Application Security Manager (Product Security)

Aviva; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% Bonus opportunity

Generous pension scheme

Private medical benefit

Employee share plan

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Aviva is seeking an Application Security Manager (Product Security) to lead a team of security professionals and partner with engineering and product teams. You will embed security into the development lifecycle, drive secure-by-design practices, and shape the Product Security strategy while leveraging automation and AI-enabled approaches.

You will help modernise Product Security across Aviva's technology estate, ensuring our products remain secure, resilient and trusted by millions of

Qualifications

• Strong experience leading AppSec or Product Security teams.
• Experience with threat modelling and security architecture reviews.
• Hands-on knowledge of AppSec tooling and AI-enabled approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Product Security specialists and partner with engineering, architecture and product teams to embed security.
• Drive secure-by-design practices and influence Product Security strategy.
• Support automation and AI-enabled approaches to improve security outcomes across Aviva.
• Modernise Product Security across the technology estate to keep products secure and trusted.

Skills

AppSec leadership

Threat modelling

Security architecture

DevSecOps

Secure software engineering

AI for AppSec

SAST/DAST/SCA

IaC scanning

Secrets management

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

IaC scanning

Job description

Application Security Manager (Product Security)

Salary: Circa £100,000

Locations: Bristol, Birmingham, Norwich, York, Leeds, Sheffield or Leatherhead

Are you someone who is passionate about building secure products and embedding security into the way technology is delivered?

We're looking for an experienced security leader with a strong background in Application Security, Product Security, or Secure Software Engineering who is excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of Product Security at Aviva.

This role would suit someone who combines technical credibility with people leadership and enjoys working closely with engineering teams to deliver secure-by-design solutions at scale.

A bit about the job

Aviva is evolving its Application Security capability into a modern Product Security function that supports products throughout their lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment and operation.

As Application Security Manager (Product Security), you'll lead a team of Product Security specialists and partner with engineering, architecture and product teams to embed security into the way technology is delivered. You'll help drive secure-by-design practices, influence Product Security strategy, and support the adoption of automation and AI-enabled approaches to improve security outcomes across Aviva.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in modernising Product Security across our technology estate, helping ensure our products remain secure, resilient and trusted by millions of customers.

Skills and experience we're looking for

• Strong experience leading and delivering Application Security, Product Security, DevSecOps or Secure Software Engineering capabilities.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams to improve secure software development practices, including threat modelling and security architecture reviews.
• Hands-on knowledge of Product Security and Application Security tooling, including leveraging AI for AppSec alongside traditional SAST, DAST, SCA, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning and secrets management/scanning.
• Understanding of cloud-native technologies, CI/CD pipelines, automated security controls and modern software delivery practices.
• Ability to balance business objectives with effective risk management across product development lifecycle

What you'll get for this role

Our purpose –with you today, for a better tomorrow –applies to our colleagues too.Here’swhat we offer:

• Salary Circa :100K (depending on location,skillsand experience).
• Bonus opportunity 12% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of ourAviva Communitiesand use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools
• Take a lookto learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone:

• We’re inclusive andwelcome everyone–we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.
• Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if youdon’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.
• We flex locations,hoursand working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of theirtime in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.
• To find out more about working at Aviva take a lookhere