Senior Manager of Information Security Architecture & Engineering, Oportun

• Beyond technical expertise, this role demands strong leadership to both manage a team of security experts, as well as drive initiatives across teams and functions
• The ideal candidate will foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance, prioritizing kindness, integrity, and transparency in leadership
• This individual will view security as a business enabler, creating services that empower developers and system owners to iterate rapidly while maintaining strong and pragmatic security controls
• 10+ years of experience in security architecture, application security, infrastructure security, or related domains
• Strong background in cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevSecOps, and/or data security
• Experience leading a globally distributed team across time zones which relies heavily on asynchronous working and collaboration methods
• Experience leading and developing globally distributed security teams with a focus on professional growth and collaboration
• Experience designing security controls for data flows and distributed computing environments
• Hands-on expertise of secure software development practices, security testing methodologies, and threat modeling
• Strong cross-functional leadership with the ability to communicate security risks effectively to engineering, IT, and business stakeholders
• Experience of security frameworks and regulations (e.g., NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, GLBA)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field

Desirable

• We are seeking a Senior Manager, Information Security Architecture & Engineering to serve as a key security leader within our organization
• This role is responsible for defining and driving platform, application and data security, including designing and reinforcing secure-by-design principles, effective data protection and handling, identity and access management standards, and vulnerability management across the enterprise
• Acting primarily as a second-line of defense, this leader ensures security best practices are embedded into our CI/CD, SDLC, data pipelines, and platform
• You'll define and maintain secure application and infrastructure architecture frameworks, ensuring security is built-in from the outset
• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and technology teams to integrate security into SDLC, CI/CD, and data pipelines
• Own and oversee the vulnerability management program, ensuring risk-based remediation across all technology assets
• Enhance and scale an existing security design review service, providing structured security assessments for new and evolving systems and data
• Advocate for security as a service, building tools and processes that streamline secure development and system operations
• Act as a security advisor to engineering and technology operations, ensuring security aligns with business goals
• Collaborate with the Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) team to align technical security requirements with regulatory and commercial requirements
• Champion a security-first culture, ensuring technical execution teams understand security risks, standards and best practices