Technical Director - Application Security

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Job Summary:

Wizards of the Coast connects people around the world through play and imagination, and they are seeking a visionary Technical Director – Application Security to lead a new product security team. The role focuses on embedding security into game development culture, tools, and infrastructure, ensuring secure and resilient experiences for millions of players.

Responsibilities:

• Build and Scale a Modern Application Security Program

• Architect and drive the implementation of secure-by-design principles across CI/CD pipelines, game engines (Unity, Unreal), APIs, and cloud-native environments.

• Integrate security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA) into developer workflows and automate remediation where possible.

• Establish scalable policies and controls to govern secure coding, build validation, and deployment.

• Lead Partner Studio Security and Governance

• Develop and operationalize a comprehensive governance model for 2nd and 3rd party studios.

• Conduct regular security assessments, establish KPIs, and monitor compliance with contractual security obligations.

• Drive Threat Modeling and Product Risk Management

• Embed threat modeling, privacy review, and risk profiling into the product lifecycle.

• Partner with game and platform teams to ensure security architecture reviews are standard practice.

• Oversee Security Validation and Incident Preparedness

• Implement security testing frameworks for staging and production (including pen testing and dynamic scanning).

• Collaborate with incident response teams to ensure readiness across digital platforms and gaming services.

• Promote a Culture of Developer-Centric Security

• Establish a Security Champions program to extend security best practices into feature and game teams.

• Deliver SSDLC training and provide coaching to internal teams, contingent workers, and external developers.

• Lead Security Tooling Strategy and Technical Partnerships

• Define and execute the tooling roadmap across platforms, including Snyk, Veracode, Coverity, Tenable, Orca, Expel, Splunk, and Sumologic.

• Collaborate with Dev Ops and infrastructure teams to align security with infrastructure-as-code and serverless architectures.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 10+ years of experience in Application/Product Security, including 5+ years in the gaming or interactive entertainment industry.

• Expert knowledge of secure game development, including Unity, Unreal, Perforce, and game SDKs.

• Deep understanding of CI/CD, containerization, cloud security (AWS), and infrastructure-as-code principles.

• Demonstrated experience working with third-party development studios and overseeing console platform integrations.

• Hands-on expertise with Generative AI tools (e.g., secure code assistants, AI copilots, and agentic solutions) in a software development context.

• Strong command of modern collaboration tools:
Jira, Slack, Confluence, Miro, Smart Sheet.

• Proven leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven track record of 5+ years of leading and growing security teams in a highly collaborative and matrixed organization.

Company:

Wizards of the Coast develops and publishes game-based and other entertainment products. Founded in 1990, headquartered in Renton, Washington, USA, team size 501-1000 employees, currently Late Stage. Wizards of the Coast has a track record of offering H1B sponsor ships.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Industries Software Development

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