Do you want to join Microsoft Canada at the most exciting transformative time in the industry and contribute to this AI and Cloud driven transformation in your country?

Are you passionate about keeping your country cybersafe? If so, then come join us as National Security Officer for Canada. This is about leading security and trust conversations as an advisor to both government, tech policy elites and enterprise customers, with a particular focus on working with national agencies tasked on improving the national cyber resiliency and improving effectiveness during incident response times.

Joining Microsoft as the National Security Officer,you'll help businesses and government achieve their AI transformation goals. You'll use your experience in the public sector and other priority industries to open new markets and build trust for Microsoft's cloud and AI platform. You'll focus on the biggest challenges and barriers to adoption of cloud, AI and other emerging technologies, within both government and highly regulated industries. You'll collaborate with engineering, marketing, field teams, and customers to remove or mitigate those barriers.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

As National Security Officer, you will

• Support the country’s security agencies to build the capabilities to be at national level cyber-safety and resiliency, prepare against next generation attacks and effectively mitigate current threats.

• In partnership with Corporate, External & Legal Affairs, and engineering teams, expand Microsoft's markets by using Microsoft's products to address compliancy, security, privacy and sovereignty requirements in Public Sector, Critical Infrastructure and regulated industries

• Build and develop effective internal and external platforms to increase the skills to defend against current and next-generation AI cybersecurity threats that countries, governments, regulators, and customers are facing and establish a program which enables Microsoft locally, in partnership with relevant agencies, to effectively respond to national scale security incidents.

• Develop and drive the vision and execution of the Microsoft Security strategy and the end-to-end story for the country, in close alignment with the Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector leadership teams and other key collaborators. This includes aligning the overall cybersecurity strategy to the specific requirements of the area/country.

• Be a visible external spokesperson capable of delivering a clear message about Microsoft's security vision and capabilities at Microsoft Events, Executive Briefing Center engagements, field visits with key accounts, partner events, and other major industry events worldwide.

• Drive Trusted Technology priorities to unblock and expand addressable markets for Microsoft technologies, including key cybersecurity scenarios that create competitive differentiation for adoption of cloud and emerging technologies.

• Lead the area's security community to ensure proper messaging and execution of our security strategy and vision. Enable field readiness for security discussions.

• Work with key stakeholders in engineering and product groups to share customer feedback/requirements and ensure that our products meet the security needs of our customers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) or other related field AND 10+ years experience working across multiple disciplines/domains (e.g., technology management, consulting, policy and regulations, legal/privacy, or a related field)
  • OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:

This role requires the ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Secret (Level II) Clearance Status screening: This position requires that the successful candidate obtain and maintain a Secret (Level II) Clearance Status screening with the Government of Canada. Preference may be provided to individuals who have, or have the ability to obtain, a Top Secret Clearance Status. Microsoft will work with individuals on a case-by-case basis to determine if the requisite screening can be obtained within required timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or Doctorate Degree in a related field.
• Certification related to security (e.g., Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
• 6+ years working across multiple disciplines/domains (e.g., security technology, legal/privacy)
• 5+ years people/project management experience working with cross-functional teams.

National Technology IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $160,800 - CAD $313,300 per year.

Find additional pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 28, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.