Hybrid Senior Engineering Director, Product Security

at The College Board

• Job title: Senior Engineering Director, Product Security
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $170,000 - $195,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Senior Engineering Director shaping security strategy for College Board's cloud-native products. Lead a high-performing team and secure long-term engineering execution against evolving threats.

Responsibilities

• Provide Strategic Technical Leadership (40%)
• Execute a forward-looking product security strategy focused on staying ahead of security and privacy threats, not reacting to incidents.
• Own and mature the secure SDLC, including threat modeling, security and privacy design reviews, application security testing, software supply chain protections, and production controls.
• Make sound, risk-based prioritization decisions across competing security needs, balancing long-term security investments with urgent product, engineering, and business demands.
• Establish standards for securing AWS-based cloud-native systems, APIs, mobile applications, and AI-enabled features.
• Translate emerging threats, abuse patterns, and regulatory expectations into actionable engineering guidance.
• Drive measurable reductions in systemic risk and security debt.
• Clarify security priorities and focus the team on the work that delivers the highest risk reduction and business impact.
• Build and Lead a High-Performing Security Engineering Team (30%)
• Build and evolve a product security organization with clear ownership boundaries and strong collaboration across Product Security Architecture and Information Security.
• Coach and develop the team members to operate with increasing autonomy, fostering sound security judgment and build a culture of ownership and accountability by empowering team members to make risk informed security decisions.
• Ensure roles are well-defined, impact-driven, and aligned to current and future business needs.
• Set and uphold a high bar for technical depth, work quality, and follow-through.
• Attract and hire exceptional security engineers committed to technical excellence and mission impact.
• Provide stretch opportunities that expand scope, influence, and technical mastery.
• Foster a culture where candid feedback, iteration, and growth are expected and normalized.
• Build an environment where high performers thrive and are sought after across the organization.
• Partner Effectively with Business Stakeholders and Technology Teams (30%)
• Improve developer experience by making secure choices the default through automation and clear engineering standards.
• Establish measurable indicators of security effectiveness, including remediation velocity, systemic risk reduction, and declining recurrence of vulnerability classes.
• Establish security standards and guardrails for AI-enabled product capabilities.
• Integrate AI-assisted tooling into security workflows to improve secure design, code review, vulnerability triage, and threat analysis capabilities.
• Ensure AI tools used within engineering are adopted responsibly, securely, and with measurable impact.
• Grow the culture of security and privacy within product teams through educational initiatives such as the Staying Ahead of Threats Guild.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in application, cloud, or product security, including senior leadership responsibility
• Demonstrated expertise in securing SaaS and mobile products, using contemporary development frameworks, CI/CD practices, and secure coding standards.
• Strong command of emerging trends in product security, including software supply chain risk, data privacy, secure SDLC, and third-party/vendor security posture management.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information and present clear options to technical and executive audiences.
• Deep people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, talent development, performance management, and fostering a culture that enables engineers to do their best work.
• Exceptional planning, prioritization, and delivery skills, consistently executing against timelines and budgets in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Willingness and ability to travel 2-3 times per year to College Board offices and other domestic or international locations, as needed.

Benefits

• Annual bonuses and opportunities for merit-based raises and promotions
• A mission-driven workplace where your impact matters
• A team that invests in your development and success