Endpoint Security Associate Director

Role Overview

The Senior Manager – Endpoint Security is responsible for the strategic leadership and operational excellence of the firm’s enterprise endpoint security capabilities. This includes overseeing endpoint protection platforms, EDR/XDR, anti-malware, encryption, mobile device management, privileged endpoint access, and related threat detection and response functions.

This leader will drive security posture improvements, coordinate global operations, manage MSSP/MSP relationships, and ensure compliance with firm-wide security and risk management frameworks. The role will partner closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Compliance, SOC, and Risk Operations Center teams.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Develop and execute the endpoint security strategy aligned to the enterprise information security and risk management program (referencing strategic expectations from IT Security leadership roles).
Continuously assess technology risk, emerging threats, and industry-leading practices to mature the endpoint security ecosystem.
Provide direction for endpoint security engineering, operations, and platform optimisation.

Operational Management

Lead global endpoint security operations including EDR/XDR, AV/anti-malware, encryption, MDM/MAM, and endpoint hardening controls (aligned to responsibilities outlined in endpoint security SOW documentation
Ensure monitoring, tuning, and management of endpoint security consoles and related security tools.
Oversee incident triage and remediation related to endpoint threats, including malware, privilege misuse, and endpoint compromise.
Maintain the currency, health, and compliance of all endpoint security agents across the environment.
Ensure proper isolation, quarantine, and eradication workflows for infected endpoints.

Governance, Compliance & Risk

Establish and maintain endpoint security policies, standards, baselines, and operational runbooks.
Provide audit support and ensure endpoint controls meet compliance obligations (as referenced in Cyber Defense job descriptions).
Partner with Risk & Compliance to maintain an effective endpoint security risk management program.

Technology Engineering

Design and enforce endpoint hardening standards, OS-level and application-level security configurations, and EPM (Endpoint Privilege Management) policies (aligned with EPM/PAM discussions).
Oversee deployment, integration, and lifecycle management of endpoint security tools.
Implement automated processes for endpoint discovery, onboarding, monitoring, and policy deployment (EPM automation themes).

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Coordinate with SOC, Threat Intel, Cloud Security, Network Security, and Infrastructure teams for cross-functional security operations.
Work closely with external partners (MSSP/MSP) for service delivery, escalation handling, tuning, and reporting.
Provide regular reporting of endpoint health, compliance, threat trends, and risk exposure.

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of endpoint security engineers and analysts.
Support professional development, certifications, and capability uplift across the team (consistent with professional development expectations).

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline; Master’s preferred.
8–12+ years of progressive IT/security experience with deep expertise in endpoint security technologies.
Hands-on experience with EDR/XDR, AV/AM, EPM, encryption, MDM, OS hardening, and endpoint compliance tooling.
Strong experience with incident response, malware triage, and endpoint threat analysis.
Experience managing MSSP/MSP relationships and driving service excellence.
Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, GIAC, or vendor-specific endpoint security certifications. (CISSP referenced in Cyber Defense JD).

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, JAMF, Intune, or other enterprise endpoint platforms.
Knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC2 or similar frameworks (consistent with other GT security roles).
Experience in global or multi-regional organisations.

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Endpoint Security Associate Director

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