Director, PKI Operations

About this role

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

The Director, PKI Operations will lead the strategy, design, and day-to-day operations of DigiCert's Public Key Infrastructure. This role is responsible for ensuring the availability, security, and compliance of DigiCert's certificate authority (CA) infrastructure and related PKI services. The ideal candidate brings deep PKI expertise, strong leadership skills, and a track record of operating mission-critical security infrastructure at scale.

What you will do

• Own and oversee all PKI operations, including CA hierarchy management, HSM administration, and key ceremony execution.

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing PKI operations team across multiple time zones.

• Ensure continuous availability, integrity, and security of DigiCert's CA infrastructure in compliance with WebTrust, CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements, and applicable regulations.

• Drive automation and operational efficiency across certificate issuance, revocation, renewal, and monitoring workflows.