VP, Secure SDLC Strategy & AI-Driven Security

Goldman Sachs; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 667,000 - 1,038,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Vice President, Secure SDLC Lead to define and govern the firm’s global Secure SDLC strategy. You will reduce enterprise technology risk and enable secure software delivery at scale while collaborating with senior stakeholders across engineering platforms and product teams.

You will advance AI-augmented analysis, shift-left controls, and agentic AI workflows, strengthening governance, remediation efficiency, and developer experience across global business units.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Application Security, Secure SDLC, DevSecOps or Product Security.
• Strong understanding of Secure SDLC principles and software development practices.
• Hands-on experience with Application Security and security testing methodologies.
• Experience with SAST, DAST and application security tooling.
• Experience integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering workflows.
• Strong understanding of threat modelling, vulnerability management and application risk assessment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the firm's Secure SDLC strategy across global engineering teams.
• Drive adoption of application security controls throughout the software development lifecycle, including static and dynamic security testing.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed security-by-design principles into SDLC and CI/CD processes.
• Lead application security reviews, threat modelling activities and security testing programmes.
• Oversee and enhance security testing capabilities, including SAST, DAST and emerging AI-enabled security testing solutions.
• Assess application security risks and help engineering teams prioritise remediation efforts.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and technology stakeholders to improve security controls and developer security practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI-driven security capabilities to strengthen Secure SDLC services.
• Mentor and support security engineers while promoting a strong application security culture across the firm.

Skills

Secure SDLC

Application Security

DevSecOps

Threat modelling

CI/CD integration

SAST

DAST

Cloud security

Security tooling

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAST

DAST

IaC security tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Vice President, Secure SDLC Lead to define and govern the firm’s global Secure SDLC strategy. You will reduce enterprise technology risk and enable secure software delivery at scale while collaborating with senior stakeholders across engineering platforms and product teams.

You will advance AI-augmented analysis, shift-left controls, and agentic AI workflows, strengthening governance, remediation efficiency, and developer experience across global business units.