Security Engineering Manager (GRC Program), Remote within U.S.

About the role

Cisco is seeking a transformational Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) to lead the modernization of product security governance, compliance, and risk assurance across the Network Platform Security Organization’s global portfolio of cloud, SaaS, networking, OT/IoT, and hardware products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of Network Platform Security Organization’s product GRC function into a modern, engineering-driven risk and assurance organization.
• Balance regulatory rigor with speed, scalability, and business enablement.
• Influence senior leaders across security, engineering, product, legal, and enterprise governance organizations.
• Drive a culture of automation, measurable risk transparency, engineering partnership, and operational excellence.
• Ownt divisional product compliance programs and certifications, including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC, NIST-aligned frameworks, global privacy/security obligations, and emerging regulatory requirements.
• Design and implement AI-enabled GRC operating models that leverage automation, telemetry, analytics, and workflow orchestration to improve risk visibility and operational efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree combined with 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, product security, governance/risk/compliance, or security engineering leadership roles within global technology organizations, or Master's Degree, combined with +6 years of related experience, or PhD, combined with 3 years of similar experience.
• Previous supervisory experience also required.
• Experience leading large-scale GRC transformation initiatives in complex product or cloud environments.
• Understanding of modern compliance and assurance frameworks including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, NIS2, DORA, PCI, and related global regulatory frameworks.
• Experience building or scaling automation-first governance, continuous compliance, or GRC engineering capabilities.
• Leadership experience managing technical and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field.
• PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience leading large-scale GRC transformation initiatives in complex product or cloud environments.
• Understanding of modern compliance and assurance frameworks including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, NIS2, DORA, PCI, and related global regulatory frameworks.
• Experience building or scaling automation-first governance, continuous compliance, or GRC engineering capabilities.
• Leadership experience managing technical and cross-functional teams.

Skills

• Experience within cloud, SaaS, enterprise networking, OT/IoT, or hardware product environments.
• Background in DevSecOps, controls engineering, security automation, or risk engineering.
• Experience with AI/LLM-enabled operational tooling or analytics platforms.
• Experience crafting scalable governance platforms and internal assurance tooling.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO Lead Auditor, or equivalent.

Benefits

The successful applicant may be performing work in FedRAMP High or IL-5 environments, and therefore, must be a U.S. Person (i.e. U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee).

This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.

Pay

The starting salary range posted for this position is $183,800.00 to $263,600.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Schedule

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.