Anaplan is hiring a

Director, Product Security

York, United Kingdom

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators who are focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies that rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals and we have fun celebrating our wins.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and be your best self!

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead the company's development and implementation of a comprehensive product security strategy. 
  • Oversee critical cybersecurity areas protecting Anaplan, including application security, infrastructure security, data security, and identity & access management. 
  • As a hands-on leader, manage and mentor a team of security engineers and analysts, providing guidance and direction for their professional growth. 
  • Define strategic direction, set objectives, and structure the organization and the work in a way that improves the team's impact 
  • Build strong relationships within the product, engineering and operations teams to implement the appropriate security controls to protect Anaplan’s applications, infrastructure, and data. 
  • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels about the security posture of products and the importance of product security. 
  • Develop and oversee the development and enforcement of security standards based on industry-standard best practices. 
  • Partner closely with executive leadership to ensure that all applications and platforms are developed with security in mind, that appropriate security controls have been implemented, and that development teams have clearly defined paved paths. 
  • Define and utilize metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, facilitate appropriate resource allocation and increase the security program's maturity. 
  • Work closely with internal stakeholders and business units to keep abreast of planned changes to technologies, working practices, and business activities that could impact the organization's Information Security or risk profile. 
  • Support continued compliance with required certification and standards. Act as Product and Engineering technical lead within product security. Ensure operation of related controls. Coordinate the provision of required evidence for audit. 
  • Conduct hands-on security assessments and code reviews to identify product vulnerabilities and security gaps as needed. 
  • Leverage automation to drive efficiencies within the program. 

More About You

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in product/platform security, with a proven track record of leadership in designing, implementing, and managing security programs for hybrid environments at SaaS companies.
  • Strong technical background in application security, security architecture, data security, and identity & access management.
  • Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies and security principles, particularly in AWS, GCP, and Azure environments
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively influence across a wide variety of stakeholders

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging 

Build your career in a place that thrives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day! 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

Fraud Recruitment Disclaimer

It has come to our attention that fraudulent and fictitious job opportunities are being circulated on the Internet. Prospective candidates are being contacted by certain individuals, mainly through telephone calls, emails and correspondence, claiming they are representatives of Anaplan. The main purpose of these correspondences and announcements is to obtain privileged information from individuals.  

Anaplan does not: 

  • Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.  
  • Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible, and then followed up via written communication. 

ll emails from Anaplan would come from an @anaplan.com email address. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of Anaplan, please send an email to [email protected] before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.   

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