Senior Technical Program Manager, Security & Trust

Atlassian; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing resources

Paid volunteer days

Job summary

Atlassian offers flexible work options in the United States and globally. This role focuses on portfolio-wide trust outcomes, security, compliance, and privacy initiatives across the organization.

You will partner with Trust Engineering, Legal, IT, and executive teams to define strategy and drive risk-reducing programs. The position emphasizes delivering secure, scalable controls and governance across complex environments, with a strong emphasis on AI-native SDLC and software supply chain

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering leadership, or security architecture in large cloud or SaaS environments.
• Portfolio-level scope leading multi-team, company-wide security, infrastructure or compliance initiatives over multiple years.
• Deep domain knowledge across cybersecurity, risk management, cloud security architecture, threat modeling, AI-native SDLC, vulnerability management, and GRC frameworks.
• Proven delivery of complex technical transformations such as software supply chain security, automated security controls, identity governance or authorizations to operate in regulated environments.
• Strong executive communication, synthesizing complex technical, legal, and risk scenarios into clear trade-offs and decisions.
• Ability to influence and align engineering, product, legal, and GRC teams without direct authority.
• Systems thinking with experience designing and scaling operational frameworks, governance rhythms, and dependency tracking globally.
• Data-driven decision making using telemetry and risk metrics to guide trade-offs and demonstrate measurable risk reduction.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Own portfolio-level trust outcomes: Set strategic direction and drive a multi-year portfolio across Security, Compliance, GRC and Privacy, tying company priorities to clear executive decisions
• Lead cross-functional delivery: Orchestrate execution across Trust Engineering, Product, Platform, Legal, GRC, and IT, managing dependencies, technical risks, and organizational trade-offs
• Drive secure-by-default engineering: Lead initiatives to embed automated security controls, trusted AI-native SDLC, software supply chain defenses, and continuous vulnerability monitoring into developer workflows
• Enable regulated market access: Drive technical readiness and authorizations to operate in regulated environments (such as FedRAMP and regional certifications) to meet market commitments
• Turn ambiguity into clarity: Structure complex technical and governance challenges, establish effective decision forums, and align cross-functional leaders
• Influence executive leadership: Partner closely with C-level executives, providing fact-based risk insights, escalating blockers, and driving critical decisions to closure
• Establish durable mechanisms: Build scalable frameworks for risk prioritization, dependency management, compliance evidence pipelines, and security reviews
• Measure impact and risk reduction: Define metrics to track security posture improvements, vulnerability reduction, audit readiness, and overall business value

Skills

Security architecture

Risk management

Cloud security

Threat modeling

GRC frameworks

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Security automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/InfoSec/Engineering

Job description

Atlassian offers flexible work options in the United States and globally. This role focuses on portfolio-wide trust outcomes, security, compliance, and privacy initiatives across the organization.

You will partner with Trust Engineering, Legal, IT, and executive teams to define strategy and drive risk-reducing programs. The position emphasizes delivering secure, scalable controls and governance across complex environments, with a strong emphasis on AI-native SDLC and software supply chain