Director, Security Solutions Architecture, APJC

About the role

Splunk, a Cisco company, is looking for a Director, Security Solutions Architecture, APJC to lead its Security Solutions Architecture organization across the Asia Pacific Japan China region. The role owns the technical strategy and execution that drive growth of the Splunk Security business, translating global security priorities into regional priorities, field execution and measurable results. It leads a distributed team of experienced Security Solutions Architects who act as specialist partners to Account Solutions Engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the APJC Security Solutions Architecture organization and create an environment where senior technical leaders can operate with autonomy and influence.
• Own the regional technical strategy, turning global priorities and product innovation into an APJC execution plan aligned to market opportunities and customer needs.
• Drive technical execution so specialist resources focus on opportunities that matter most for pipeline, technical wins, revenue growth and renewal protection.
• Partner with Account Solutions Engineering so architects bring deep domain expertise and architectural guidance to discovery, solution development and customer engagements.
• Shape strategic engagements with CISOs, security leaders and senior technology executives on security transformation, SOC modernization and emerging areas such as AI-driven security operations.
• Develop repeatable architectures, technical plays, enablement and field practices that scale across APJC.
• Represent APJC with global Security, Product and Engineering teams and build strong corporate interlocks.
• Elevate Security technical leadership across APJC, developing senior architects and strengthening succession.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience with 15+ years in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, technical sales, solutions engineering or solutions architecture.
• Significant people leadership experience leading highly experienced senior technical professionals across multiple countries and markets.
• Demonstrated experience leading a regional technical sales, security architecture or specialist organization.
• Experience engaging senior customer executives such as CISOs and CIOs on complex transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to work across Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Experience, Marketing and Partner organizations in a complex global company.

Preferred qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Security Operations, SIEM, SOC modernization, threat detection and response, security analytics and automation.
• Understanding of AI and agentic technologies and their implications for cybersecurity.
• Experience with Splunk Security products and/or the broader Cisco Security portfolio.
• Experience leading specialist teams across the diverse markets of APJC.