Director, Ecosystem Product Security
9.0/10
Stellar Development Foundation
$225,000 – $335,000 USD
Remote
senior
about 2 months ago
cryptosecuritytechblockchaindecentralized systemsproduct securityoperational risk
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Description
What you'll do
- •Define and lead the Foundation’s security strategy across both the Stellar ecosystem and Foundation-owned systems.
- •Raise the practical security baseline for key ecosystem participants, including wallets, infrastructure providers, custodians, issuers, and validators.
- •Publish actionable guidance, reference patterns, and security expectations that drive real adoption across the ecosystem.
- •Build coordination mechanisms for shared risks, incident response, and cross-ecosystem security improvement.
- •Own security outcomes for Foundation-developed software, Foundation-operated infrastructure, and treasury/custody-related responsibilities.
- •Partner with Engineering, Finance, Legal, IT, and Corporate Security to drive implementation of security controls and secure operating practices.
- •Lead secure development efforts across architecture, threat modeling, vulnerability management, bug bounty programs, and product incident response.
- •Build and lead a high-performing security team, while translating strategy into execution plans and measurable outcomes.
- •Represent the Foundation externally as a credible technical leader and convener on ecosystem security.
Conditions
- •Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents.
- •Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break.
- •Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents.
- •Gym reimbursement ($80 per month).
- •Life & ADD (up to $50K).
- •Short & Long term disability.
- •401K with 4% match.
- •Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts.
- •Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution.
- •Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution.
- •Family building benefits through Kindbody.
- •Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace).
- •L&D budget of $1,500/year.
- •Daily lunch and snacks in office.
- •Company retreats.
Requirements
- •10+ years of experience in security, including significant experience in senior leadership roles.
- •5+ years leading security programs, teams, or functions with meaningful scope.
- •A track record of owning security outcomes for complex, high-consequence systems in production.
- •Deep experience in product and application security, with hands-on judgment in real-world environments.
- •Strong familiarity with blockchain and decentralized system security.
- •The ability to assess and prioritize risk across areas such as protocol design, smart contracts, wallets, validators, dependencies, and governance mechanisms.
- •Experience driving security improvements across multiple teams, organizations, or ecosystem participants, including in environments where you do not have direct authority.
- •Strong incident judgment, including experience handling high-severity incidents and disclosure processes.
- •A pragmatic approach to security, with the ability to make tradeoffs that reduce real-world risk rather than optimize for theoretical completeness.
- •Experience building, leading, and developing high-performing security teams.
- •The ability to set strategy, translate it into execution, and deliver measurable outcomes.
- •Clear communication skills and the credibility to work effectively with engineers, executives, and external ecosystem participants.
- •Experience operating in environments where security failures could lead to financial loss, operational disruption, or loss of trust.
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