BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a safer world through our cyber security SaaS portfolio.
Our culture of flexibility, trust, and continual learning means you will be recognized for your growth, and for the impact you make on our success. You will be surrounded by people who challenge, support, and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
The Role:
The Senior Manager for Application Security is a lead position reporting to the VP of Application Security. As the Senior Manager of Application Security, you will play a pivotal role in driving the secure design, development, and deployment of our software applications. You will lead a team of skilled security professionals, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the overall success of our security program. The ideal candidate has deep domain knowledge across modern security frameworks, tools, and best practices, experience interfacing with enterprise-level customers. Open to remote, must be US-based.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, and product teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the application security strategy, policies, and best practices across the organization.
- Lead and mentor a team of application security professionals, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation.
- Perform security assessments, code reviews, and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate security risks in applications.
- Manage third-party security assessments and penetration testing engagements, ensuring timely remediation of identified issues.
- Provide guidance on secure coding practices, architecture design, and threat modeling to development teams.
- Drive the adoption of secure coding tools and technologies to automate and streamline security testing processes.
- Contribute to the development and execution of security awareness and training programs.
- Take a customer-centric approach by establishing relationships with key customers, ensuring remediation gaps are promptly closed across the installed base, and maturing all internal and external communication and documentation practices.
- Be a senior-level resource for Product, Engineering, and Sales leadership. Train the broader team in the development of these skills.
What You’ll Bring:
- 5+ years of progressive experience in Enterprise Software Application Security
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, CISM, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of application security principles, secure coding practices, and common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top Ten).
- Experience with application security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) and vulnerability assessment methodologies.
- Proven experience in leading and managing a team of security professionals.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executives.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive solutions to complex security challenges.
- Experience with Cloud security best practices (preferably AWS).
- Strong understanding of supply chain attacks and how to successfully mitigate them.
Who You Are:
- Data-driven mindset with strong attention to detail
- Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and fast paced environment.
- Intellectual curiosity & willingness to take ownership of deliverables.
- Enjoy orchestrating people and managing complicated cross-functional challenges.
Better Together
Diversity. Inclusion. They’re more than just words for us. They are the guiding values of how we build our teams, cultivate leaders, and create a culture where people feel connected.
We take care of our employees so they can take care of our customers. Customers who come from all walks of life just like us. We hire incredible people from diverse backgrounds because when we are different together, we are stronger together.
About Us
BeyondTrust is the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, enabling organizations to protect identities, stop threats, and deliver dynamic access. We are leading the charge in innovating identity-first security and are trusted by 20,000 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 100, plus a global ecosystem of partners.
Learn more at www.beyondtrust.com.
