Head of Application Security
Core
Senior leadership role responsible for protecting software, AI, and products at the Intelligent Edge, ensuring security by design for automotive, aerospace, defense, healthcare, and industrial customers.
Role type
Senior leadership IC (Head of Application Security)
Builds
Secure SDLC/DevSecOps capabilities, risk-managed AI security programs, and company-wide product security practices
Domain
Semiconductor, Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, Healthcare, Industrial
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Secure SDLC/DevSecOps, AI/GenAI security governance, Product security lifecycle, Supply chain security, Threat modeling, Executive strategy, Team building, Regulatory compliance (ISO/IEC, CMMC, ITAR)
Preferred skills
Program delivery across application/product/cybersecurity, Scaling security functions in global engineering orgs
Technologies
SAST, SCA, DAST, secret scanning, CI/CD pipelines, SBOM, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, IEC 62443-4-1
Responsibilities
Lead strategy and build-out of application, AI, and product security capabilities; Serve as strategic advisor to CISO and Board; Build and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team; Align security to regulatory and customer requirements; Integrate security risk into enterprise risk model; Lead response to significant security incidents
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
