VP, Head of Global Cyber Defense

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Durham, NC

10d • $203,000 - $468,000 • Onsite

About The Position

HPE is seeking a visionary Vice President, Cyber Defense to lead the enterprise strategy and capabilities that protect our people, products, customers, intellectual property, and global operations. This executive will oversee four core areas: Cyber Defense Center operations, Insider Threat & Investigations, Threat Intelligence, and Detection Engineering. The ideal candidate is a seasoned cybersecurity leader who can scale global teams, strengthen cyber resilience, and translate evolving threats into measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• Executive-level experience leading large-scale, global cybersecurity or cyber defense organizations in complex enterprises.
• Deep expertise in incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, detection engineering, insider threat, investigations, and offensive security.
• Proven success building and scaling Cyber Defense Centers, red/purple teams, penetration testing programs, and intelligence-led defense capabilities.
• Strong understanding of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Experience with modern security platforms and capabilities, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence, analytics, automation, case management, and AI-enabled security operations.
• Demonstrated ability to translate cyber risk into business impact and influence senior executives and boards.
• Strong business judgment, executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.
• Experience managing significant budgets, strategic technology investments, and enterprise transformation initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced cybersecurity or business credentials—such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCSP, or an MBA—are valued.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute HPE’s enterprise cyber defense strategy, operating model, roadmap, and investment priorities.
• Partner with the CISO, executive leadership, board stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to align cyber defense with business priorities.
• Lead global teams responsible for: Cyber Defense Center operations, including incident response, threat hunting, compromise analysis, and crisis coordination; Insider threat identification, investigations, evidence handling, and risk reduction; Threat intelligence operations, adversary tracking, and intelligence-led defense; Detection engineering, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled SOC capabilities.
• Improve detection fidelity, response speed, investigation quality, and enterprise resilience.
• Set a forward-looking vision and roadmap, and implement capabilities to leverage generative AI and agentic AI to enhance and scale cyber defense operations.
• Build and retain a high-performing global organization through strong talent development, succession planning, and operational accountability.
• Represent HPE as a cybersecurity leader with industry partners, government agencies, and the broader security community.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion: flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed