Description
We are looking for a Head of Product Security to lead our Product Security function. You will own and deliver the multi-year Product Security strategy, investment roadmap and priorities.
The Product Security function enables teams across Zopa to deliver change while managing Product Security risk and protecting the bank and its customers.
As Head of Product Security, you will lead the function through its next stage of maturity, setting the multi-year direction, scaling the operating model and helping Zopa respond to a security landscape increasingly shaped by cloud technology, automation and AI.
Key responsibilities:
- Own and deliver the multi-year Product Security strategy, investment roadmap and priorities.
- Define the Product Security operating model, including team structure, capacity planning, senior hiring and succession.
- Lead, grow and develop a high-performing Product Security function.
- Own Product Security risk appetite, control effectiveness, executive KPIs and regulatory/audit assurance.
- Act as senior Product Security adviser to the CISO and executive Engineering, Product and Risk stakeholders.
- Set Product Security standards and drive their adoption across multiple engineering domains.
- Embed Secure by Design principles into engineering and software delivery.
- Prioritise investment and engineering effort according to security risk and business impact.
- Use AI, automation and modern security platforms to reduce manual effort and improve security workflows.
- Demonstrate improvements in security posture, risk reduction, engineering enablement and operational scalability.
Requirements:
- Proven track record defining and delivering enterprise Product Security strategy across a complex engineering organisation.
- Significant experience leading and scaling a Product or Application Security function.
- Experience operating in a complex, regulated technology business.
- Strong people leadership with experience designing teams, hiring senior talent and developing capability.
- Deep knowledge of modern Application Security, Secure SDLC, DevSecOps and cloud security.
- Experience owning and communicating Product Security risk, controls and executive-level metrics.
- Able to influence senior Engineering, Product, Risk and Security leaders.
- Proven ability to lead change and drive adoption across engineering teams you don't directly manage.
- Able to demonstrate measurable improvements in security and engineering outcomes.
Nice to have:
- Experience with Wiz, Orca, Prisma Cloud, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, GitHub Advanced Security or equivalent platforms.
- Experience automating security processes, using AI to assist with vulnerability triage and remediation, and developing LLM-enabled security tooling.
- Experience reducing manual patching and repetitive security work through automation.
We offer a hybrid work arrangement, requiring you to come to our London office 2-3 days a week, with the option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year.