Director of Security Engineering

GCS Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Corporate benefits

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Director of Security Engineering for a permanent role in London. You will report to the CISO of a high-growth, international technology business and own security strategy across SaaS products.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on collaboration across engineering, product and security teams. Hybrid work in Central London, with a focus on scaling security, improving detection, response, and AI security considerations.

Job description

Director of Security Engineering - Permanent - London

• £130,000 - £150,000 + performance bonus & corporate benefits
• Hybrid - Central London

This one is a corker and in my opinion one of the most exciting perm roles i've had the pleasure of working on in the last decade.

I have been engaged on a search for a Director of Security Engineering reporting directly into the CISO of a high growth, international technology business. This is an opportunity for a security leader who wants genuine ownership, influence and the ability to shape the future direction of security across a modern SaaS organisation.

This is one for someone who can operate strategically with executive stakeholders whilst remaining credible with engineers, architects and technical teams. You'll be joining at a particularly interesting point in the organisation's journey, helping to scale security capabilities, embed security into product and engineering functions, strengthen detection and response capabilities and shape how the business approaches AI security and emerging technology risks.

It would be particularly suited to existing Directors, Heads of Security Engineering, Heads of Security Operations, Senior Security Managers or technically minded security leaders who are looking for a broader remit and greater impact.

Experience within SaaS, technology, cloud native or product led organisations would be especially valuable.

GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.