Global VP, Application Security & AI Assurance

Sagility; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Sagility seeks an AVP of Application Security to provide global leadership, strategy, and governance for application security, product security, DevSecOps and AI security across the software lifecycle. You will embed security by design and lead multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.

Role focuses on SAST/DAST/SCA testing, threat modelling, secure CI/CD, and AI-specific security testing with cloud-native architectures and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, cybersecurity or related field.
• 15–20 years of technology and cybersecurity experience, including 15+ years in Application Security, Product Security, Security Architecture or DevSecOps and senior leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year global strategy and roadmap for Application Security, Product Security, DevSecOps and AI Security.
• Establish Secure Software Development Lifecycle policy/standards, security architecture requirements, release gates, reference patterns and risk-based assurance tiers.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, Legal and business teams to embed security by design.
• Establish decision rights, exception governance, measurable control outcomes and executive reporting across the application portfolio.

Skills

Security leadership

SAST/DAST/SCA

Threat modelling

Penetration testing

Secure SDLC

AI security

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash/Go)

Cloud security

OWASP/SANS/NIST

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Cybersecurity

Tools

Burp Suite

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

Qualys

Nessus

Checkmarx

Job description

Sagility seeks an AVP of Application Security to provide global leadership, strategy, and governance for application security, product security, DevSecOps and AI security across the software lifecycle. You will embed security by design and lead multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.

Role focuses on SAST/DAST/SCA testing, threat modelling, secure CI/CD, and AI-specific security testing with cloud-native architectures and regulatory alignment.