Senior Director, Web Security Engineering

McAfee•Frisco, TX

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Director of Software Development – Cybersecurity is a key technology leader responsible for overseeing the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable, and innovative software systems across the enterprise. This role plays a central part in advancing the company’s transition from a device-centric security model to a consumer-centric, protection-first strategy. The organization’s R&D strategy is anchored around three initial core protection pillars: Personal (Virtual) Security – Identity protection, persona privacy, and digital safety controls Web Security – Secure and threat-aware browsing experiences across consumer contexts Device Security – Enhanced protection for desktop and mobile operating environments Each pillar is staffed by dedicated engineering teams responsible for delivering end-to-end security capabilities and maintaining an ongoing protection roadmap. These roadmaps evolve continuously to meet emerging threats and ensure that users always feel confidently protected. The Web Security pillar is a strategic focus area and critical growth domain for this role. As AI-driven threats become increasingly dynamic and sophisticated, the Senior Director will guide teams in developing proactive, adaptive, and data-informed protection mechanisms that secure access to web experiences and digital interactions. This is a Hybrid position located in Frisco, TX. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis, typically 1 to 6 times a month. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to one of the two locations and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.

Requirements

10+ years of software development leadership experience, including responsibility for security-focused or safety-critical systems.
Proven success managing multi-site or distributed engineering teams in an enterprise environment.
Strong understanding of web threat models, browser security, identity protection, and cloud-connected security architectures.
Experience integrating AI and automation to enhance detection, threat response, and development efficiency.
Excellent communication, leadership presence, and the ability to influence at executive and engineering levels.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Prior leadership in Web Security, Safe Browsing, or Identity Protection domains.
Industry certification in system level security from the perspective of a CISO.
Experience integrating security intelligence into consumer-facing protection products.
Demonstrated ability to lead organizations through strategic transformation or infrastructure modernization.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision: Lead the engineering direction for one or more protection pillars, with immediate emphasis on Web Security innovation and capability expansion.
Translate the organization’s shift to consumer-centric protection into actionable development strategies and product execution plans.
Collaborate closely with product management, threat intelligence, research teams, and executive stakeholders to shape long-term protection roadmaps.
Software Development & Delivery: Oversee the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring secure design, high performance, and reliable delivery.
Guide the architecture and development of new protection services, leveraging emerging technologies, modern cloud-native patterns, and AI-assisted detection capabilities.
Ensure CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and release processes support high-velocity, secure, and high-quality delivery.
Cybersecurity Innovation & Threat Response: Actively evaluate emerging cybersecurity threats, particularly advanced AI-assisted attacks, phishing ecosystems, unsafe browsing patterns, exploit kits, and malicious scripting techniques.
Drive continuous enhancement of protection capabilities, ensuring solutions anticipate and respond to evolving attacker behaviors.
Establish strong integration between development teams and internal research / threat intelligence to maintain real-time protection relevancy.
Team & Culture Leadership: Lead and grow geographically distributed engineering teams across multiple specialized protection domains.
Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement, encouraging teams to challenge assumptions and pursue bold solutions.
Ensure teams remain focused on delivering impactful protection outcomes, rather than primarily supporting operational tasks such as A/B testing or messaging.
Operational Excellence: Define and track KPIs for system reliability, security posture, product impact, and roadmap execution.
Manage organizational capacity planning, talent development, and vendor or platform partnerships.
Support a flexible organizational structure that can expand to additional protection pillars as customer needs evolve.