Security Engineering Manager (GRC Program), Remote within U.S.

Cisco is seeking a transformational Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) to lead the modernization of product security governance, compliance, and risk assurance across the Network Platform Security Organization’s global portfolio. This role involves leading the transformation of the product GRC function, influencing senior leaders, and designing AI-enabled GRC operating models.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the transformation of Network Platform Security Organization’s product GRC function into a modern, engineering-driven risk and assurance organization
• Balance regulatory rigor with speed, scalability, and business enablement
• Influence senior leaders across security, engineering, product, legal, and enterprise governance organizations
• Drive a culture of automation, measurable risk transparency, engineering partnership, and operational excellence
• Own divisional product compliance programs and certifications, including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC, NIST-aligned frameworks, global privacy/security obligations, and emerging regulatory requirements
• Design and implement AI-enabled GRC operating models that leverage automation, telemetry, analytics, and workflow orchestration to improve risk visibility and operational efficiency

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree combined with 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, product security, governance/risk/compliance, or security engineering leadership roles within global technology organizations, or Master's Degree, combined with 6 years of related experience, or PhD, combined with 3 years of similar experience
• Previous supervisory experience also required
• Experience leading large-scale GRC transformation initiatives in complex product or cloud environments
• Understanding of modern compliance and assurance frameworks including FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, NIS2, DORA, PCI, and related global regulatory frameworks
• Experience building or scaling automation-first governance, continuous compliance, or GRC engineering capabilities
• Leadership experience managing technical and cross-functional teams
• Experience within cloud, SaaS, enterprise networking, OT/IoT, or hardware product environments
• Background in DevSecOps, controls engineering, security automation, or risk engineering
• Experience with AI/LLM-enabled operational tooling or analytics platforms
• Experience crafting scalable governance platforms and internal assurance tooling
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO Lead Auditor, or equivalent