As the Head of Digital Workplace Security & Governance, you will lead the global strategy, governance, security, compliance, and operational excellence of Siemens Energy's digital workplace ecosystem. You will ensure that workplace technologies are secure by design, compliant by default, and enable a productive employee experience across a globally distributed workforce.
You will partner closely with Digital Workplace, Cybersecurity, IAM, Network, Privacy, Legal, HR, Architecture, and Operations teams to establish security guardrails, governance frameworks, and engineering standards that protect enterprise assets while enabling innovation. You will lead a globally distributed team responsible for endpoint security, compliance, workplace governance, vulnerability management, audit readiness, and digital workplace security transformation initiatives.
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Define and execute the global Digital Workplace Security & Governance strategy aligned with Siemens Energy's cybersecurity and business objectives.
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Lead and develop a globally distributed team of security, governance, and endpoint engineering professionals.
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Establish clear operating models, accountability frameworks, and governance practices across regions and product teams.
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Drive workplace-security modernization and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring stable operational delivery.
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Translate enterprise security policies into implementable standards, controls, engineering requirements, and measurable outcomes.
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Define and maintain workplace-security baselines, golden configurations, governance policies, and compliance frameworks.
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Ensure alignment with regulatory, privacy, legal retention, and audit requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
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Manage risk acceptance processes, segregation of duties, control attestation, and exception governance.
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Lead governance and security oversight for endpoint management, endpoint protection, detection capabilities, encryption, and device compliance.
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Drive risk-based vulnerability and patch management programs across workplace technologies.
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Ensure effective configuration management, endpoint hardening, and control automation.
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Establish measurable security posture indicators and compliance reporting mechanisms.
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Govern Microsoft 365 and workplace collaboration platforms, including:
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Tenant security
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External sharing and guest access
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Collaboration governance
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Plugins and connectors
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Information protection controls
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AI-enabled workplace features
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Ensure secure adoption of collaboration technologies while maintaining compliance and user productivity.
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Provide leadership during workplace-security incidents, cyber events, and compliance breaches.
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Partner with SOC and CSIRT functions to ensure timely containment, recovery, evidence preservation, and corrective actions.
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Ensure findings from incidents, audits, and assessments are translated into sustainable operational improvements.
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Maintain accountability for control effectiveness and production implementation of remediation activities.
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Partner with service owners to integrate security controls into workplace services throughout their lifecycle.
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Oversee workplace-security technology providers, managed service partners, and vendor performance.
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Drive tool rationalization, knowledge transfer, service quality improvement, and cost optimization.
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Promote observability, Digital Employee Experience (DEX), and ITSM/CMDB integration to balance security, reliability, and usability.
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Typically 14+ years of experience across Digital Workplace, Endpoint Engineering, Cybersecurity, Security Architecture, Governance, or related infrastructure domains.
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Significant experience leading global or distributed teams in enterprise environments.
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Proven success leading workplace-security, endpoint-compliance, cyber-governance, or security-engineering organizations through transformation and operational maturity.
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Strong expertise in:
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Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
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Endpoint Protection & Detection
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Operating System and Application Lifecycle Management
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Encryption and Trust Services
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Data Privacy & Legal Retention Requirements
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Experience governing collaboration and productivity platforms, including Microsoft 365 security and compliance controls.
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Demonstrated success improving vulnerability management, patch compliance, audit readiness, and security-control effectiveness.
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Strong understanding of:
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Zero Trust principles
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Identity & Access Management
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Secure Access
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Data Protection
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Privacy Regulations
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Enterprise Risk Governance
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Segregation of Duties
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Experience supporting security incidents and cyber-response activities in partnership with SOC/CSIRT teams.
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Strong knowledge of:
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IT Service Management (ITSM)
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CMDB
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Service Ownership
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Observability
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Digital Employee Experience (DEX)
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Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders across business and technology organizations without direct authority.
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Fluent English with experience leading global teams across different cultures, geographies, and time zones.
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Experience within industrial, energy, manufacturing, critical infrastructure, or other highly regulated global enterprises.
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Leadership experience in large-scale Digital Workplace, Microsoft 365, Endpoint Management, Data Privacy, or Secure Workplace transformation programs.
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Knowledge of employee-data privacy regulations, works-council engagement, cross-border service delivery, and regional compliance requirements.
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Relevant certifications such as:
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CISSP
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CISM
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CCSP
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Vendor-specific cloud, endpoint, security, or service-management certifications
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Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Create alignment, trust, and consistent standards across global product teams, regional support organizations, employees, and external partners while building a strong leadership and technical talent pipeline.
Enable safe adoption of technology through secure-by-design guardrails, standard patterns, and scalable controls rather than excessive approvals or restrictive policies.
Lead confidently during incidents, make risk and service trade-offs transparent, and ensure corrective actions are fully implemented and validated in production environments.
Focus on material risks, prioritize based on exploitability and business impact, and communicate residual risks clearly to accountable business owners.
Balance security requirements with employee experience by reducing unnecessary friction while maintaining mandatory controls and transparency of risk.
Establish reliable security posture metrics, governance dashboards, and control reporting focused on outcomes rather than activity volume.
Develop future leaders, strengthen succession planning, encourage mobility across workplace and cybersecurity disciplines, and reduce dependency on individual experts or suppliers.
Build strong and lasting partnerships across Cybersecurity, Digital Workplace, IAM, Network, Privacy, HR, Legal, Operations, and vendor organizations to proactively address risks and governance challenges.
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Improved digital workplace security posture and compliance maturity.
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Increased endpoint compliance and vulnerability remediation effectiveness.
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Reduction in audit findings and governance exceptions.
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Improved control automation and policy enforcement.
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Strong Microsoft 365 and collaboration platform governance.
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Enhanced employee experience without compromising security.
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Measurable reduction in operational and security risk exposure.
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Effective global team engagement, capability development, and succession readiness.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90+ countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
