Director, Application Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and strategize the vision, organizational framework, operational policies, and procedures for secure product development.

• Identify and manage the implementation of architectural solutions that improve software security through standardization and reuse.

• Define, create, scale, enhance, and oversee the security technology and tooling platform.

• Design and execute automated controls and tools to maximize operational efficiency.

• Develop and oversee security processes and the security organization.

• Establish checks and balances to meet corporate security objectives and goals.

• Act as an authority in data security and privacy while implementing regulatory compliance standards.

• Direct the security development lifecycle, including the triage of security defects and the review of mitigation and remediation strategies.

• Manage external communications regarding identified or reported security defects.

• Oversee the escalation of software security incidents and the conduct of security reviews.

• Provide executive summary reports to leadership on assurance metrics, attack surface, testing, defensive coverage, and outstanding risks.

• Establish a data-driven decision-making framework and monitor performance against objectives.

• Supervise performance and compensation for direct reports.

• Offer coaching and development opportunities.

• Manage and track emerging security technologies to uphold security and compliance standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 15 years of experience in software product development.

• A minimum of five years of experience in managing corporate application and product security programs and teams.

• At least five years of experience in overseeing a Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDL) for a large development organization.

• Technical proficiency in contemporary development languages and cloud platforms.

• Outstanding skills in driving product security initiatives and delivering software security effectively.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Advanced interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Capability to foster a collaborative team environment and lead consensus-building efforts.

• Experience in building, developing, and leading highly effective security teams.

• Leadership skills to guide and inspire a team.

• Exceptional follow-through and customer service capabilities.

• Ability to collaborate with management across the organization.

• Experience in identifying and addressing technology risk considerations in new and modified software.

• Familiarity with enforcing procedures and standards for audit and compliance requirements.

• Experience in providing executive summary reports on assurance metrics, attack surface inventory, and open risks.

• Experience in managing emerging technologies within the security domain.

• Capacity to ensure compliance with company standards, tools, and guidelines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Career development resources.

• Wellbeing programs.

• Innovation practices.

• Employee initiatives and giving campaigns.

• Inclusive workplace culture.