Director, Vulnerability Engineering - RBC

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Director of Vulnerability Engineering leads the application and data engineering teams responsible for building and operating the platform that enables application teams to manage vulnerabilities end-to-end. This platform will also serve as the home for Exposure Management and reporting. The team also supports internal automation, AI skills, and controls engineering. The role reports to the Sr. Principal, Vulnerability and Exposure Management.

This is a team full of initiative and momentum — we’re shipping a platform that will change how thousands of engineers interact with vulnerability data. You’ll have the rare opportunity to lead both application and data engineering in a space where AI, automation, and graph technologies are being applied to real security problems at enterprise scale. If you want to build products that matter, not just maintain systems, this is the role.

Oversees the execution of enterprise wide application security services, including secure design, testing, remediation, and training, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and objectives.

Provides strategic leadership in implementing security frameworks, tools, and processes to address complex security challenges and drive innovation.

Manages budgets and resource allocation to ensure operational efficiency, compliance with policies and adherence to regulatory requirements.

Cultivates stakeholder relationships to influence strategic decisions and promote the adoption of secure application practices across the organization.

Manages application security initiatives of significant complexity, applying advanced technical expertise to solve abstract problems, and making independent decisions across business units.

Makes independent decisions on program, technical or operational strategy for the department, providing leadership, coaching and mentorship through senior managers and managers. Sets strategic direction for the department or area receiving high level direction from senior leaders.

Drives innovation across areas of responsibility identifying opportunities for making operational changes and practices, solving highly complex problems broadly related to application security.

Leads cross functional collaboration efforts, fostering strong internal relationships across the organization and external relationships to drive business outcomes.

Lead and Develop Talent:
Lead and develop the application and data engineering teams delivering the vulnerability management platform.

Design and Deliver:
Partner with product on the design of platform capabilities, then build and operationalize them to enable application teams to manage vulnerabilities end-to-end.

Exposure Management:
Define and execute the engineering roadmap for Exposure Management and reporting capabilities within the platform