Senior Cyber Security Strategist

Are you passionate about technology and enjoy explaining complex solutions in a way that everybody gets excited? If so, read on!
About PicusPicus Security, the leading security validation company, gives organizations a clear picture of their cyber risk based on business context. Picus transforms security practices by correlating, prioritizing, and validating exposures across siloed findings so teams can focus on critical gaps and high-impact fixes. With Picus, security teams can quickly take action with one-click mitigations to stop more threats with less effort.
The Picus Security Validation Platform easily reaches across on-prem environments, hybrid clouds and endpoints coupled with Numi AI to provide exposure validation. 
The pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation, Picus delivers award-winning threat-centric technology that allows teams to pinpoint fixes worth pursuing, offering a 95% recommendation in Gartner Peer Review.
About The RoleIf you’re a results-driven person with an entrepreneurial mindset, who takes the initiative and thrives in a dynamic environment, then this is a great opportunity to play a pivotal role in a fast-growing cyber security company. We are looking for a smart and driven leader to have a direct impact on the future of our business by helping to influence global adoption of our award-winning Picus Security Validation Platform.
As a Senior Cyber Security Strategist, you will lead strategic efforts to identify cybersecurity challenges and transform them into effective product solutions. You'll oversee critical initiatives, guiding technical decisions from concept through productization, collaborating closely with other Picus teams. Leveraging your expertise in the cybersecurity domain, you'll drive enhancements in cybersecurity practices and influence strategic decisions across the organization, while mentoring team members to foster growth and innovation.
Picus is headquartered in Ankara, with a regional office in Istanbul, but our team is remote across Türkiye. Please note that all CVs must be submitted in English.

What You'll Do

• Lead the identification, analysis, and strategic framing of cybersecurity challenges, driving their transformation into robust product solutions aligned with market demands
• Spearhead critical cybersecurity projects, making pivotal technical decisions and ensuring successful delivery from initial concept through validation
• Collaborate proactively with product management, engineering, and research teams to define, validate, and execute strategic initiatives that deliver measurable value to end-users
• Conduct advanced research activities and manage validation processes to ensure proposed solutions effectively address customer needs and provide tangible security enhancements
• Drive continuous improvements in cybersecurity practices across the team and department, aligning closely with organizational objectives and industry standards
• Provide expert guidance, mentorship, and insights to team members, stakeholders, and senior leadership to influence strategic decision-making
• Translate cybersecurity challenges and concepts into clear business cases, demonstrating their strategic value and alignment with organizational goals

What You Have

• Proven track record of successfully leading complex cybersecurity initiatives, delivering impactful and measurable results within dynamic environments
• Deep expertise in cybersecurity architecture, risk management frameworks, threat intelligence methodologies, and extensive hands-on experience implementing cybersecurity solutions
• Strong strategic planning and technical decision-making capability, with experience managing high-stakes projects from ideation to productization
• Exceptional collaborative and communication skills, able to effectively coordinate with cross-functional teams (engineering, product management, research) and influence key stakeholders
• Demonstrated strategic mindset, combined with excellent problem-solving skills, enabling proactive identification and mitigation of cybersecurity risks and opportunities
• Ability to mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of clearly conveying complex security concepts and strategies to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike

Working at PicusFascinating work - a chance to shape and lead an exciting, fast-growing cyber security segment. Security Validation is a concept that helps organizations evaluate their security posture in a continuous, automated, and repeatable way. This approach allows for the identification of imminent threats, provides recommended actions, and produces valuable metrics about cyber-risk levels.
Unlimited opportunity! We are growing. At Picus, you'll be provided with as much responsibility as you can handle - new career development opportunities constantly arise given our rate of growth.
Global exposure - Get a lot of experience working not only in a fast-growing startup but also interact with customers all around the world.
Be part of a global remote team who is taking on Exposure Validation and a growing market segment.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, race, color, national origin, religious belief, gender or gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by International law.  Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete reference and identity checks in line with local labor laws and as per the Company’s employment policy.