Director, Application Security

The role

Lead and build an AI-native Application Security function as a hands-on player/coach. Embed security into the software development lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines and AI-powered development workflows.

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 (prompt injection, model abuse, data leakage).
• Embed security agents directly into IDEs, PRs, and CI workflows.
• Use continuous risk scoring to influence release decisions.
• Own AppSec strategy for AI systems, models, prompts, and agents.

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, and Pet Insurance

About the company

Zeta Global is an AI-powered marketing cloud headquartered in New York City, with offices around the world. It offers the Zeta Marketing Platform, which unifies identity, intelligence and omnichannel activation.