Director of Cybersecurity – Red Team

Role Overview

• Lead Red Team operations that simulate and emulate threat actor behavior to uncover real risk across Target’s enterprise.
• Drive improvements in Target’s security posture by translating findings into clear, risk-based narratives for technical and executive stakeholders.
• Set the strategic direction for Red Team capabilities, including operations, tooling, infrastructure, and tradecraft.
• Partner closely with Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity Incident Response, Enterprise Incident Management, and Security Architecture to align operations with real-world threats and enterprise priorities.
• Ensure Red Team activities provide realistic training opportunities that strengthen detection and response capabilities across the Cyber Fusion Center.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, operational discipline, and safety, grounded in a 'do no harm' philosophy.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on adversarial risk, defensive capability gaps, and strategic security investments.
• Train and lead a team of skilled Red Team operators.
• Develop and execute the long-term strategy for Target’s Red Team program, aligning operations to enterprise security priorities and evolving threat landscapes.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and reporting of Red Team operations, ensuring they are realistic, safe, and impactful in uncovering unknown risk.
• Stay current on evolving adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), continuously advancing Red Team capabilities and impact.
• Drive integration with Cyber Threat Intelligence to ensure Red Team activities reflect real and emerging adversary behaviors.
• Establish and mature Red Team capabilities across tooling, infrastructure, and operational tradecraft to support scalable and sophisticated engagements.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality reporting and outbriefs (technical, managerial, and strategic) that clearly communicate risk and required actions.
• Influence enterprise security strategy by partnering with detection, response, and engineering teams to address gaps identified through Red Team operations.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Red Team operators and engineers, including coaching, performance management, and career progression.
• Maintain strong governance and operational safety standards, ensuring adherence to approved tooling, two-person integrity, and enterprise policies.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships across the Cyber Fusion Center and broader enterprise to drive collaboration and security improvements.
• Effectively communicate complex technical risks and strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.

Requirements

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience, with demonstrated expertise in offensive security, red teaming, or adversary simulation
• Proven leadership and career development experience with high-performing cybersecurity or offensive security teams
• Deep understanding of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and experience applying them in realistic environments
• Experience leading or participating in Red Team operations within production environments
• Strong ability to translate technical findings into business-relevant risk insights that influence decision-making
• Demonstrated ability to build strong cross-functional partnerships and influence enterprise security strategy
• Experience working closely with threat intelligence, incident response, or detection engineering teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex, ambiguous security challenges
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex concepts clearly to technical and executive audiences
• Commitment to operational excellence, safety, and continuous improvement
• Self-directed learner who stays current with evolving cybersecurity threats, technologies, and best practices

Tech Stack

• Cyber Security

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits including medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation