Director, Product Security

The role

The Director, Product Security will define Product Security strategy and drive Secure by Design principles, threat modeling, and security architecture reviews. This person will manage a global team of product security engineers to mature the application security program.

What you will do

• Maturing the application security program
• Increasing Test Coverage of active repositories, microservices, and endpoints monitored by SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanning tools
• Managing Security Gates Passed/Failed ratio
• Managing a team of global team of product security engineer

Required qualifications

• 13+ years of experience across Software Engineering, Security Engineering, Application Security, or Product Security
• At least 7 years leading security organizations
• Proven experience building or scaling Product Security programs within modern SaaS or cloud-native environments
• Deep expertise in Secure SDLC, Secure by Design, threat modeling, security architecture, application security, API security, and modern authentication and authorization frameworks
• Demonstrated success partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to influence architecture, design decisions, and security strategy
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, Kubernetes, containers, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Experience driving organization-wide vulnerability management and product risk remediation programs
• Ability to communicate technical risk effectively to executive leadership and drive cross-functional alignment
• Experience building, mentoring, and leading high-performing Product Security teams

Nice to have

• Experience securing AI/GenAI-powered products and platforms
• Hands-on software engineering background with experience building distributed systems
• Experience implementing security automation within modern CI/CD environments
• Experience leading globally distributed Product Security teams
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or GIAC certifications

Benefits

• Premium private medical care with priority appointments
• Multisport Cards
• Flexible remote work options
• Partners can be included in both health and wellness programs
• Dedicated Recharge Holidays - one long weekend each quarter

About the company

Gainsight is the AI-powered retention engine behind the world’s most customer-centric companies. The Gainsight CustomerOS platform orchestrates the customer journey from onboarding to outcomes to advocacy.