Director of Security (Cybersecurity)

Director of Security

Company

Runpod

Conditions

4 days agoSalary: 125K - 220K

Skills

Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will lead and scale the security organization across cloud security, application security, security operations, and governance, risk, and compliance. You will establish security strategy, embed secure practices into development, improve detection and incident response, oversee infrastructure security, and manage customer trust and vendor risk.

Requirements

• 7+ years leading security teams, including managers or multiple squads
• Proven experience securing high-scale cloud platforms or infrastructure products
• 8+ years building and securing SaaS, platform, or IaaS products
• Deep knowledge of cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, Linux security, networking, and virtualization
• Experience building culture and accountability across distributed teams
• Experience using security metrics such as MTTD, MTTR, patch SLAs, and defect escape rates
• Strong written and verbal communication and stakeholder management
• Successful completion of a background check
• Eligible to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Lead security strategy and execution across cloud security, application security, security operations, and governance, risk, and compliance
• Shape compliance strategy and achieve or maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA certifications
• Hire, mentor, and develop security managers and senior individual contributors
• Embed security into the engineering lifecycle through SSDLC, threat modeling, architecture reviews, and vulnerability scanning
• Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident-response programs
• Sponsor critical customer security conversations and manage third-party vendor risk assessments
• Integrate security testing and policy enforcement into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Oversee infrastructure security, including GPU clusters, network perimeters, IAM, and backend services
• Coordinate with Infrastructure and SRE teams on secure provisioning, network isolation, and high availability

Benefits

• Equity through stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible PTO
• Remote-first work arrangement
• $1,200 home office and equipment stipend

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