Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
R&D Director - Harmony Email Security
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53244
As the world’s leading vendor of Cyber Security, facing the most sophisticated threats and attacks, we’ve assembled a global team of the most driven, creative, and innovative people. At Check Point, our employees are redefining the security landscape by meeting our customers’ real-time needs and providing our cutting-edge technologies and services to an ever-growing customer base.
Check Point Software Technologies has been honored by Time Magazine as one of the World’s Best Companies for 2024. We've also earned a spot on the Forbes list of the World’s Best Places to Work for five consecutive years (2020-2024) and recognized as one of the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies. If you're passionate about making the world a safer place and want to be part of an award-winning company culture, we invite you to join us.
Check Point Harmony Email Security and Collaboration (Previously AVANAN) is a unique email solution that fully secures cloud email and cloud platforms using AI.
By joining our management team as the R&D director, you will take full responsibility of the email and collaboration product family R&D, manage a growing global team of over 50 professionals, and be at the top of technology for cloud SaaS high scale/high velocity AI/ML based security solutions, serving tens of thousands of global enterprise customers.
If you want to make a real global impact, making the world a safer place join us !
Key Responsibilities
Product Development:
Oversee the design, development, maintenance and deployment of cutting-edge cloud based email security products and features, serving tens of thousands of global enterprise customers. Ensure products meet market needs and regulatory requirements while maintaining the highest security and coding standards. Ensure products are developed in the most cost effective manner, deployed over multiple regions utilizing cutting edge cloud infrastructure and technologies. Ensure products are robust, built to scale and support dynamic architecture changes for fast growing changing environments. Ensure product is fully monitored at the highest level 24/7 by actively implementing a reliable monitoring system across multiple domains and regions.
Team Management:
Lead, mentor, and develop a growing high-performing R&D team of over 50 high skill professionals, across the globe. including group and team leaders, software engineers, data scientists, and cybersecurity experts. Foster collaboration and cross-functional integration between R&D, product management, customer success, and other departments. Manage our R&D team building. Recruit and support extending our R&D ever growing team to catch up with product growth. Monitor and report on R&D performance metrics and project progress to the executive team.
Drive research initiatives to explore new technologies, threats, and opportunities in cloud, AI/ML and email security. Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends, emerging threats, and competitive landscape. Drive innovation through threat modeling, prototyping, and validating emerging technologies. Quality Assurance: Ensure rigorous testing and validation processes to guarantee the reliability, performance, and security of products. Implement best practices for software development and quality assurance utilizing advanced automation technologies. Implement full system monitroing to assure production top availability and performance. Strategic Leadership:
Develop and implement the R&D strategy in alignment with the company's product vision and business objectives. Adopt AI/ML to enhance threat detection, anomaly detection, and behavior analysis for better email security. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and excellence within the R&D team. Manage and mentor cross-functional teams of researchers, engineers, and data scientists. Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and technical excellence.
Budget Management: Manage the R&D budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources to projects and initiatives. Manage email security cloud cost and drive cloud cost optimization initiatives and activities. Qualifications
Skills: Deep understanding of cloud bases SaaS architecture and implementation, with specific vast experience with
AWS
infrastructure and various
AWS
managed services . Experience with development of
multi-tenant
lareg scale complex systems, utilizing
microservices
,
ontainers
and
serverless computing , implemented with
Python , Go,
Angular ,
React
and underlying technologies. Experience with development of
AI/ML
based solutions. Experience with secure software development practices, adhering to global regulation
SOC, PCI
etc’. Deep understanding of security technologies (Email Security – Advantage), threat detection, and prevention mechanisms. Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to inspire and drive a diverse global team. Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders. Experience:
Minimum of 10 years of experience in R&D, with at least 5 years Experience with
driving
large R&D groups , managing multiple global teams using agile development methods (Security and Email security industry – Advantage). Prior experience with development and management of high scale, innovative
cloud based SaaS.
used by thousands of global enterprise customers.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field. Preferred Qualifications Advanced degree preferred (MS/PhD) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field. Industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, CCSP) are a plus. Deep understanding of email security threats: phishing, spoofing, malware, BEC, ransomware. Familiarity with cloud-based email platforms: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and various email gateways. Proficiency with email authentication and security protocols: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, S/MIME, TLS . Apply Now
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Product Development:
Oversee the design, development, maintenance and deployment of cutting-edge cloud based email security products and features, serving tens of thousands of global enterprise customers. Ensure products meet market needs and regulatory requirements while maintaining the highest security and coding standards. Ensure products are developed in the most cost effective manner, deployed over multiple regions utilizing cutting edge cloud infrastructure and technologies. Ensure products are robust, built to scale and support dynamic architecture changes for fast growing changing environments. Ensure product is fully monitored at the highest level 24/7 by actively implementing a reliable monitoring system across multiple domains and regions.
Team Management:
Lead, mentor, and develop a growing high-performing R&D team of over 50 high skill professionals, across the globe. including group and team leaders, software engineers, data scientists, and cybersecurity experts. Foster collaboration and cross-functional integration between R&D, product management, customer success, and other departments. Manage our R&D team building. Recruit and support extending our R&D ever growing team to catch up with product growth. Monitor and report on R&D performance metrics and project progress to the executive team.
Drive research initiatives to explore new technologies, threats, and opportunities in cloud, AI/ML and email security. Maintain a strong understanding of industry trends, emerging threats, and competitive landscape. Drive innovation through threat modeling, prototyping, and validating emerging technologies. Quality Assurance: Ensure rigorous testing and validation processes to guarantee the reliability, performance, and security of products. Implement best practices for software development and quality assurance utilizing advanced automation technologies. Implement full system monitroing to assure production top availability and performance. Strategic Leadership:
Develop and implement the R&D strategy in alignment with the company's product vision and business objectives. Adopt AI/ML to enhance threat detection, anomaly detection, and behavior analysis for better email security. Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and excellence within the R&D team. Manage and mentor cross-functional teams of researchers, engineers, and data scientists. Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and technical excellence.
Budget Management: Manage the R&D budget, ensuring effective allocation of resources to projects and initiatives. Manage email security cloud cost and drive cloud cost optimization initiatives and activities. Qualifications
Skills: Deep understanding of cloud bases SaaS architecture and implementation, with specific vast experience with
AWS
infrastructure and various
AWS
managed services . Experience with development of
multi-tenant
lareg scale complex systems, utilizing
microservices
,
ontainers
and
serverless computing , implemented with
Python , Go,
Angular ,
React
and underlying technologies. Experience with development of
AI/ML
based solutions. Experience with secure software development practices, adhering to global regulation
SOC, PCI
etc’. Deep understanding of security technologies (Email Security – Advantage), threat detection, and prevention mechanisms. Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to inspire and drive a diverse global team. Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders. Experience:
Minimum of 10 years of experience in R&D, with at least 5 years Experience with
driving
large R&D groups , managing multiple global teams using agile development methods (Security and Email security industry – Advantage). Prior experience with development and management of high scale, innovative
cloud based SaaS.
used by thousands of global enterprise customers.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field. Preferred Qualifications Advanced degree preferred (MS/PhD) in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical field. Industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, CCSP) are a plus. Deep understanding of email security threats: phishing, spoofing, malware, BEC, ransomware. Familiarity with cloud-based email platforms: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and various email gateways. Proficiency with email authentication and security protocols: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, S/MIME, TLS . Apply Now
Basic information
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Next: Education First Name
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Last Name
*
*
Phone
*
LinkedIn Profile URL Gender
*
Please select Resume/CV
*
Attach Resume Continue Our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Check Point Software Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and we strive for diversity in our workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statuses, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.
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