Mariner
Vice President, Security Engineering and Architecture
United States · Exec
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCybersecurityIncident ResponseM&APerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the Vice President, Security Engineering & Architecture leads the security engineering and architecture organization, responsible for building scalable technical security capabilities across infrastructure, data, product, validation, automation, and AI enablement. This leader is accountable for
- developing and maintaining a platform-and-assurance security function that efficiently supports company growth, acquisition activity, regulatory requirements, and product modernization—without proportional headcount increases. The VP provides technical authority, prioritization, and cross-functional alignment both within security engineering and with
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop five domain heads, setting priorities, delivery expectations, staffing plans, and platform roadmaps.
- Own enterprise security architecture governance, including high-impact exceptions and technical risk management for strategic initiatives.
- Foster alignment on build, validation, run, and remediation efforts with peer executives in GRC, SOC/IR, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, product engineering, and legal/privacy.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to scale security organizations using product-led operating models and measurable automation.
- Required Licenses/Certifications
Nice to have
- Establish the operating model, service boundaries, and decision rights for the security engineering and architecture organization.
- Champion reusable security patterns, self-service consulting, automation, and telemetry to streamline advisory and review processes.
- Oversee executive reporting on architecture adoption, automation, exposure reduction, accountability, and technical risk trends.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, with deep expertise in security engineering, architecture, cloud, and technical risk management.
- Experience overseeing multiple technical security domains in regulated financial institutions or similarly complex environments.
- Working knowledge in cloud security, product security, data security, AI security, exposure management, security automation, and M&A integration risk.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related field.
Skills
- Excellent technical risk management abilities, especially concerning high-impact exceptions and trade-off decisions.
- Ability to translate complex technical risks into business-oriented narratives for boards, regulators, and executive stakeholders.
- Experience operating in M&A-intensive environments with shifting regulatory and technological contexts.
- Supervisory Responsibilities
- Provides technical direction and sets delivery expectations for managers and senior contributors across security engineering pillars.
- Travel Requirement
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