Senior Security Engineering Manager, Enterprise Security

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of security engineering initiatives spanning enterprise security, security operations, and detection security engineering.

• Oversee, mentor, and develop a team of security experts, ensuring they have well-defined priorities, measurable objectives, effective operating rhythms, and opportunities for career advancement.

• Develop and enhance proactive and preventative security measures across corporate systems, cloud environments, identity platforms, endpoints, SaaS applications, and security operations workflows.

• Enhance Upstart’s capability to identify, investigate, and respond to threats by improving detection coverage, alert quality, logging strategies, response playbooks, automation, and operational processes.

• Lead cross-functional security initiatives involving Engineering, IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and business teams, ensuring that security priorities align with company goals, risk tolerance, and operational needs.

• Establish and monitor significant security engineering and operations metrics, including program health, control effectiveness, detection and response performance, remediation progress, and risk reduction results.

• Assess and refine security tools, processes, and controls to decrease systemic risk, boost operational efficiency, and ensure the team concentrates on the most valuable security tasks.

• Elevate the maturity of Upstart’s security programs by identifying recurring challenges, addressing root causes, and developing solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in information security, security engineering, enterprise security, security operations, threat detection and response, incident response, vulnerability management, cloud security, or related fields.

• 3+ years of experience in managing security professionals or leading security engineering programs across multiple teams or stakeholder groups.

• Proven experience in managing roadmaps, priorities, metrics, and execution of security programs with cross-functional dependencies.

• Experience in building or managing security capabilities in cloud-based and enterprise environments, along with familiarity with common security tools, logging, monitoring, detection, identity, endpoint, and response practices.

• Experience in leading security incidents or operational security programs, including coordinating investigations, communicating with stakeholders, tracking remediation efforts, and implementing post-incident improvements.

• Experience collaborating with Engineering, IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk, or business teams to achieve measurable security outcomes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, which includes base salary, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly.

• Retirement benefits to assist in future planning, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada).

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) providing discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only).

• Comprehensive health coverage aimed at supporting you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for the US, along with supplemental health coverage for Canada.

• Contributions to Health Savings Accounts from Upstart for eligible plans (US only).

• Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for enhanced financial security.

• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, aligned with local regulations.

• Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and significant life events (duration varies by country).

• Family-oriented benefits to assist with fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources.

• Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only).

• Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on your priorities.

• Annual productivity allowance to invest in the necessary tools and resources for optimal work performance, regardless of your work location.

• Opportunities for connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs).

• Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens for employees working from our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!).