About Us
Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.
Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at .
Role Summary
ソフォスは、日本を拠点とする「Sophos Red Team」のリーダーを募集しています。このポジションでは、確立された実績を持つ、高いパフォーマンスを発揮する攻撃的セキュリティの専門家チームを率いていただくことになります。当社の文化は、謙虚でありながら情熱に満ち、高度な技術力を持ち、サイバーセキュリティへの情熱を共有するプロフェッショナルたちが融合した、ユニークなものです。このリーダーシップポジションでは、APJ北/日本担当ディレクターと緊密に連携し、グローバルなプラクティスリーダーや他の部門横断的なパートナーと協力して、卓越したサービス提供を実現していただきます。理想的な候補者は、攻撃的セキュリティチームを率いた経験を有していることが求められます。ビジネスリーダーとして、この役職は特定のプラクティス指標（収益、利益率、NPS／顧客満足度など）の達成に責任を負い、営業、マーケティング、その他の組織と緊密に連携してプラクティスの成長を支援します。これは戦略的なリーダーシップポジションであり、チームミーティング、全社ミーティング、戦略会議、その他のワークショップを通じて、現地での強力なリーダーシップを発揮し、チームの成果が顧客を満足させ、最先端であることを保証する必要があります。
Sophos is looking for a Japan based leader on the Sophos Red Team in Japan to lead a well-established, high performing team of offensive security professionals. Our culture is a unique mix of low ego – high energy, highly technical, and motivated professionals with a passion for cybersecurity. This leadership position will partner closely with the Director of APJ North/Japan and will work collaboratively with global practice leadership and other cross-functional partners to achieve service delivery excellence. The ideal candidate will have experience leading offensive security teams. As a business leader this role will be responsible for achieving select practice metrics (Revenue, Margin, NPS/customer satisfaction, etc.) and partner closely with sales, marketing and other organizations to help grow the practice. This is a strategic leadership position which requires strong local leadership presence through team meetings, all hands, strategy sessions, and other workshops to ensure the team’s delivery is customer delighting and at the bleeding edge.
What You Will Do
- Help develop and lead a multi-year service, delivery, as well as supporting with financial strategy, to meet company objectives and reinforce our position as an industry leader in offensive security.
- Lead a high performing team of technical consultants delivering a variety of offensive security engagements (penetration testing, application security testing, full scale Red Team, etc.)
- Help manage a P&L including forecasting, backlog management, utilization, and scheduling
- Partner with the sales organization and other business development leaders and be seen as a “go to” for complex adversarial testing needs
- Build and advance cross-functional relationships within Sophos that include the Incident Response Team, Counter Threat Unit, Marketing, Sales.
- Identify opportunities – people, process, and technology -- to improve efficiencies within the team
- Represent the Sophos Red Team services portfolio; identify and champion new services, capabilities, and offers; provide thought leadership; and develop an associated go-to-market strategy for the services in the portfolio
- Drive teams to consensus on business priorities, delivery best practices, and implementation of new ideas. Willingness to changes, to contribute ideas, listen to others, and learn from others. Challenge the status quo.
- Foster career development and champion career development opportunities for the team (conferences, training, certifications, mentoring, etc.)
- Own NPS/customer satisfaction and ensure practice meets/exceeds expected targets. Maintain a culture of premium customer service
What You Will Bring
- Required:
- 7+ years in the cybersecurity industry leading offensive security, preferably in dynamic and fast changing environments.
- Presales and post sales delivery experience at the SME Level
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-performing teams as well as maintain and enhance a strong team culture.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience – ideally briefing executive management level also.
- Experience working with global, remote, multi-cultural teams.
- Ability to prioritize, delegate and complete tasks within tight timeframes to meets deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills, self-starting, proactive, motivated, team player.
- Results orientated and customer focused.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and good judgment in resolving issues.
- Effective at managing conflict and negotiating with stakeholders, with support from senior leaderships.
- Experience mentoring and leading technical teams in a matrixed consulting environment. (align with sales, IR, threat intelligence and global teams)
- Fluent Japanese proficiency as well as business level English in running business required.
- Preferences:
- 7+ years of information security experience.
- Professional degree relevant to cybersecurity or equivalent work experience.
- Technical or professional certifications, such as OSCP, OSWP, OSEP, OSWA, OSWE, CEH, GPEN, GCPN, GWAPT, CISSP are a plus.
- Experience working with sales in scoping engagements, creating proposals, etc.
- Participation in cybersecurity industry forums and events, including speaking events and written publications (white papers, blogs, etc.).
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Sophosは、多様性と包摂性（インクルージョン）に富んだ職場環境を誇りとし、機会の平等を重視しています。私たちは、多様性と卓越性が組み合わさることで、より良いSophosが築かれると信じています。そのため、チームの多様性に貢献できる方からのご応募を歓迎します。すべての応募者は、性別、性自認、性別移行、婚姻状況、人種、宗教・信条、肌の色、年齢、退役軍人としての地位、障害、妊娠・出産、性的指向といった要素に関わらず、公正かつ平等に扱われます。私たちは、皆様がご自身の魅力を最大限に発揮できるようサポートしたいと考えています。採用・選考プロセスにおいて何らかの配慮や調整が必要な場合は、どうぞお知らせください。
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What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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