Director, Security

Lehi, UT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Podium our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real paying customers. Every day millions of workers use our AI lead conversion and communication platform to help them get more leads and make more money.

Our work and focus on helping local businesses thrive has been recognized across the industry including Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups Forbes Cloud 100 the Inc. 5000 and Fast Companys Worlds Most Innovative Companies.

At Podium we believe in fostering a culture that thrives on hiring and developing exceptional talent. Our operating principles serve as a compass guiding daily behavior and decision-making and ensure we hire people who will thrive at Podium. If you resonate with our operating principles and are energized by our mission Podium will be a great place for you!

About the Role

We are seeking a Director of Security to lead both product security and core security engineering functions. This role is responsible for ensuring secure product development (AppSec) hardened cloud infrastructure (InfraSec) and the engineering of core security capabilities and services used across the company.

Youll lead a team responsible for building security into the SDLC architecting secure cloud environments and developing scalable controls and services (identity secrets management detection engineering etc.). This is a hands-on high-impact leadership role that combines strategic direction with technical depth and will play a key role in scaling our security posture during a period of rapid growth.

Responsibilities

AppSec Program Leadership Own secure development practices tooling and training across all engineering teams.
Infrastructure Security Define and enforce best practices for cloud infrastructure security including IAM network security and workload isolation.
Security Services Engineering Build and maintain core security services (e.g. authentication/authorization secrets management PKI logging pipelines etc.).
Tooling & Automation Drive automation of security controls and processes across engineering and cloud environments.
Security Architecture Serve as a technical authority on secure design patterns and architectural reviews.
Partnership & Enablement Partner with DevOps SRE and Engineering teams to ensure secure resilient and scalable systems.
Threat Modeling & Red Teaming Lead proactive threat modeling and collaborate with offensive testing teams to uncover and address gaps.
Metrics & Leadership Reporting Report program maturity technical risk and engineering velocity to executive leadership.

Qualifications

10 years of experience in security and/or software engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
Proven track record building secure platforms and engineering security tooling in cloud-native SaaS environments.
Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) Kubernetes identity and access management and infrastructure as code.
Strong understanding of CI/CD security application architecture and secure design principles.
Experience managing security engineering teams including setting technical strategy and hiring/development.
Exceptional collaboration skills with Product Engineering and DevOps stakeholders.

Benefits

Work inthis buildingin Lehi UT 5 days a week
Open and transparent culture
Life insurance long and short-term disability coverage
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Fertility Benefits
Generous vacation time plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
Excellent medical dental and vision benefits
401k Plan
Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center subsidized for employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability genetic information marital status or veteran status.

Required Experience:

Director

About the Role

Responsibilities

AppSec Program Leadership Own secure development practices tooling and training across all engineering teams.
Infrastructure Security Define and enforce best practices for cloud infrastructure security including IAM network security and workload isolation.
Security Services Engineering Build and maintain core security services (e.g. authentication/authorization secrets management PKI logging pipelines etc.).
Tooling & Automation Drive automation of security controls and processes across engineering and cloud environments.
Security Architecture Serve as a technical authority on secure design patterns and architectural reviews.
Partnership & Enablement Partner with DevOps SRE and Engineering teams to ensure secure resilient and scalable systems.
Threat Modeling & Red Teaming Lead proactive threat modeling and collaborate with offensive testing teams to uncover and address gaps.
Metrics & Leadership Reporting Report program maturity technical risk and engineering velocity to executive leadership.

Qualifications

10 years of experience in security and/or software engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
Proven track record building secure platforms and engineering security tooling in cloud-native SaaS environments.
Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) Kubernetes identity and access management and infrastructure as code.
Strong understanding of CI/CD security application architecture and secure design principles.
Experience managing security engineering teams including setting technical strategy and hiring/development.
Exceptional collaboration skills with Product Engineering and DevOps stakeholders.

Benefits