Associate Director — Product & Application Security (EMEA)

Role Purpose

Lead and scale the Product & Application Security program for our products portfolio across EMEA. Own secure-by-design practices from architecture and threat modeling through DevSecOps in CI/CD, vulnerability management, and coordinated disclosure—enabling developer velocity without compromising risk posture. Align to our System Development & Application Security standards and reference patterns.

Key Outcomes

Establish EMEA-fit Secure SDLC guardrails (requirements → release gating) and publish reference architectures for authentication/authorization, secrets, cryptography, logging, and privacy.
Embed DevSecOps controls in pipelines (SAST, SCA, secret scanning, IaC/K8s policy-as-code, SBOM generation, artifact signing and provenance) with measurable pass/fail criteria.
Stand up product vulnerability management with SLA tiers, risk-based triage, and executive reporting.
Launch an EMEA secure coding enablement track and developer champions program.
Demonstrate compliance readiness for GDPR/NIS2 and AI-related controls applicable to product features.

Responsibilities

Own AppSec architecture and threat modeling for high-risk services; review designs and third-party components.
Define and enforce pipeline security controls; partner with Engineering to shift-left testing and automate gates.
Govern SBOM standards and software supply-chain risk (open-source hygiene, provenance, signing).
Lead vulnerability management and remediation orchestration across squads; partner with SRE for runtime hardening.
Chair the Product Security Review Board for go-live exceptions and risk acceptance.
Collaborate with Privacy/Legal on data protection by design; align with GRC on policy and control mapping.
Mentor an EMEA AppSec team; provide matrix leadership across GDC and product squads.

Required Qualifications

10+ years in Application/Product Security; 3+ years leading programs at scale.
Expertise with OWASP ASVS, threat modeling (STRIDE/ATT&CK), API security, and cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS).
Hands-on with SAST/SCA/DAST, IaC/K8s policy (e.g., OPA), container scanning, and SBOM tooling.
Proven stakeholder management with Engineering, Product, and Platform teams.
Relevant certifications such as CSSLP, CISSP, or CISM (preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AI/ML product risks (prompt injection, model supply chain, dataset governance).
Familiarity with GDPR, NIS2, and secure disclosure practices.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Builds passing security gates (%).
MTTR for critical vulnerabilities.
Coverage of threat models and reference patterns.
SBOM completeness and policy adherence.
Exception trend and closure rate.

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Product & Application Security - Associate Director

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