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Director, Product Security Architecture

3 hours, 27 minutes ago
Europe, United States, Canada
Full-time
Lead
Application Security Engineer
Software Development
CI/CD DevSecOps Microservices
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GitLab

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Description

  • Lead, develop, and mentor a team of Product Security Architects and aligned specialists across major product areas.
  • Own and evolve the Product Security Architecture strategy and partnership model with Product and Engineering leadership.
  • Oversee and mature the Product Security Risk Register and drive multi-quarter risk reduction plans.
  • Focus architecture efforts on the highest-impact security decisions while enabling delivery with minimal friction.
  • Define and drive security visions, standards, paved roads, and secure-by-default platform behaviors and configurations.
  • Lead the Product Security AI strategy to expand review coverage, reduce toil, and support developer velocity.
  • Partner with Application Security, Infrastructure Security, Security Research, Security Operations, Security Risk, and Security Compliance on end-to-end risk reduction.
  • Define and track architecture metrics and Key Risk Indicators, and represent Product Security in cross-functional forums.
  • Support teams in making informed security tradeoffs and escalating material risks to the right leadership levels.

Requirements

  • Typically 10+ years of experience leading software, architecture, or application security initiatives in high-velocity R&D organizations.
  • Strong application security and secure design literacy, including familiarity with common vulnerability classes, modern software architectures, and mitigation patterns.
  • Deep understanding of systemic product security risks in large-scale platforms, with experience in one or more of CI/CD and pipeline security, software supply chain security, identity and access management (AuthN/Z), AI/ML security, or multi-tenant SaaS architectures.
  • Proven ability to balance business goals and risk reduction in constrained environments.
  • Demonstrated success building trust with Product and Engineering Directors/VPs and influencing multi-quarter roadmaps.
  • Experience designing and rolling out scalable security patterns, standards, paved roads, and secure-by-default configurations.
  • Experience collaborating with Compliance, Audit, and Security Operations on security controls and quality standards.
  • Experience supporting major technology and architectural change while maintaining or improving security posture.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in an all-remote, asynchronous environment.
  • Comfort with AI-augmented workflows, including tools like GitLab Duo, and alignment with GitLab’s values.
  • Nice to have: experience with FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or PCI-DSS; and experience in organizations undergoing scaling, reorganization, or operating model transformation.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $205,900 to $289,600 USD for the listed U.S. level.
  • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off.
  • Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Growth and Development Fund.
  • Parental leave.
  • Home office support.
  • Remote-first work with country-based hiring flexibility.

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