VP, Product Security

About the role

This position provides security and thought leadership for the Early Warning Product Security program. Key responsibilities include developing, implementing, and maturing security measures across all Early Warning product offerings to minimize the possibility of malicious access, attacks, and data breaches. The role involves a high level of technical knowledge in areas such as cloud security, DevSecOps, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements security controls and defenses to ensure the security and risk mitigation of products and digital payment systems.
• Led cross-functional teams to architect, design, and deploy secure cloud services and application architecture.
• Led purple team certifications for all products to ensure adequate logging and monitoring capabilities for detecting and responding to cybersecurity events.
• Supports vulnerability audits and product incident response, providing subject matter expertise and strategic guidance.
• Evaluates potential business impacts from security breaches and provides strategic and tactical guidance to business decision-makers.
• Develops and executes security systems compliance policies and procedures.
• Prevents production vulnerabilities and ensures quick resolution of security testing findings, such as bug bounty, penetration testing, or audit findings.
• Interacts with customers, regulators, and auditors on a regular basis.
• Supports the company's commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Requirements

The ideal candidate must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Education and experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or Physical Science.
• 13 or more years of relevant work experience and leadership experience in applicable information security roles.
• Experience with various types of information security tools and controls.
• A clear and concise understanding of current security vulnerabilities and attacks.
• Experience evaluating and assigning risk levels to uncovered issues.
• Extensive experience with network security design and protection, application development, application security issues, operating system security, hardening standards and protection mechanisms.
• Extensive and diverse experience with the fundamentals of security devices (design and function).
• Ability to articulate the practical and technical application of the following standards: (ISO, PCI, FedRAMP and FISMA).
• Excellent verbal and written skills, and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to support complex organizational relationships.

Skills

• In-depth knowledge with public cloud service architectures such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Certifications: CISSP, GCSA, CISM, CISA or equivalent.

Benefits

Base Pay Scale: $289,000 - $372,000 in USD per year. Additional benefits include:

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.
• And SO much more!