Director of Application Security - Remote & SDL Leadership

OhioX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyland is seeking a Director of Application Security to lead strategy, governance, risk mitigation, and compliance across a diverse set of platforms. This role will design and manage a secure software development lifecycle, including risk detection, mitigation, remediation, and audits.

The position oversees security technology, tooling, and the security organization, driving incident response, data privacy, and regulatory compliance while reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software product development.
• 5+ years leading corporate application security programs.
• 5+ years SDL experience for a large org.
• Strong written and verbal communication; leadership and facilitation.
• Experience building and leading security teams; accountability for security excellence.
• Ability to deliver executive security metrics reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and plan the strategic vision, organizational structure, operating policies, and procedures to ensure every product is developed securely; identify and oversee the implementation of key architectural mechanisms to enhance software security through reuse and standardization
• Ensure the definition, creation, scaling, maturation, and management of the security technology and tooling platform; design and implement automated controls and tools to create force multipliers that maximize the value of work
• Build and manage the security processes and security organization; establish built-in checks and balances to define and reach corporate security goals and objectives; serve as an expert in data security and privacy through the implementation of regulatory compliance needs across the business
• Direct the security development lifecycle to ensure the incident response process includes triage of security defects, review of mitigation and remediation plans, and external communication of identified or reported security defects; direct the escalation of software security incidents and security reviews
• Provide executive summary reports of assurance metrics to leadership with a comprehensive inventory of attack surface, the state of testing and defensive coverage, and a real-time accounting of open risks; establish direction for data-driven decision-making including operational metrics and track performance against established goals
• Oversee the management of performance and compensation for direct reports; provide coaching and development opportunities; manage and track emerging technologies within the security space to ensure security and compliance standards are continually met

Skills

Software dev exp

Security program leadership

SDL experience

Executive reporting

Communication skills

Team leadership

Tools

Modern development languages

Cloud platforms

Job description

Hyland is seeking a Director of Application Security to lead strategy, governance, risk mitigation, and compliance across a diverse set of platforms. This role will design and manage a secure software development lifecycle, including risk detection, mitigation, remediation, and audits.

The position oversees security technology, tooling, and the security organization, driving incident response, data privacy, and regulatory compliance while reporting to senior leadership.