Product Security Lead

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous employee benefits package

discretionary bonus

competitive total rewards package

Job summary

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is seeking a seasoned product security leader to embed security across the development lifecycle, SAST/DAST workflows, and cloud security practices. You will partner with engineering, platform, and data teams to deliver secure solutions for financial services.

The role emphasizes secure AI risk management, threat modeling, and establishing a culture of security ownership across product teams. NYC hybrid work arrangement is offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in product, application, or software security within financial services.
• Deep expertise in secure development, DevSecOps, threat modeling, and design risk assessment.
• Hands-on experience with application security tooling, including SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis.
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of data security, cloud security (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), and emerging secure AI practices.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Secure Development & DevSecOps: embed security into lifecycles and CI/CD pipelines.
• Application Security Services: deliver SAST/DAST and risk triage.
• Data, Cloud & Secure AI Adoption: advise on cloud security and secure AI risks.
• Leadership & Collaboration: lead product security and align security with delivery.

Skills

Secure development

DevSecOps

Threat modeling

Design risk assessment

Application security tooling

SAST

DAST

Software composition analysis

Data security

Cloud security

Secure AI practices

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

SAST

DAST

Software composition analysis

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Secure Development & DevSecOps Embed security into application and data lifecycles through secure development, testing, and DevSecOps practices Integrate automated security testing and policy guardrails into CI/CD pipelines Partner with engineering teams to advance secure coding standards and developer enablement
• Application Security Services Deliver application security services, including SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis Triage, validate, and prioritize findings to reduce false positives and developer friction Manage open-source and third-party component risk through dependency and license analysis
• Data, Cloud & Secure AI Adoption Support data security initiatives across classification, protection, and lifecycle controls Advise on secure configuration and controls across cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) Guide secure AI adoption, addressing model, data, and application-layer risks
• Leadership & Collaboration Lead and develop a high-performing product security practice Partner closely with engineering, platform, and data teams to align security with delivery Champion a culture of security ownership and shared accountability across product teams

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience in product, application, or software security engineering within financial services.
• Deep expertise in secure development, DevSecOps, threat modeling, and design risk assessment
• Hands-on experience with application security tooling, including SAST, DAST, and software composition analysis
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience of data security, cloud security (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), and emerging secure AI practices
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills

Other Requirements

Hybrid position in NYC.

Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.

Benefits

• generous employee benefits package
• discretionary bonus
• competitive total rewards package

Salary

The expected base salary ranges from $150k-$215k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certificates and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered.

Company Overview

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.

Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package. We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran. We participate in the E-Verify program. We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.

Why Mizuho

Mizuho is in growth mode as we are climbing the league tables, disrupting the status quo, and attracting top talent. Positions are available across our corporate functions, and on our corporate and investment banking, capital markets, advisory, research, sales & trading, derivatives, and financing teams. We are looking for candidates who want to contribute to our entrepreneurial culture where people at all levels are inspired to share ideas. Our creativity sets us apart, and our perseverance drives results in creating bespoke, client-focused solutions. If you are interested in advancing your career working for a firm with a growth mindset and the resources of a global financial services team, we would like to hear from you.