Senior Security Programs Manager - Remote-First

Affirm, Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); Remote; USD 146,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health coverage for employees and

Monthly tech stipend

Job summary

Affim seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead security programs across product, systems, and data. You will partner with Information Security, IT, and Engineering to turn priorities into clear roadmaps, align teams, and drive measurable improvements in security and operational health.

You will shape governance, establish planning processes, and deliver with accountability across a distributed organization, while maintaining focus on risk reduction and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, including delivery of information security initiatives across multiple teams.
• Practical experience in one or more security domains, such as product or platform security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, or risk assessment, and understand how security frameworks translate into technical controls.
• Turn ambiguous goals into achievable plans with clear milestones, dependencies, owners, and success measures, adapting as priorities and risks change.
• Improve program delivery through practical processes and meaningful metrics, using evidence and feedback to identify gaps and measure results.
• Build trust and influence without direct authority, align partners with competing priorities, and communicate complex technical topics clearly across a distributed organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical security programs from planning through delivery, aligning Information Security, IT, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product partners on scope, milestones, ownership, and outcomes.
• Partner with security leads to translate priorities and risk assessments into executable roadmaps, balancing risk reduction with engineering capacity and business needs.
• Engage in architecture reviews and threat modeling discussions, ask questions that clarify technical tradeoffs, and translate security requirements into concrete engineering deliverables.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments across teams, resolve blockers, and accelerate decisions early with clear options and recommendations.
• Coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities and security findings, helping teams meet agreed service levels and establish sustainable plans for complex or long-term issues.
• Establish practical planning, review, and decision-making processes that clarify accountability and improve execution as security programs scale.

Skills

Program management

Security domain experience

Risk assessment knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Affim seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead security programs across product, systems, and data. You will partner with Information Security, IT, and Engineering to turn priorities into clear roadmaps, align teams, and drive measurable improvements in security and operational health.

You will shape governance, establish planning processes, and deliver with accountability across a distributed organization, while maintaining focus on risk reduction and business outcomes.