Director, Global Cybersecurity

The Director, Global Cybersecurity leads Fluence’s global cybersecurity operations and strengthens the organization’s ability to identify, investigate, contain, and recover from cybersecurity threats across corporate IT, cloud, customer-facing, and operational technology environments. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, this role provides strategic and operational leadership for security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, security awareness, OT security operations, and the cybersecurity technology infrastructure supporting these capabilities. The Director serves as a senior incident leader and trusted partner to cross-functional leaders. The ideal candidate combines deep technical credibility, decisive incident leadership, strong business judgment, and the ability to drive outcomes across a complex global organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, security engineering, infrastructure security, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading significant cybersecurity incidents involving multiple technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong experience with SIEM, endpoint detection and response, network security monitoring, identity protection, cloud security, threat intelligence, security automation, and incident-response technologies.
• Experience operating security capabilities across Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Demonstrated mastery of cybersecurity governance, risk management, incident response, and control frameworks, with extensive experience applying and operationalizing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO/IEC 27001, and IEC 62443 to establish enterprise and OT security requirements, assess control effectiveness, guide risk-based decisions, and drive sustainable remediation across complex global environments.
• Ability to communicate complex technical risks clearly to executives, customers, legal counsel, auditors, and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence and drive remediation across teams without relying solely on formal authority.
• Master’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, engineering, business, or a related field.
• Experience securing or monitoring industrial control systems, operational technology, energy infrastructure, manufacturing environments, or customer-owned critical systems.
• Experience building or maturing a global security operations or incident-response function.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Tenable, Darktrace, Microsoft Purview, BeyondTrust, or comparable platforms.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity certifications and audits, customer assurance, regulatory examinations, or critical-infrastructure requirements.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC Certified Incident Handler, GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst, or equivalent.
• Incident Leadership and Crisis Management
• Cybersecurity Operations and Technical Credibility
• Governance and Risk Management
• Executive Communication and Stakeholder Influence
• Operational Discipline and Accountability
• Team Development and Continuous Improvement