Director, Application Security

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills, including program management, performance management, and team development/mentoring
• Minimum of 7 years of experience, with at least 2 years in a managerial or director role
• Experience with security testing automation and continuous improvement in the SDLC
• Knowledge of application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10, SANS CWE Top 25) and prevention/migration processes
• Ability to communicate security posture, risk, and mitigation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience in software engineering or product architecture with a focus on application security
• Ability to manage improvement projects and communicate risks effectively
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across multiple levels of the organization
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Experience scaling security testing automation and improvement cycles into the software development process
• Experience managing security programs in a global organization
• Experience managing technology vendor relationships
• Familiarity with compliance standards and control catalogs (ISO 27000 series, NIST 800-53, PCI DSS)