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Job Details
Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Product Security Architect who will be responsible for embedding security into the entire product lifecycle—from design to deployment—while enabling secure innovation at scale.
As a senior leader, you will define the product security strategy, influence engineering practices, and ensure security is a core pillar of product development rather than an afterthought. You will partner closely with engineering, DevOps, cloud, and business leaders to mitigate risks while accelerating delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Security Architecture &
- Strategy
- Define and implement product security architecture frameworks and standards.
- Integrate Security-by-Design and Privacy-by-Design principles into all products.
- Establish a long-term product security roadmap aligned with business strategy.
- Lead threat modeling and risk assessments for critical products and platforms.
- Provide architectural guidance for:
- Cloud-native applications
- Microservices and APIs
- SaaS and enterprise platforms
- Drive adoption of security frameworks including:
- Relevant DevSecOps or Cloud Security certifications
Leadership Competencies
- Strategic thinking with strong execution focus.
- Ability to influence without authority.
- Strong stakeholder management at the leadership level.
- Problem-solving and risk-based decision making.
- Ability to translate technical risks into business impact.
- Solid communication and executive presentation skills.
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Reduction in critical vulnerabilities across products.
- Adoption rate of Secure SDLC practices.
- Improvement in security posture and audit outcomes.
- Reduction in time-to-remediation.
- Increased awareness and secure coding adoption across teams.
- Improvement in SSDLC maturity and DevSecOps adoption.
Why This Role Is Critical
This role is central to ensuring that security scales with innovation. As organizations move toward cloud-native, API-driven, and digital-first ecosystems, the Product Security Architect ensures:
- Security is embedded, not bolted on.
- Risks are proactively managed rather than reactively addressed.
- Engineering teams are enabled, not slowed down by security.
- Secure development practices become part of the organizational culture.
Worker Type
Employee
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