- Own and deliver on the vision for security platform strategy for all of Robinhood.
- Enable and lead teams to innovate and develop strong security programs and overall strategies within the domains of Cloud Security, Identity Access Management, Security Operations, and Product Security.
- Provide technical leadership of Security products from conception to operation, ensuring they are built to the highest quality standards.
- Understand and maintain knowledge of emerging security technologies and their applicability within our highly-regulated business.
- Collaborate closely with other teams to ensure that security is a core consideration with all decisions, and influence alignment with cross-organizational leadership.
- Nurture an engineering team focused on impact, fostering a culture of collaboration, trust, ownership, and open communication.
- Create a high-performance team through delivery of clear performance expectations and continuous feedback, while setting a strong bar for engineering standards, and high quality decision making,
- Develop and manage an organization focused on data-driven decisions, operational excellence, and engineering rigor, while enforcing highly effective security controls.
- 10+ years of experience leading security engineering and operations departments.
- 5+ years of experience with securing AWS and/or GCP cloud environments.
- Proven experience in successfully building and leading mission-critical teams.
- Experience navigating complex global regulatory environments for financial services and blockchain technology
- Strong technical skills and a willingness to dive deeply into details.
- Experience developing, managing, and evaluating managerial talent.
- Demonstrated experience working with regulatory bodies, executive leadership, and developing strong partner team relationships.
- Domain expertise in two or more security specializations (Product Security, Cloud Security, Security Operations, EIAM, Cryptography, etc.)
- Market competitive and pay equity-focused compensation structure
- 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
- Annual lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more
- Lifetime maximum benefit for family forming and fertility benefits
- Dedicated mental health support for employees and eligible dependents
- Generous time away including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more
- Lively office environment with catered meals, fully stocked kitchens, and geo-specific commuter benefits
Head of Security Engineering - Menlo Park, CA, United States - Robinhood
Description
About the team + role
The Security Engineering team's mission is to secure the business by building industry leading security infrastructure and identifying and responding to security threats. We are looking for an experienced leader to lead our security engineering organization in a fast-paced and growth oriented environment. If you eat, breathe, and drink Cybersecurity, and are passionate about leadership this may be the place for you.
As Head of Security Engineering you will lead and develop our core Security Engineering, Product Security, and Security Operations teams. You will uphold operational excellence, a high level of engineering and security maturity, and nurture a fast-paced culture focused on first-principles decision making.
The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.