• varies by country)

About Mozilla

When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online. We’re not a normal tech company. The things we create prioritize people and their privacy over profits. We exist to make the internet a healthier, happier place for everyone.

Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Mozilla believes in the value of diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge, and knows diversity, equity and inclusion are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission. We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws. Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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