Manager, AI Runtime Security

Vanguard Group; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard Group in Detroit is seeking a seasoned Application Security Lead to hire and mentor security-focused teams while setting performance standards.

You will design and evolve security capabilities across multiple product lines, drive threat modeling and secure architecture, and guide risk-based remediation across project teams. This hybrid role emphasizes collaboration with product, engineering, and security stakeholders to strengthen Vanguard's security posture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Graduate degree preferred.
• Sponsorship not offered for visa holders.

Responsibilities

• Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Leads the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of application and product security capabilities across multiple systems, applications, or product families throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provides technical expertise for application security, influencing secure architecture and design decisions and ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and industry best practices.
• Oversees complex application security assessments, including threat modeling and advanced code reviews, and drives risk‑based remediation strategies across product teams.
• Leads the evaluations and prioritization of application security risks across supported products, providing expert guidance on remediation approaches and security trade‑offs.
• Leads the integration of new security features, patches, and platform‑level enhancements into existing products, ensuring security solutions scale effectively and are consistently applied.
• Provides sustained technical leadership and mentorship to application security and engineering peers, sharing expertise, reviewing work products, and elevating secure development practices.
• Collaborates with product, engineering, and security stakeholders to continuously improve product security posture, identify emerging threats, and recommend enhancements to security tools, processes, and capabilities.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Threat modeling

Secure architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Core Responsibilities

1. Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
2. Leads the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of application and product security capabilities across multiple systems, applications, or product families throughout the product lifecycle.
3. Provides technical expertise for application security, influencing secure architecture and design decisions and ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and industry best practices.
4. Oversees complex application security assessments, including threat modeling and advanced code reviews, and drives risk‑based remediation strategies across product teams.
5. Leads the evaluations and prioritization of application security risks across supported products, providing expert guidance on remediation approaches and security trade‑offs.
6. Leads the integration of new security features, patches, and platform‑level enhancements into existing products, ensuring security solutions scale effectively and are consistently applied.
7. Provides sustained technical leadership and mentorship to application security and engineering peers, sharing expertise, reviewing work products, and elevating secure development practices.
8. Collaborates with product, engineering, and security stakeholders to continuously improve product security posture, identify emerging threats, and recommend enhancements to security tools, processes, and capabilities.
9. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum of five years related work experience.

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission. To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

About Us

Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.

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