Manager, Security Engineering

The Wrap; New York (NY); Hybrid; CAD 142,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenhouse is seeking a Manager, Security Engineering to lead our Product and Corporate Security teams and own the security strategy and roadmaps. You’ll act as the security engineering point of contact for stakeholders and drive secure AI adoption across workflows.

You’ll build an AI-native security engineering team, strengthen the Security Partner model, and shape secure-by-default products. This role requires experience delivering security programs in fast-paced tech environments; Canada work

Qualifications

• Experience leading security engineers and building high-performing teams.
• Security engineering experience in fast-paced tech/B2B SaaS environments.
• Experience using AI to improve security or engineering workflows and guiding responsible adoption.
• Experience setting strategy and delivering security programs with engineering and product teams.
• Product security experience, embedding security into lifecycles.
• Application security and security architecture expertise.
• Experience securing AWS and Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with modern IAM and zero-trust concepts (Okta, OpenID Connect, SAML).
• Experience with security operations (detection, response, incident management).
• Strong judgement and communication; ability to balance trust, context, and velocity.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and roadmap development for Product and Corporate Security teams.
• Build an AI-native security engineering team focusing on valuable AI uses across workflows.
• Strengthen the Security Partner model and promote secure-by-default products/services.
• Improve vulnerability management, pentesting, bug bounty operations, incident response, and defenses against abuse.
• Lead Corporate Security initiatives across identity, endpoints, email, business systems, detection, and response.
• Establish responsible AI practices including data handling, access boundaries, oversight, and auditability.
• Create repeatable processes and self-service capabilities to simplify secure decisions for engineers.
• Set goals, rhythms, and metrics of success; improve cross-team collaboration.
• Coach and mentor security engineers; foster ownership, inclusion, and learning.
• Represent Security Engineering to R&D, IT, Legal, Compliance, and leadership.

Job description

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is looking for a Manager, Security Engineering to join our team!

As the Manager, Security Engineering, you’ll lead a team of Product and Corporate Security Engineers and own the Product and Corporate Security strategy and roadmaps. You’ll act as a security engineering point of contact for stakeholders and drive responsible and secure AI adoption across security engineering workflows.

Who will love this job

• A proactive problem solver - you understand the details, see the bigger picture, and help teams build secure-by-default products and resilient corporate systems
• An entrepreneur - you are excited by new challenges and inventing the future of security engineering practices, including leveraging AI to scale workflows
• A leader - you enjoy mentoring others and helping them grow overtime
• A communicator - you can bridge the gap between security decisions and product needs and earn buy-in from your stakeholders

What you’ll do

• Lead strategy and roadmap development across our distinct Product Security and Corporate Security teams, aligning priorities to company and customer needs
• Build an AI-native security engineering team by identifying high‑value uses of AI and agentic workflows across security assessments, triage, patching, investigations, response, documentation, and self‑service
• Strengthen the Security Partner model and help product and engineering teams build secure‑by‑default products and services
• Improve vulnerability management, penetration testing, bug bounty operations, product incident response, and defenses against abuse and adversarial traffic
• Lead Corporate Security initiatives across identity and access management, endpoints, email, business systems, detection, and response
• Establish responsible AI practices, including non‑human identity, appropriate data handling, access boundaries, human oversight, evaluation, and auditability
• Create repeatable processes, automation, paved roads, and self‑service capabilities that make secure decisions easier for engineers and employees
• Set clear goals, operating rhythms, and measures of success while continuously improving how both teams work
• Coach and mentor security engineers, support their growth, and build a culture of ownership, curiosity, inclusion, and continuous learning
• Represent Security Engineering to R&D, IT, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and leadership, translating business risk into prioritized work

You should have

• Experience managing and developing security engineers, with a track record of setting direction and building high‑performing teams
• Significant security engineering experience in a fast‑paced technology or B2B SaaS company
• Experience using AI to improve security or engineering workflows, along with the judgment to help teams adopt it responsibly
• Experience setting strategy and delivering security programs in partnership with Engineering, Product, IT, or other technical teams
• Product Security experience, including embedding security into product and engineering lifecycles
• Application Security and security architecture experience
• Experience securing cloud environments running in AWS and Kubernetes
• Experience with modern IAM and zero‑trust security, including platforms and protocols such as Okta, OpenID Connect, and SAML
• Experience with security operations, including detection, response, or incident management
• Strong judgment, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to balance customer trust, business context, and engineering velocity
• Your own unique talents! Your background has given you a unique perspective and set of transferable skills that aren't always in alignment with a given role - but those are qualities we value at Greenhouse. If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we still strongly encourage you to apply

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company.

For purposes of processing or administering your employment relationship, personal information that you provide to the Company may be transferred to and accessed by an affiliate in the United States or elsewhere, or to agents and contractors (such as payroll companies, insurance companies, information technology consultants, etc.) that provide services to the Company.

The expected base salary for this role is CAD $141,600 - $208,000. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

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Who we are

At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We’re committed to designing and responsibly using AI tools to transform how we work while keeping people at the center. We are a remote‑first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co‑working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award‑winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row.

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Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process