SVP, Head of Security Technology

Company Details

"Thoughtful Minds | Empowering Possibilities"W. R. Berkley Corporation is comprised of 60+ businesses alongside Berkley Technology Services (BTS) and other shared services groups.Here at Berkley Technology Services, the core of our success is our people. Our teams bring their own unique perspective and experiences which enables us to translate the needs of our business to deliver adaptable, secure solutions while providing an unmatched user-focused experience.Our tagline "Thoughtful Minds | Empowering Possibilities" was crafted with our own teams in mind. At BTS, our teams thrive in Berkley's decentralized model - leveraging the power of being part of a long standing, heritage brand with extensive expertise while innovation and being entrepreneurial is encouraged.Internally, we operate as a relatively flat organization valuing communication and feedback. We pride ourselves in an open-door policy where no one is treated differently based on title, fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and engagement.Mission (what we stand for): We believe in the value of every voice, translate needs into capabilities, and secure the future of Berkley.Vision (where we're going): Be the foundation of Berkley through adaptable solutions, resilient environments, and an unmatched experience.Come join us as we push forward into the future of industry leading technological solutions.

 

The Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

The SVP, Head of Security Technology, leads the modernization and delivery of the enterprise's core cybersecurity technology capabilities through an AI-enabled, automation-first, engineering-led model. This role reports to the CISO.

This role is accountable for evolving and integrating:

• Security Architecture

• Security Engineering

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Continuous Threat and Exposure Management (CTEM)

The position transforms legacy, siloed security functions (e.g., vulnerability management, attack surface management, application security) into a scalable, intelligence-driven security ecosystem that:

• Reduces enterprise risk through engineering and automation

• Embeds security into enterprise architecture and technology platforms

• Strengthens identity lifecycle governance and compliance

• Enables continuous, risk-based exposure management

• Improves efficiency, control effectiveness, and compliance readiness

• Drives alignment between cybersecurity capabilities and business risk priorities, ensuring security investments directly support enterprise resilience, customer trust, and growth objectives

Responsibilities

Report to the CISO and lead the strategic execution across a team of security directors, managers, architects, engineers and analysts across multiple security technology disciplines.

Security Architecture

• Define enterprise security architecture strategy, standards, and roadmaps

• Embed secure-by-design principles across cloud, applications, data, and AI

• Establish reusable design patterns and reduce exception-based approvals

• Integrate security into transformation and modernization efforts

• Lead Zero Trust security architecture strategy and adoption across identity, network, application, and data layers

• Establish reference architectures for multi-cloud and hybrid environments, including CNAPP, CIEM, and data protection controls

Security Engineering

• Lead engineering and lifecycle management of security platforms and controls

• Establish automation-first operations (API, orchestration, policy-as-code)

• Standardize tooling and reduce manual processes through automation

• Improve platform resilience, telemetry, and service performance

• Transition to a product and platform-based security engineering model with defined service ownership, SLAs, and performance metrics

• Drive rationalization of security tools and vendors to reduce cost and complexity while improving capability coverage

Identity and Access Management (IAM) - User Administrative Lifecycle Scope

• Lead and own overarching IAM strategy and lifecycle governance, including:

• Provisioning (joiners), Access changes (movers), De-provisioning (leavers)

• Enhance user access reviews and certifications

• Implement, enhance and automate segregation of duties (SoD) monitoring and governance

• Design and implement role and entitlement management capabilities

• Enable access-related complian