Tapestry Senior Director of Adversary Services

About Tapestry

Tapestry is a New York–based house of modern luxury, uniting the distinctive worlds of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. As an employer, the group offers the scale and sophistication of a global fashion leader while preserving the creative spirit and heritage of its iconic brands. Tapestry cultivates an inclusive, purpose-driven culture where design, craftsmanship, digital innovation, and commercial excellence intersect. Its teams are encouraged to think boldly, grow continuously, and contribute to a more responsible future for fashion, making Tapestry a compelling environment for talent seeking impact, creativity, and international opportunity.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategic vision, operating model, and roadmap for the Adversary Services function.
• Lead multiple specialized cybersecurity teams and capabilities, including Threat Intelligence, Adversary Emulation, Red Team Operations, Detection Validation, and Security Research.
• Set organizational priorities and allocate resources and investments across the Adversary Services sub-function to advance strategic objectives, enterprise security outcomes, enterprise risk management, and business priorities.
• Establish standards for engagement planning, execution, reporting, and measurement of program impact.
• Track and analyze relevant threat actors, including eCrime groups, ransomware operators, and targeted intrusion actors.
• Translate intelligence into actionable hypotheses aligned with organizational risk, business initiatives, and cloud environments.
• Maintain adversary playbooks mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Design and execute high-fidelity adversary emulation campaigns based on real-world attacker tradecraft.
• Conduct red team engagements to assess preventative, detective, and response controls across identity, endpoint, SaaS, and cloud platforms.
• Develop and scale reusable tooling, automation, and emulation capabilities.
• Partner with Detection Engineering and Blue Team functions to develop and refine behavior-based detections.
• Contribute to developing and tuning analytics across cloud telemetry, including identity, control plane, and workload signals.
• Drive continuous validation cycles through purple team exercises.
• Deliver clear, data-driven briefings to senior leadership on threat-driven risk and its impact on key business initiatives.
• Improve the organization’s ability to manage cyber risk, protect critical business initiatives, strengthen operational resilience, and support enterprise growth objectives.
• Direct resolution of complex cybersecurity challenges involving emerging threats, cloud security, identity security, detection effectiveness, and enterprise risk management.
• Provide prioritized recommendations on threats, attack paths, control gaps, and investment decisions.
• Represent Adversary Services in governance forums, incident response escalations, and strategic security initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience across a combination of Threat Intelligence, including adversary tracking and TTP analysis; Red Teaming, Adversary Emulation, or Purple Teaming; and Offensive Security or Security Consulting.
• Proven ability to lead senior technical teams and influence cross-functional stakeholders, including executives.
• Strong understanding of attacker methodologies, including identity compromise, phishing, lateral movement, persistence, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration.
• Comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity program interdependencies across Technology, Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms, Digital, Data, and Enterprise Risk functions, with the ability to assess threats within a global business environment.
• Offensive security certifications such as OSCP or OSCE.
• Experience conducting security research in cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and SaaS platforms.
• Programming proficiency, such as Python, for tooling, automation, or security analytics.
• Ability to translate complex technical findings into executive-level insights.
• Strong bias toward action and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborative mindset focused on advancing defensive capabilities.
• Passion for combating cyber threats and improving organizational resilience.

Skills

Experience

10+ years across a combination of Threat Intelligence, Red Teaming, Adversary Emulation, Purple Teaming, Offensive Security, or Security Consulting.

Compensation

The base compensation for this position ranges from EUR 154,000 to EUR 176,000 per annum.

Benefits

Annual Incentive Plan (company performance bonus); option to finish early on Fridays (Flex Fridays); one paid volunteering day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects; Learning & Development opportunities; internal mobility and career progression; seasonal and cultural social events; inclusion and diversity initiatives, including employee resource groups and a regional inclusion council; discounts of up to 50% across Coach and Kate Spade; free 24/7 support for family building, fertility, and menopause through Maven; Employee Assistance Program.

Culture

Tapestry fosters a collaborative, inclusive workplace where creativity, craftsmanship, and consumer insight come together across its portfolio of iconic fashion and lifestyle brands. As an employer, it encourages entrepreneurial thinking, global perspective, and continuous growth, empowering teams to shape meaningful brand experiences while contributing to a culture of innovation and belonging.

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