Security Architecture Lead, Thoughtful AI

• This is a key leadership position for a security expert who thrives in a high-growth, regulated environment, can anticipate and mitigate emerging threats, and can operate effectively across enterprise and entity-specific initiatives
• 10+ years of experience in information security, with 4+ years in security architecture leadership roles
• Proven experience with cloud, network, and application security in regulated industries
• Strong technical expertise in cloud platforms, identity and access management, and application security tooling
• Demonstrated success leading high-performing security teams
• Hands-on experience implementing security standards in compliance with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, or similar
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and business teams
• Strong architectural judgment and ability to balance security, scalability, and performance

Desirable

• We're looking for an exceptional Security Architecture Lead to own and advance our organization's cloud, network, and application security landscape
• As the Security Architecture Lead at Smarter Technologies, you will own and drive our security architecture across cloud, network, application, and identity domains
• You will establish and enforce technical standards, deliver hands-on execution in critical projects, and build a multi-year security architecture roadmap aligned with business growth and compliance objectives
• This is a true player-coach role. You’ll directly contribute technical solutions while setting the vision and leading the expansion of a high-performing security team as we scale
• You will partner closely with entity-specific security managers, engineering, and product teams to ensure consistent, modern security patterns are implemented while meeting unique operational requirements
• Lead enterprise-wide security architecture strategy across cloud, network, application, and identity domains
• Develop and maintain a 12–24 month security architecture roadmap that is aligned with business objectives, compliance milestones, and product releases
• Define, approve, and continuously refine security architecture standards, ensuring alignment with business needs, threat intelligence, and evolving regulatory requirements
• Establish and facilitate security architecture governance processes and maintain approval authority for architecture decisions in major projects and initiatives
• Partner with entity-specific security managers to balance global standardization with unique operational and customer needs
• Provide technical leadership to security engineering specialists, creating a structure that enables growth and technical depth for future team members
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security best practices into infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and application design
• Lead enterprise IAM strategy, ensuring role-based access controls, least privilege, and Zero Trust principles are implemented and enforced
• Integrate architecture with incident detection and response capabilities to ensure rapid containment and recovery
• Oversee security architecture implications of third-party integrations, SaaS adoption, and vendor solutions
• Track, analyze, and report on key security metrics to the executive team and board
• Ensure full alignment with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, HITRUST, and other applicable regulatory frameworks
• What Success Looks Like:
• A unified security architecture approach that supports both standardization and business-specific flexibility
• Security patterns are consistently implemented across all business units
• High-performing security engineering team with clear ownership and technical depth
• Strategic initiatives delivered securely, on time, and at scale
• Security becomes an enabler of innovation, not a bottleneck