Senior Director, Global Cyber Defense

About the Team

DoorDash is one of the world’s most trusted on-demand logistics platforms. DoorDash Security exists to keep it that way, protecting our people, property, operations, brand, and reputation across all our markets. Our Cyber Defense team within Security proactively identifies and mitigate internal and external threat actors, and investigates and responds to all cybersecurity incidents. Our DoorDash, Deliveroo, and Wolt brands now span more than 40 countries, dozens of offices, and tens of thousands of employees. That growth demands a global Cyber Defense function built to match it.

About the Role

The Senior Director, Global Cyber Defense will lead DoorDash’s Cyber Defense organization, including all Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, and Insider Threat teams at the company and its subsidiaries globally. The role will directly report to the Global Chief Security Officer and be responsible for ensuring the organization's security posture by proactively identifying, investigating, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and incidents, as well as developing and implementing strategic plans, policies, and procedures to enhance the company's security posture.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Work directly with the CSO and other senior leaders to align the Cyber Defense strategy with the overall business objectives of DoorDash,
• Lead the response to information security incidents, including investigation of, countermeasures to, and recovery from cyber attacks, unauthorized access, and policy breaches,
• Engage, interact, and coordinate with incident responders, cross-functional partners within DoorDash, as well as external law enforcement,
• Identify and investigate insider threats, partnering with key stakeholders such as Legal, Fraud and HR,
• Evaluate and implement advanced threat detection technologies and techniques to enhance the organization's detection capabilities
• Collect and analyze information security threat intelligence to proactively identify, assess and mitigate top threats that could impact DoorDash.
• Continue to grow and mature the engineering-first Cyber Defense program that operates scalable services and processes, leveraging mature and frontier AI technologies to thrive in a high threat environment,
• Define and deliver on service level agreements (SLAs) and raise the bar in operational resilience and excellence,
• Mentor and train security engineers and managers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within the organization,

We’re excited about you because you have…

• 15+ years of cyber defense experience with 10+ in a cloud-native environment
• 10+ years of people management experience within a security organization,
• Experience leading global incident response and security operations teams at technology companies,
• Deep technical security expertise in cyber defense functional areas,
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills,
• Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, including IT, legal, compliance, human resources, and business units,
• Familiarity with cyber defense platforms (e.g. SIEM) and their implementation,
• Ability to thrive in a very fast-paced and diverse environment

Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$349,600—$437,000 USD

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

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