Director, Application Security

The role

Lead and build Zeta's Application Security function as a hands-on player/coach. Embed security into the software development lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines and AI-powered development workflows, and own AppSec strategy for AI systems, models, prompts and agents.

What you will do

• Define and drive an AI-native Application Security vision and roadmap.
• Design the operating model for agentic AppSec, including security copilots and policy-enforcing agents.
• Act as a hands-on technical leader shaping secure architectures.
• Build and mentor a modern Application Security team focused on leverage and automation.
• Evolve threat modeling into continuous, system-aware analysis.
• Embed automated security reasoning into CI/CD and AI/ML pipelines.
• Lead AI-specific adversarial testing, including prompt injection, model abuse and data leakage.
• Embed security agents into IDEs, pull requests and CI workflows.
• Use continuous risk scoring to influence release decisions.
• Train engineers on secure AI-native system design.

Required qualifications

• 5-10+ years in AppSec, DevSecOps or secure software development.
• Strong knowledge of OWASP, cloud-native systems and API security.
• Familiarity with AI/ML security risks.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employee equity
• Employee discounts
• Virtual wellness classes
• Pet insurance

About the company

Zeta Global is an AI-powered marketing cloud that uses artificial intelligence and consumer signals to help marketers acquire, grow and retain customers. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York City.