Sr Dir, Threat Engagement & Investigations

Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.
Job Description
NBCUniversal's Cyber Defense team is seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to oversee the strategic and tactical operations of our Forensic Investigation, Insider Threat Operations, Adversarial and Simulation services and eDiscovery services. These services play a critical role in our overall Cyber portfolio and are a significant focus of our strategic roadmap. This role requires a balance of strategic planning, hands-on technical skills, collaboration, & the ability to confidently balance & support multiple large programs and projects Your leadership style should inspire trust, drive change, & foster a culture of high-performance, execution, ownership, and accountability. This senior level position will challenge you to showcase your dependability and communications to meet deadlines and ensure completeness of tasks.
Core Responsibilities:

• Be accountable and responsible for the successful investigation of insider threats against the global NBCU portfolio. This includes immediately addressing active and emerging internally identified threats including malicious, negligent and accidental insiders.
• The detection, identification, tracking, & investigation of emerging insider threats and prioritize findings that drive defense capabilities in real time. Build key relationships in the company to drive targeted insider threat operations.
• Utilize Forensic services to investigate escalated security incident threats, support compliance investigation activities and physical security investigations while acting as an ambassador of Cyber Defense.
• Enable eDiscovery operations to mature and meet the growing volume of data & compliance requirements through automation & orchestration of the EDRM model across communication technologies and enterprise applications while ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of legal findings.
• Deliver Adversarial and Simulation services to the enterprise in the form of overseeing penetration testing operations and red team engagements to assist the business in identifying opportunities to build more resilient systems, services and products.
• Represent leadership in critical programs and projects in a manner that focuses on balancing the right solutions & risk with building trust and collaboration. You will be placed in challenging situations where you will need to be the singular voice of motivation, reason, & influence to drive progress.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to the cybersecurity team, promoting professional growth and a commitment to excellence

Additional Responsibilities:

• Closely partner with business leaders & cyber partners to strategically deploy new technologies, improve existing security posture, and remove roadblocks from solutions.
• Create processes that mature and automate functions within Forensics, Insider Threat and eDiscovery Operations.
• Manage vendor relationships in a way to accelerates our needs, but holds them accountable for service delivery, communications, and meeting expectations.
• Closely partner with Corporate Law, Physical Security, Employment Law and HR to proactively develop capabilities, support investigations, alert and monitor active threats.
• Expert understanding of Threat Operations Lifecycle
• Strong ability to understand, translate, & champion core business and cyber strategies across various levels
• Create and deliver monthly metrics and threat-based stories that highlight relevant threats to NBCU, secure posture, and seeing around the corner.
• Navigate complex issues while maintaining a clear, connected, and influential vision and strategy
• Provide after-hours support during critical cyber incidents, critical deadlines, and executive level requests.

Qualifications
Requirements:

• 5+ years leading a cyber function or service
• 10+ years in at least two of the following disciplines: Insider Threat, Threat Hunting, Threat Intelligence, Incident Response, Forensic Investigations, or Red Team operations
• In-depth understanding of cyber threats, adversary techniques, response procedures, network and enterprise architecture, and threat detection.
• Eagerness to work in a fast pace, high demand role that requires nonstandard working hours to deliver exceptional and thorough services.
• Well organized with the ability to multitask and be prompt with communications and deliverables.
• Require minimal oversight and direction to meet expectations of deliverables but have exceptional communication skills with leadership & peers.
• Working knowledge of Legal eDiscovery concepts and the EDRM
• Working knowledge of Compliance/Cyber Investigation methods
• Experience in supporting Insider Threat Operations
• Working knowledge of core Enterprise IT concepts (web application architectures, networking, etc.)
• Knowledge of industry recognized security and analysis frameworks (Mitre ATT&CK, Kill Chain, Diamond Model, NIST Incident Response, etc.)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong PowerPoint & data utilization skills to tell complex technical stories in an executive manner.

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee's residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $200,000 - $250,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible)
Additional Information
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