Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.
Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.
Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.
If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!
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*Must work a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite) out of our NYC or Burbank office.*
The Job
The Principal, Security Engineering & Vulnerability Management for WB Games is a key leader within the Global Information and Content Security (GICS) team, implementing WBD's security strategy, policies, and standards across global WB Games operations. This critical role helps ensure timely, trustworthy, and fair-minded WB Games to audiences everywhere by driving the security of technical and digital operations. This Principal role is responsible for maintaining a strategic relationship with WB Games leadership, closely aligning WBD’s cybersecurity strategy with our evolving WB Games strategy.
Job Responsibilities:
Security Adoption
Act as the primary link between WB Games and WBD’s centralized cybersecurity functions, ensuring security initiatives are aligned with business goals and priorities.
Lead the adoption and enforcement of Global Information and Content Security policies and standards across WB Games business lines.
Partner with GICS leadership to drive adoption of core security services (Identity and Access Management, Logging and Monitoring, Detection and Response, Vulnerability Management, Product Security, Cloud Security, and Content Security) throughout global WB Games operations.
Provide direction and supervision on security-related projects and initiatives, ensuring compliance with global security standards and best practices.
Support enterprise and business-line regulatory and compliance requirements, developing implementation strategies that minimize operational impact and disruption.
Foster a strong security culture and promote awareness, accountability, and technical security measures across WBD’s global WB Games functions.
Vulnerability and Threat
Lead the identification and reporting of key risk indicators (KRIs) for WB Games operations, driving analytics, metrics, and executive-level reporting to WBD leadership.
Drive vulnerability and threat remediation at scale across internet-facing and internal WB Games assets, partnering with engineering owners to prioritize exposures and reduce time-to-remediate.
Support security operations and incident response teams in the identification, investigation, and mitigation of cybersecurity incidents impacting WB Games.
Evaluate and recommend security solutions and tools that strengthen WB Games’ detection, response, and remediation capabilities.
Handle security exceptions for global WB Games operations, ensuring proper documentation, approval, risk acceptance, and periodic review.
Secure Development
Partner with WB Games engineering and studio teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle across GitHub and Perforce-based workflows.
Drive adoption of secure development tooling and controls — including SAST, DAST, secrets management, dependency scanning, branch protections, and CI/CD guardrails — embedded directly into developer pipelines.
Champion secure-by-design principles and threat modeling across game studios, live-service platforms, and online services.
Lead application and product security reviews…