Senior Security Programs Architect

Affirm, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% premium covered health care

Monthly tech stipends

Flexible time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead security programs across products, systems and data.

You will partner with Information Security, IT, and Engineering to convert priorities into clear roadmaps and drive delivery with measured improvements in security and operational health. You will guide architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments, balancing security with engineering scope while maintaining business needs and timelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading complex technical programs with security initiatives.
• Experience translating priorities into executable roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
• Ability to balance risk reduction with engineering capacity and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical security programs from planning through delivery with cross-team partners.
• Translate priorities into roadmaps, define milestones, owners and success metrics.
• Engage in architecture reviews and threat modeling to drive concrete deliverables.
• Manage dependencies, risks and blockers to accelerate decisions and delivery.
• Coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities and ensure service levels and plans.
• Establish planning and decision processes to scale security programs.

Skills

8+ years exp

Program management

Security domain knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Risk assessment

Threat modeling

Job description

Affirm, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead security programs across products, systems and data.

You will partner with Information Security, IT, and Engineering to convert priorities into clear roadmaps and drive delivery with measured improvements in security and operational health. You will guide architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments, balancing security with engineering scope while maintaining business needs and timelines.