Manager, Security Engineering

Greenhouse
Ontario
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to security professionals with team leadership experience working in fast-paced B2B SaaS environments, particularly those with expertise in AI-native security practices and cloud infrastructure.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience leading security teams and embedding security into product lifecycles
    — “Experience managing and developing security engineers, with a track record of setting direction and building high-performing teams
  • Individuals with a background in cloud security, specifically AWS and Kubernetes
    — “Experience securing cloud environments running in AWS and Kubernetes
  • Professionals who have driven AI integration in security workflows and can translate business risk into prioritized work
    — “Drive responsible and secure AI adoption across security engineering workflows

Things to consider

  • The role requires legal eligibility to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the company
    — “Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company.
  • The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product, IT, and leadership teams
    — “Experience setting strategy and delivering security programs in partnership with Engineering, Product, IT, or other technical teams

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building AI-native security workflows and team leadership in your resume and interviews
    — “Build an AI-native security engineering team by identifying high-value uses of AI and agentic workflows
  • Emphasize your track record in aligning security strategy with business and customer needs
    — “Lead strategy and roadmap development across our distinct Product Security and Corporate Security teams, aligning priorities to company and customer needs
  • Showcase your ability to translate security decisions into product requirements and gain stakeholder buy-in
    — “Bridge the gap between security decisions and product needs and earn buy-in from your stakeholders
  • Demonstrate your knowledge of modern IAM and zero-trust frameworks in your application materials
    — “Experience with modern IAM and zero-trust security, including platforms and protocols such as Okta, OpenID Connect, and SAML
  • Demonstrate your ability to create repeatable processes and automation that support secure decisions
    — “Create repeatable processes, automation, paved roads, and self-service capabilities that make secure decisions easier for engineers and employees
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Manager

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What success looks like

  • strengthened security strategy
  • improved vulnerability management
  • enhanced corporate security
Typical background
security engineeringsoftware engineeringproduct management

Skills & requirements

Required

Security EngineeringAI IntegrationProduct SecurityCorporate SecurityCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

AI EthicsProduct Lifecycle Management

Stack & domain

AISecurity EngineeringVulnerability ManagementPenetration TestingBug Bounty OperationsProduct Incident ResponseLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkMentorshipAI AdoptionProduct SecurityCorporate Security

About the role

Original posting from Greenhouse via Greenhouse

Our mission at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission.

Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams.

Greenhouse is looking for a Manager, Security Engineering to join our team!

As the Manager, Security Engineering, you’ll lead a team of Product and Corporate Security Engineers and own the Product and Corporate Security strategy and roadmaps. You’ll act as a security engineering point of contact for stakeholders and drive responsible and secure AI adoption across security engineering workflows.

Who will love this job

A proactive problem solver - you understand the details, see the bigger picture, and help teams build secure-by-default products and resilient corporate systems

An entrepreneur - you are excited by new challenges and inventing the future of security engineering practices, including leveraging AI to scale workflows

A leader - you enjoy mentoring others and helping them grow overtime

A communicator - you can bridge the gap between security decisions and product needs and earn buy-in from your stakeholders

What you’ll do

Lead strategy and roadmap development across our distinct Product Security and Corporate Security teams, aligning priorities to company and customer needs

Build an AI-native security engineering team by identifying high-value uses of AI and agentic workflows across security assessments, triage, patching, investigations, response, documentation, and self-service

Strengthen the Security Partner model and help product and engineering teams build secure-by-default products and services

Improve vulnerability management, penetration testing, bug bounty operations, product incident response, and defenses against abuse and adversarial traffic

Lead Corporate Security initiatives across identity and access management, endpoints, email, business systems, detection, and response

Establish responsible AI practices, including non-human identity, appropriate data handling, access boundaries, human oversight, evaluation, and auditability

Create repeatable processes, automation, paved roads, and self-service capabilities that make secure decisions easier for engineers and employees

Set clear goals, operating rhythms, and measures of success while continuously improving how both teams work

Coach and mentor security engineers, support their growth, and build a culture of ownership, curiosity, inclusion, and continuous learning

Represent Security Engineering to R&D, IT, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and leadership, translating business risk into prioritized work

You should have

Experience managing and developing security engineers, with a track record of setting direction and building high-performing teams

Significant security engineering experience in a fast-paced technology or B2B SaaS company

Experience using AI to improve security or engineering workflows, along with the judgment to help teams adopt it responsibly

Experience setting strategy and delivering security programs in partnership with Engineering, Product, IT, or other technical teams

Product Security experience, including embedding security into product and engineering lifecycles

Application Security and security architecture experience

Experience securing cloud environments running in AWS and Kubernetes

Experience with modern IAM and zero-trust security, including platforms and protocols such as Okta, OpenID Connect, and SAML

Experience with security operations, including detection, response, or incident management

Strong judgment, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to balance customer trust, business context, and engineering velocity

Your own unique talents! Your background has given you a unique perspective and set of transferable skills that aren't always in alignment with a given role - but those are qualities we value at Greenhouse. If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we still strongly encourage you to apply

Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company.

For purposes of processing or administering your employment relationship, personal information that you provide to the Company may be transferred to and accessed by an affiliate in the United States or elsewhere, or to agents and contractors (such as payroll companies, insurance companies, information technology consultants, etc.) that provide services to the Company.

The national pay range for this role is $141,600 - $208,000 CAD. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases. Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role.

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Who we are

At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through using our own product to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We’re committed to designing and responsibly using AI tools to transform how we work while keeping people at the center. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an award-winning culture that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row. 

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Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to accommodations@greenhouse.io.

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