Senior Director, AI-Driven Security Engineering

Iterable; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Adoption support

Job summary

Iterable is the AI customer engagement platform trusted by global brands and enterprise-scale teams. This role leads Security Engineering, owning strategy, architecture, and a security portfolio aligned to business priorities and risk tolerance.

You will build an AI-forward security organization, manage budgets and vendors, and partner across engineering, product, and legal to secure outcomes. Reporting to the CISO, you’ll guide security strategy, drive execution, and develop leaders while

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in security engineering or a related technical security discipline.
• 7+ years leading security organizations, including managers and senior technical leaders.
• Experience setting strategy and delivering outcomes across multiple security functions.
• Strong technical grounding in application security, cloud security, detection and response, automation, and vulnerability management.
• Experience leading complex incidents, post-incident remediation, and resilience improvements.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, organizational design, and strategic investments.
• A track record of developing talent, creating focus, addressing missed delivery, and leading through ambiguity and change.
• Exceptional executive communication, judgment, influence, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year Security Engineering strategy aligned to business priorities, customer trust, and risk appetite.
• Set a focused portfolio of priorities with clear owners, sequencing, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead and develop managers and senior technical leaders across multiple security functions.
• Establish operating mechanisms that improve accountability, execution visibility, and delivery predictability.
• Address missed commitments, unresolved blockers, and priority conflicts directly.
• Build an AI-forward roadmap for security engineering, automation, operations, and decision support.
• Mature application security, cloud and platform security, detection and response, vulnerability management, and incident readiness.
• Lead post-incident improvement and resilience programs that address systemic risk.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, IT, GRC, Legal, Finance, and Customer-facing teams to enable secure business outcomes.
• Own organizational planning, budget, vendor strategy, headcount planning, and investment tradeoffs.
• Advise executives and Board partners on security posture, material risks, priorities, and investments.

Skills

Executive leadership

Security engineering

Strategy development

Executive communication

Budget management

Vendor management

Incident response

AI and security automation

Job description

Iterable is the AI customer engagement platform trusted by global brands and enterprise-scale teams. This role leads Security Engineering, owning strategy, architecture, and a security portfolio aligned to business priorities and risk tolerance.

You will build an AI-forward security organization, manage budgets and vendors, and partner across engineering, product, and legal to secure outcomes. Reporting to the CISO, you’ll guide security strategy, drive execution, and develop leaders while