Director, Enterprise Data Security - Danaher

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The Director, Enterprise Data Security, cybersecurity leadership role builds and operates enterprise capabilities to protect sensitive data and mitigate insider risk.

This position reports to the Vice President, Cyber Defense, and is cybersecurity leadership role within the Danaher Information Security team that includes architecture, engineering, cloud security, and the security operations center. This position is fully remote in US.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

Lead and deliver continuous improvements to the enterprise data security, data lifecycle management, and insider risk management program. Measure program maturity, prioritize initiatives, and increase program effectiveness.

Partner with Data Governance, Legal, HR, Privacy, and related functions to maintain consistent standards and processes.

Align with cybersecurity threat detection and operations processes, leading teams responsible for the day‑to‑day detection, triage, and escalation of data loss prevention and insider risk alerts.

Develop and sustain a robust data loss prevention program that spans exfiltration vectors including email, device, and cloud.

Grow and develop the skills of resources operating and deploying the technical implementations of the data security programs.

The essential requirements of the job include:

10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, data protection, insider risk, threat management, investigations, or closely related domains with an additional 3+ years leading teams (people leadership), including managing managers and/or leading multiple related teams/workstreams.

Ability to engage, motivate, and influence peers to implement technical controls and share enthusiasm of security priorities, controls, and technologies.

Demonstrated experience designing and operating insider risk / insider threat capabilities in a cross-functional model involving Legal, HR, Privacy, and Security stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience with data protection and insider risk technical controls and telemetry (e.g., UEBA, DLP, CASB, endpoint and cloud signals) and using them to drive measurable outcomes.

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