Senior Assistant Vice President- Application & Cloud Security

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About EXL: EXL (NASDAQ:

EXLS) is a leading operations management and analytics company that helps businesses enhance growth and profitability in the face of relentless competition and continuous disruption. Using our proprietary, award‑winning methodologies, that integrate advanced analytics, data management, digital, BPO, consulting, industry best practices and technology platforms, we look deeper to help companies improve global operations, enhance data‑driven insights, increase customer satisfaction, and manage risk and compliance.

EXL serves the insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, utilities, travel, transportation and logistics industries. Headquartered in New York, New York, EXL has more than 60,000+ professionals in locations throughout the United States, Europe, Asia (primarily India and Philippines), Latin America, Australia and South Africa.

Senior AVP/ AVP - Application & Cloud Security to lead our Product Security function across the full software and cloud technology stack. The role will own end‑to‑end vision, execution, and continuous improvement of application and cloud security capabilities across the firm. This leader will serve as a key partner to engineering, development, architecture, cloud, infrastructure, and product teams—helping embed security into every layer of our delivery model while reducing business friction and maintaining velocity.

The role also supports our broader enterprise security architecture and governance efforts through direct participation in architectural reviews and security advisory forums.

• Define and execute the security strategy for application and cloud environments, aligned to business priorities, delivery timelines, and compliance requirements
• Lead by example with a strong hands‑on presence in technology, tooling, and program execution
• Proactively identify, assess, and track vulnerabilities, control gaps, and architectural risks across products and cloud platforms
• Prioritize remediation efforts based on risk, business impact, and threat intelligence—partnering with engineering teams to drive resolution
• Provide real‑time advisory to development teams during design, build, and release stages
• Scale security guardrails and developer‑friendly tooling across hybrid and cloud‑native environments (AWS, containers, IaC, etc.)
• Champion threat modeling, secure coding practices, and resilience‑by‑design at the feature level
• Define and govern secure reference architectures and patterns for cloud adoption, microservices, and serverless environments
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team and serve as a core member of the Security Architecture Review Board (SARB)
• Deploy and optimize a modern security tooling stack including SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, CSPM, secrets detection, and runtime protection
• Act as a key collaborator across product, engineering, infrastructure, and Dev Ops teams—reducing security friction and aligning controls with workflows
• Build trust through enablement, education, and repeatable guidance frameworks
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing team of App Sec and Cloud Sec professionals
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and technical excellence within the team
• Define and report on KPIs/KRIs tied to application and cloud security posture, remediation progress, and control maturity
• Support compliance, audit, and customer security assurance initiatives

• 10+ years in cybersecurity with a focus on application and/or cloud security
• 5+ years of team leadership, with proven experience building and scaling security engineering functions
• Execution experience and capability in a fast‑paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic direction with hands‑on technical execution
• Strong expertise in secure SDLC, threat modeling, Dev Sec Ops , and cloud‑native architectures
• Experience in securing modern…