Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Strategy & Risk

TOGETHXR; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Strava is seeking a senior security leader to build and scale the security program, reporting to the CISO. You will run governance, risk management, and AI-enabled risk insights, while directing a small team.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering, legal, and product teams to protect the platform and users. You will stand up repeatable processes, define risk thresholds, and present risk information to executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field
• 8–12 years of experience in security, cyber risk or related roles
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent
• Experience standing up and managing security risk programs and cross-functional execution
• Strong understanding of security controls and collaboration with engineering on implementations
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear risk narratives
• Hands-on technical fluency in threat models, vulnerabilities, incidents
• Experience using AI/automation to improve risk workflows
• Ability to work with ambiguity and manage multiple stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication for risk reporting to leadership

Responsibilities

• Own and advance Strava's security governance, strategy and risk management programs
• Build a repeatable process turning risk signals into a prioritized risk view with thresholds
• Own AI and third-party risk management, delivering meaningful risk insights
• Establish a security steering committee with cross-functional stakeholders
• Develop a multi-year security strategy, roadmap and investment priorities
• Deliver executive- and board-ready risk reporting
• Collaborate with Engineering, Legal, AI Enablement and other teams
• Identify opportunities to use AI/automation to improve risk workflows
• Evolve risk methodology with new data sources and attack patterns
• Lead and grow the security team and function

Skills

Security governance

Risk management

Security controls

Executive risk reporting

Team leadership

Vendor risk management

AI/automation in security

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Cybersecurity

Tools

CISSP

CISM

Job description

About Strava

Strava is the app for active people. With over 200 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

About This Role

Strava's Cybersecurity team protects the trust of a global community of athletes who rely on our platform every day. As the team scales its security program, we're rethinking how we assess and act on security risk: moving away from static, point-in-time risk registers and toward a living, data-driven view of where our real exposure lies.

This is a role with a 70/30 split between hands-on execution and people management, reporting directly to the CISO. You'll build this function largely from scratch, standing up a repeatable process that turns various risk signals into a single, prioritized view that executive stakeholders can act on. You'll partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the business.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our San Francisco office, three days per week.

What You'll Do

• Own and advance Strava's security governance, strategy and risk management programs, leading a small team to help execute them

• Build a repeatable process that turns risk signals (threat models, bugs, vulnerabilities, incidents, vendor assessments) into one prioritized risk view with defined risk acceptance thresholds and escalation paths

• Own the AI and third-party risk management process — delivering risk insights that matter, not rubber-stamping compliance

• Establish a security steering committee with relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment on risk tolerance and prioritization

• Establish a multi-year, actionable security strategy, roadmap and investment priorities

• Deliver regular, executive- and board-ready risk reporting

• Partner across Engineering, Trust & Safety, Legal, AI Enablement, and other business functions, representing security in cross-functional planning and risk reviews

• Identify and implement opportunities to use AI and automation to improve efficiency of risk workflows

• Continuously evolve the risk methodology as new data sources, attack patterns, and business priorities emerge

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Cybersecurity or related field

• 8-12 years of experience in security, cyber risk, technical security assurance or related technical risk roles

• Security certifications e.g. CISSP, CISM, or other relevant certifications

• Demonstrated success of standing up and managing security risk programs, treatment decisions and cross-functional execution end to end

• Strong understanding of security controls and how to work with engineering on implementation details

• Demonstrated track record translating technical security or threat findings into clear risk narratives

• Hands‑on technical fluency: you've personally read and interpreted threat models, vulnerability findings, or incident data, not just relayed summaries of them

• Demonstrated experience using AI or automation tools to directly improve technical security or risk workflows (e.g., automating vulnerability triage, control testing, or risk scoring)

• Experience handling ambiguity, driving accountability and working across multiple stakeholders

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to prepare and present risk reports to technical teams, senior leadership and board level executives

• Experience managing and developing teams

• Experience scaling GRC processes in a high‑growth or consumer tech company is a plus

• Third‑party or vendor risk management experience is a plus

• Quantitative risk methodology experience (e.g., FAIR) is a plus

Why Join Us?

Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.

Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.

When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together.

Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world‑class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.

Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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