Chief Security Officer, Foundational Services and OSES

We are a leading global software company dedicated to the world of computer-aided design, 3D modeling, and simulation, helping innovative global manufacturers design better products, faster. With the resources of a large company and the energy of a software start-up, we have fun together while creating a world-class software portfolio. Our culture encourages creativity, welcomes fresh thinking, and focuses on growth, so our people, our business, and our customers can achieve their full potential. Role Purpose:The Foundational Services Chief Security Officer will lead security across Siemens Foundational Services and the One Software Engineering System (OSES), ensuring that security is embedded into the shared platforms, services, and engineering capabilities used to build Siemens software. Foundational Services provides horizontal capabilities, including identity, licensing, data, AI, and developer experience, that are consumed by software businesses across Siemens. OSES is creating a common developer toolchain and developer experience to improve productivity and enable AI-native software development at scale. This role will bring these areas together under a common security vision: protecting the foundational capabilities on which Siemens software depends while making secure software development easier, faster, and more automated for developers. Key Responsibilities:Own the end-to-end security strategy for Foundational Services, covering architecture, product security, cloud security, data protection, AI security, software supply chain risk management (component provenance, build integrity, and SBOM), third-party and supplier risk, vulnerability management, security resilience engineering, and incident response strategy. Serve as the senior security advisor to Foundational Services and OSES leadership, translating cybersecurity risks into clear product, architecture, investment, and engineering decisions. Establish consistent security governance, accountability, standards, and risk management practices across shared services and the common developer toolchain. Embed security directly into the developer experience in partnership with platform and infrastructure engineering, including:Source code management Development environments, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) guardrailsAI coding tools Hardened build pipelines, including workload and agentic IAMArtifact and secrets management Open-source dependency management Deployment workflows Application runtime platforms and middleware Recoverability capabilities, including immutable and reproducible builds, rapid rollback, and blast radius containment Lead the creation of a secure software factory where security requirements are increasingly fulfilled through automated controls, policy as code, reusable services, secure templates, and approved engineering patterns. Reduce developer effort required to meet security and other non-functional requirements, making the secure path the easiest and fastest option for Siemens engineering teams. Define the trust and authorization model for AI-native software development, including least-privilege access, blast-radius-contained authority for coding assistants and autonomous agents, verifiable machine identity, and validation of AI-generated code. Partner across Siemens cybersecurity, IT, legal, privacy, product security, and business unit organizations through clear interfaces and shared operating models, harmonizing security practices while addressing legitimate product, regulatory, and deployment differences. Build a community of security architects, engineers, and champions across Foundational Services, OSES, and Siemens businesses. Build, lead, and grow the security engineering team for OSES and Foundational Services by recruiting, developing, and retaining talent responsible for securing the developer enablement platform used across Siemens. Establish measurable security and developer experience outcomes, including risk reduction, control automation, continuous control validation, vulnerability remediation, platform adoption, and security that scales through platform and automation leverage, with a deliberate focus on compounding efficiency as OSES expands. Why Us? Working at Siemens Software means flexibility. Choosing between working from home and the office is part of our normal way of working. We offer outstanding benefits and rewards, as you would expect from a world leader in industrial software. Join a community of more than 377,000 people building the future, one day at a time, across more than 200 countries. We are dedicated to equality and welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities in which we work. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow. Siemens Software. Transform the EverydaySWSaaS212,900 383,300 25-35