Head of Security

Role overview

This is a senior security leadership opportunity for a candidate based in the United States. The role is offered on behalf of a partner company, which will handle applications and all subsequent steps.

You will help define and scale a modern security organization in a fast-growing technology setting. The position calls for a blend of hands-on technical security knowledge, strategic direction, incident leadership, and cross-functional partnership.

The objective is to improve resilience, reduce risk, and make security a natural part of engineering and product delivery. This role is well suited to a practical leader who can protect the business without slowing innovation.

What you will own

• Shape and continuously improve the security strategy across infrastructure, application security, internal controls, and operational resilience.
• Create security priorities, policies, procedures, and practices that can grow with the organization.
• Work closely with engineering and infrastructure teams on secure architecture and secure development approaches.
• Improve application security, system hardening, access management, and supply chain protection.
• Expand capabilities for detection, monitoring, prevention, and incident response.
• Direct security incident handling and provide steady leadership during urgent situations.
• Assess risks introduced by AI-assisted development and other new technologies.
• Promote security awareness through training, collaboration, and actionable guidance.
• Support customer security conversations, reviews, and trust-building efforts.
• Help recruit, mentor, and strengthen a high-performing security team.
• Build processes and tooling that improve reliability while keeping operations efficient.
• Serve as a trusted security advisor across the company and reinforce a culture of accountability.

Candidate profile

The company is seeking a technically strong security leader with a track record of building security programs in modern engineering environments. You should be able to operate at the strategic level while staying close enough to the technical details to drive real improvements.

• Experience leading security functions or security programs in technology-focused organizations.
• Strong background in both infrastructure security and application security.
• Practical experience managing security incidents and coordinating response efforts.
• Solid understanding of secure software development, supply chain security, identity and access management, and infrastructure protection.
• Ability to align security controls with engineering speed and business goals.
• Experience building scalable security processes, controls, and operating models.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms, distributed systems, and contemporary engineering practices.
• Exposure to AWS, developer tooling, fintech, mobile, or payments environments is an advantage.
• Strong communication skills for working with engineers, executives, customers, and other teams.
• A practical, hands-on leadership style with strong ownership, problem-solving ability, and comfort in ambiguous situations.
• Experience growing and managing security teams is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Fully remote role with flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive pay with equity potential.
• Chance to shape security strategy at a fast-scaling technology company.
• Trust-based environment that emphasizes autonomy and ownership.
• Suggested annual leave of 4 to 5 weeks for rest and recovery.
• Equipment budget to support your workspace setup.
• Annual learning and development allowance.
• Opportunity to influence security practices for products used by customers around the world.
• Work with a distributed international team focused on innovation and engineering excellence.

Application and privacy notice

This opportunity is processed through a matching platform that uses an AI-based screening process to review applications against the role’s core requirements. Shortlisted candidates are then forwarded to the hiring company, which manages interviews, assessments, and final decisions.

By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal data for evaluation and sharing with the employer as part of pre-contractual and legitimate-interest processing under applicable data protection laws, including GDPR. You may request access, correction, deletion, or objection rights at any time.

The recruitment process may also use AI tools to help review applications, compare resumes, assess responses, and identify possible inconsistencies or verification signals. These tools support the recruitment team and do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are made by people.