Product Security Leader; Seaport​/Boston Onsite

Product Security Leader (Seaport/Boston Onsite)

• Full-time
• Position Type:
  Exempt
• Compensation: USD 175000 - USD 210000 - yearly

Velotic is a newly formed independent software company with a pure-play focus on industrial operations. We unite two category-defining portfolios -- Thing Worx and Kepware (formerly part of PTC) and Proficy (formerly part of GE Vernova) -- to transform industrial manufacturing, h $350M in annual revenue, a global footprint across a range of industries, a legacy customer base, and our intelligent data connectivity systems and AI solutions, we are one of the world's largest independent software companies focused on industrial operations -- here to power the future of manufacturing.

Enabling the world's industrial producers to do the right things right—across every shift, every plant, every day. We help manufacturers prosper by equipping them with software-defined, data-driven production systems that elevate quality, accelerate cycle times, improve resilience, and enable sustainable profit growth.

Velotic is seeking a dynamic and technically driven Product Security Leader to establish and lead the product security function for our newly formed organization. This is a unique greenfield opportunity to build a world-class product security program from the ground up while navigating the complexity of integrating two carved-out companies in the industrial software space. The Product Security Leader will be a hands-on builder and leader who will be responsible for interfacing software development engineers who will be embedding security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), establishing secure development practices, and ensuring with product managers that Velotic's products are built with security as a foundational principle.

This role also requires close coordination with technical support, customer success, IT and infrastructure teams, and external partners including System Integrators and MSSP providers.

The Product Security Leader at Velotic will play a pivotal role in building security into the DNA of our products during a unique and complex organizational formation. As Velotic brings together engineering teams from two carved-out companies, each with their own development practices, tech stacks, and security maturity levels, this role requires exceptional technical depth, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while driving toward a unified vision.

This is a true greenfield opportunity where you will define what "good" looks like for product security 'll establish the secure SDLC framework, select and implement security tooling, build a security champions network, and create the processes that will scale with the company's growth. The challenge and opportunity lie in harmonizing security practices across two different engineering cultures while maintaining development velocity and building something better than either organization had before.

The successful candidate will work at the intersection of security, engineering, and product management. You'll need to be technical enough to earn the respect of senior engineers, strategic enough to influence product roadmaps, and pragmatic enough to balance security ideals with business realities. This role requires coordination with external partners—System Integrators who are helping stand up development infrastructure and MSSP providers who deliver security monitoring services—requiring strong vendor management skills alongside technical expertise.

Day-to-day, you'll lead threat modeling sessions, review security architectures, triage vulnerabilities, guide remediation efforts, implement security automation, and…