Senior Director, Security Engineering

Role overview A senior leadership opportunity to own the strategy and execution of a multi-function technical security portfolio at an enterprise SaaS company. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer, the role partners across Engineering, Product, IT, GRC, Legal, Finance, and customer-facing teams to embed security architecture into how products are built and shipped, scale protection through automation, and elevate the organization's use of AI across security operations.

Responsibilities - Define and execute a multi-year Security Engineering strategy aligned to business priorities, customer trust, and defined risk appetite. - Build and prioritize a security portfolio with clear owners, sequencing, milestones, and measurable outcomes across product, platform, and application security. - Lead and develop managers and senior technical leaders spanning detection and response, vulnerability management, and incident readiness. - Establish operating mechanisms that improve accountability, execution visibility, and delivery predictability, and resolve missed commitments, blockers, and priority conflicts. - Mature detection and response, cloud and platform security, vulnerability management, and post-incident resilience programs that address systemic risk. - Drive an AI-forward roadmap for security automation, operations, and decision support, and own organizational planning, budget, vendor strategy, and headcount investment. - Advise executive and Board stakeholders on security posture, material risks, priorities, and tradeoffs.

Requirements - 12+ years of experience in security engineering or a related technical security discipline. - 7+ years leading security organizations, including managers and senior technical leaders. - Track record setting strategy and delivering outcomes across multiple security functions. - Strong technical grounding in application security, cloud security, detection and response, and vulnerability management. - Experience partnering with Engineering, Product, IT, GRC, Legal, and Finance leaders to enable secure business outcomes. - Demonstrated ability to advise executives and Boards on posture, risk, and investment tradeoffs.

Nice to have - Success building an AI-forward security organization that improves leverage and automation. - Manager development, succession planning, and leadership coaching experience.

Benefits and work setup - Competitive base salary plus meaningful equity and a 401(k) plan. - Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, plus pre-tax commuter benefits. - Flexible PTO, paid sabbatical, and additional Community Impact paid holidays. - Monthly wellness allowance and monthly professional development allowance. - Fertility and adoption assistance and a complete laptop workstation. - US base salary range of $220,000–$300,000 at start of employment, determined by location, skills, experience, education, and internal equity, with a broader total compensation package that may include variable pay and equity.