Cyber Security Program Manager

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Read something interesting online today? There’s a good chance it was recommended by Taboola. Every day, we reach over 1.5 billion people, powering recommendations for the world's top publishers and advertisers on the open web. Powering this massive scale requires a robust, resilient, and secure-by-design infrastructure.

Taboola is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Security Program Manager to join our global team. This is a strategic, hands-on role responsible for shaping and executing Taboola’s cyber security vision. You will be the focal point for all cyber security matters, protecting our corporate and production environments while enabling the business to continue its rapid growth and innovation.

To thrive in this role you'll need:

We're looking for someone who is passionate about security, comfortable in a fast-paced tech environment, and has a proven track record of leadership.

• Deep Cyber Expertise: 5+ years of experience in a senior cyber security role with a deep and widespread understanding of the modern threat landscape, security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001), and risk mitigation strategies.
• Audit & Certification Pro: Proven, hands-on experience managing and successfully navigating security audits and certification programs (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001). You know what auditors look for and how to prepare for it.
• Open Source Practitioner: Hands-on experience implementing, managing, and hardening open-source software, utilizing open source tools in a large-scale tech environment.
• Leadership & Influence: Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and build consensus across different departments (R&D, IT, Legal, etc.) without direct authority.
• Excellent Communication: The ability to distill complex technical topics into clear, understandable language for both technical and non-technical audiences, from engineers to the board of directors.
• A Problem-Solver's Mindset: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a bias for action and a pragmatic approach to security.

How you'll make an impact:

As the Cyber Security program Manager, you will be entrusted with the critical responsibility of safeguarding Taboola's assets, data, and reputation. You will:

• Build and Maintain Our Cyber Strategy: Develop, own, and execute the company’s comprehensive cyber security strategy, ensuring it aligns with our business goals and the evolving threat landscape.
• Lead Key Security Initiatives: Lead and manage a wide range of security programs across the company. This includes maturing our product security practices, managing the bug bounty program, enhancing our identity and access management (IAM) framework, performing vendor risk management, and overseeing internal and external audit programs.
• Measure What Matters: Develop and maintain key security metrics (KPIs/KRIs) to measure the effectiveness of security controls, track progress against objectives, and provide a clear, data-driven picture of the company's cyber posture over time.
• Communicate with Leadership: Prepare and present clear, concise reports and annual updates for the audit committee, executive leadership, and other key stakeholders on the state of our security program.
• Ensure Business Resilience: Spearhead the planning, testing, and execution of our Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Incident Response (IR) programs.

Lead the engineering efforts: Spearhead R&D cybersecurity initiatives, partnering with engineering teams to embed robust security measures into Taboola's products and establish best practices throughout the product development lifecycle.

Why Taboola?

If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about:

• Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture".
• Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office with an option to come in more often if desired.
• Work with some of the biggest names: We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.

Ready to realize your potential?

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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About Taboola

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.

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