Blockchain Ecosystem Security Director

TechChain Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar is seeking a Director of Ecosystem & Product Security to orchestrate security strategy across the Stellar ecosystem and own security outcomes for Foundation-developed systems and treasury-related security responsibilities. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical judgment in decentralized systems, product security, and operational risk.

You will define baseline security, publish guidance, and coordinate incident response across wallets, infrastructure providers,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of security experience with significant senior leadership.
• 5+ years leading security programs, teams, or functions with meaningful scope.
• Track record of owning security outcomes for complex, high-consequence systems in production.
• Deep experience in product and application security with hands-on judgment.
• Ability to assess and prioritize risk across protocol design, smart contracts, wallets, validators, dependencies, and governance mechanisms.
• Experience driving security improvements across multiple teams, organizations, or ecosystem participants, including without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Foundation's security strategy across the Stellar ecosystem and Foundation-owned systems.
• Raise the practical security baseline for key ecosystem participants including wallets, infrastructure providers, custodians, issuers, and validators.
• Publish actionable guidance, reference patterns, and security expectations that drive real adoption across the ecosystem.
• Build coordination mechanisms for shared risks, incident response, and cross-ecosystem security improvement.
• Own security outcomes for Foundation-developed software, Foundation-operated infrastructure, and treasury/custody responsibilities.
• Partner with Engineering, Finance, Legal, IT, and Corporate Security to drive security controls.
• Lead secure development efforts across architecture, threat modeling, vulnerability management, bug bounty programs, and product incident response.
• Build and lead a high-performing security team.

Skills

Security leadership

Product security

Threat modeling

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

NIST SSDF

OWASP SCSVS

SEAL

Job description

Stellar is seeking a Director of Ecosystem & Product Security to orchestrate security strategy across the Stellar ecosystem and own security outcomes for Foundation-developed systems and treasury-related security responsibilities. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical judgment in decentralized systems, product security, and operational risk.

You will define baseline security, publish guidance, and coordinate incident response across wallets, infrastructure providers,