[Remote] VP, Managed Security Operations
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fortra is a company dedicated to enhancing security operations and is looking for a seasoned VP of Managed Security Operations to lead their global Security Operations Centers. This role involves driving operational excellence, establishing executive relationships, and developing high-performing teams to protect customers against evolving security threats.
Responsibilities
- Lead our global 24x7 Managed Security Operations Centers, ensuring effective monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and remediation across networks, endpoints, email, and brand protection services
- Build and execute a strategy that strengthens detection capabilities, service performance, and customer experience
- Drive operational excellence through process improvement, automation, and optimized tooling
- Serve as an executive escalation point for critical security incidents and major customer issues
- Establish and nurture executive-level relationships with domain registrars, hosting providers, ISPs, cloud platforms, and major digital service providers to accelerate takedown response times
- Develop collaboration frameworks with threat intelligence vendors, anti-abuse networks, and takedown service providers to enhance evidence quality and streamline takedown workflows
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to evolve our services and support customer needs
- Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing SOC leaders across a global footprint
- Ensure service readiness, resilience, and compliance with security frameworks
- Set and execute the long-term vision for Operations, ensuring alignment with business goals and growth objectives
- Foster a culture of engagement, inclusion, high performance, and continuous development
- Lead complex change initiatives, securing stakeholder buy-in and driving organizational adoption
- Champions a high-performance culture through clear standards, empowered accountability, and sustained focus on operational excellence and outcomes
- Drive business agility, reallocating resources as priorities evolve
- Apply strong business and financial acumen to influence decisions and drive long-term value
Skills
- 15+ years of cybersecurity experience with 10+ years leading a large global Security Operations teams
- Proven ability to scale SOC operations and improve detection/response outcomes in a high-volume environment
- Previous success in leveraging external partnerships to establish expedited takedown channels and emergency escalation protocols for high-severity threats
- Deep connections with industry threat-mitigation groups (e.g. APWG, M3AAWG, etc.) to enable early access to emerging threat intelligence and coordinated takedown actions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage executives, customers, and technical teams
- Experience building high-performing global teams and operating in a 24x7 service model
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage as of hire
- Immediate enrollment in 401(k), HSA, and FSA plans
- Flexible PTO policy
- Tuition and personal enrichment reimbursement
- Option to enroll in ID Theft Protection Program
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