Director, Customer Security Response

Salesforce

Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$197,300–$313,700 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $256k
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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $156,375–$224,650 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $256k versus about $191k for comparable roles.

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 121 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director, Customer Security Response

The Director of Customer Security role within Salesforce's Customer Response, Escalation, and Security Team (CREST) requires a seasoned leader with hands-on incident response experience to manage high-severity security incidents across the Asia-Pacific region and US West Coast. This individual will lead complex investigations using tools like Splunk and SQL, make critical containment decisions, and engage in executive-level communication during crises. Responsibilities include staffing, capacity planning, and driving cross-functional initiatives to enhance detection capabilities and transition towards AI-driven automation. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of information security experience, including hands-on technical investigation skills and a proven track record in leading global security teams within multi-tenant SaaS environments like Salesforce's platform ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Lead complex customer security investigations across APAC and US West Coast.
  • Serve as the final technical authority on containment decisions for high-severity incidents.
  • Manage regional operations including staffing, capacity planning, and case assignment.
  • Drive cross-functional engagement to close detection gaps in security systems.
  • Transition incident response team from manual investigation to AI-driven automation.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of information security experience with at least 5 years in hands-on incident response leadership.
  • Lead complex, high-severity security incidents from investigation to executive communication and regulatory notification.
  • Build and manage globally distributed security teams with clear performance standards and influence cross-functionally across departments.
  • Independently scope data exfiltration using multi-source Splunk and SQL queries for multi-tenant SaaS environments.
  • Serve as the final technical authority on containment decisions, including credential rotation and IP blocks.

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