Manager - Product Security

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Job Description:

Join the Team That's Securing the Future of Embedded Intelligence

At Microchip Technology, our products power the world — from automotive systems and industrial automation to aerospace, medical devices, and the Internet of Things. As cybersecurity regulations intensify globally and threats to embedded systems grow more sophisticated, Microchip is making a bold investment in product security leadership. This is your opportunity to be at the center of that transformation.

We are seeking a Manager, Product Security Governance to join our Product Security Office (PSO) — a high-visibility team shaping how security is embedded into silicon, firmware, and software across one of the world's leading semiconductor companies. Reporting to the Head of the Product Security Office, you will serve as a senior leader helping to define governance frameworks, drive cross-functional adoption, and strengthen regulatory readiness on a global scale.

You'll be shaping the foundation — establishing scalable processes, enabling engineering teams across Business Units, and driving measurable progress in threat modeling, vulnerability management, regulatory readiness, and supply chain security governance. You'll work at the intersection of cybersecurity strategy, engineering execution, and global standards — with direct impact on Microchip's ability to ship trusted, compliant, and resilient products worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Security Governance, Risk & Regulatory Readiness

• Define and guide the deployment of product security governance frameworks across Business Units.
• Establish consistent methodologies for product security risk classification, threat modeling, and regulatory scoping.
• Translate evolving cybersecurity regulations, standards, and guidance into actionable internal requirements and governance expectations.
• Support company-wide readiness for the EU Cyber Resilience Act and other applicable global cybersecurity requirements.
• Align product security governance with Corporate Quality workflows, new product development processes and product release governance.
• Define security checkpoints for new products, new features and software releases.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex product security classifications, threat scenarios, and interpretation questions.
• Maintain product security governance dashboards, maturity metrics, and executive reporting inputs.
• Coordinate with notified bodies, certification labs, and relevant industry associations and external partners, as needed.

2. PSIRT & Vulnerability Management Governance

• Define and govern product vulnerability management processes within the Product Security Office.
• Establish governance frameworks for vulnerability intake, triage, validation, severity assessment, remediation