Director, Security Enablement (Remote)

Experian; United States; Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-eligible

Hybrid work model

Allen, TX office

Job summary

Experian seeks a director-level security enablement leader to drive secure software delivery within a product development organization in the financial services sector. The role is remote-eligible with hybrid expectations anchored to a Texas office, and reports to senior leadership.

You will build and guide programs, tooling, and advisory services to raise security maturity across product teams, while embedding secure practices into lifecycles and architecture decisions.

Qualifications

• Director-level experience leading security, application security, or security engineering.
• Proven track record enabling product and engineering teams to build secure software at scale.
• Deep understanding of secure development practices and how to operationalize them.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the security enablement function across product development teams, defining strategy and operating model.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to embed security practices into development lifecycles.
• Build programs that raise the security maturity of product teams through training, tooling, and advisory support.
• Advise on secure architecture, threat modeling, and risk tradeoffs for product initiatives.
• Measure and report on the effectiveness of enablement programs to senior leadership.

Skills

Security leadership

Stakeholder management

Threat modeling

Secure development practices

Security architecture

Job description

Role overview

Director-level role leading security enablement within a product development organization in the financial services sector. The position sits inside the Product Development function and is responsible for building the practices, guidance, and capabilities that allow product and engineering teams to deliver securely at scale. It is a remote-eligible role with hybrid expectations anchored to a Texas office.

Responsibilities

• Lead the security enablement function across product development teams, defining strategy and operating model.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to embed security practices into development lifecycles.
• Build programs that raise the security maturity of product teams through training, tooling, and advisory support.
• Advise on secure architecture, threat modeling, and risk tradeoffs for product initiatives.
• Measure and report on the effectiveness of enablement programs to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Director-level experience leading security, application security, or security engineering functions.
• Strong track record enabling product and engineering organizations to build secure software at scale.
• Deep understanding of secure development practices and how to operationalize them across teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without authority.
• Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated environments is preferred.

Benefits and work setup

Remote-eligible position with hybrid expectations at the Allen, Texas office. Posted salary range is $157,667 to $283,801, with full-time regular employment status.