Senior Manager, Product SecurityNivel de experiencia: Nivel superior | Fecha de publicación: 15/04/2025
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Workato is looking for an exceptional security leader to establish and lead a global security team responsible for Workato’s product and infrastructure security.
The Senior Manager of Product Security is a hands-on leader responsible for leading the product security efforts across our entire product line. This role requires a unique blend of real-world experience and theoretical knowledge in various aspects of software security, including but not limited to application security, cloud security, secure coding practices, and security architecture. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of hands-on security work and the ability to lead a team of security professionals.
In this role, you will also be responsible to:
Lead the company's development and implementation of a comprehensive product security strategy.
As a hands-on leader, manage and mentor a team of security engineers and analysts, providing guidance and direction for their professional growth.
Identify, develop, implement, and maintain security programs and processes across product development and production environments.
Define strategic direction, set objectives, and structure and resource the organization and the work in a way that improves the team's impact and provides a paved path to a leadership position among SaaS providers, including application security, infrastructure security, and data security.
Oversee critical cybersecurity areas, including incident response, disaster recovery, awareness, monitoring, remediation, information governance, and digital security.
Lead all product security operations that protect against immediate threats and respond when something goes wrong.
Grow the product security programs and capabilities to an industry-leading position, finding opportunities to improve our existing approach and helping to guide the team to unlock that potential.
Build strong relationships within the product, engineering and operations teams to implement the appropriate security controls to protect Workato’s applications, infrastructure, and data.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels about the security posture of products and the importance of product security.
Develop and oversee the development and enforcement of security policies and procedures based on industry-standard best practices.
Partner closely with executive leadership to ensure that all applications and platforms are developed with security in mind and that appropriate security controls have been implemented while driving continuous investment into the cybersecurity areas.
Utilize business-relevant metrics to measure the program's efficiency and effectiveness, facilitate appropriate resource allocation, and increase the security program's maturity.
Work closely with internal stakeholders and business units to keep abreast of planned changes to technologies, working practices, and business activities that could impact the organization’s Information Security or risk profile.
Support continued compliance with SOC2, HIPAA and other currently required standards and act as Product and Engineering technical lead within product security to expand certifications to include PCI, NIST800-171, ISO27001/277001, and FedRAMP. Ensure operation of related controls. Coordinate the provision of required evidence for audit.
Lead incident response activities and post-mortem analysis for any security breaches or incidents, liaising with the Legal, Security and Privacy teams on data protection, ensuring root causes of such breaches are understood and addressed.
Conduct hands-on security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify product vulnerabilities and security gaps as needed.
Leverage Workato as an automation solution for SOAR, GRC and other security-related use cases.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in product security, application security, or a related field.
Hands-on experience designing and deploying security controls across all security domains, such as access management, data protection, vulnerability management, incident response and management, application security, network security, preventive, detective, and offensive security solutions.
Deep understanding of security principles, techniques, and technologies such as OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, encryption, identity and access management, network security, and cloud security.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA.
An understanding of Application Security threats and countermeasures
Practical knowledge of security technologies, especially those applying to SaaS Web applications and wider business solutions, including Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Identity and access management, SIEM, Data Loss Protection, BCP, and Cloud Security
Ability to provide strategic product security mentorship based on experience performing threat modeling and design reviews to assess security implications and requirements
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, OSCP, CEH) are a plus.
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate information successfully internally and externally and to drive multi-functional alignment and action
Excellent people leadership skills - providing direction, monitoring performance, motivating staff, and building a positive working environment