Product Security Manager, Secure Design

Headquarters: Austin Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.  We’re looking for a security manager passionate about enabling the business as a security partner to lead a team of Product Security engineers. You will manage a team of product security engineers dedicated to enabling DigitalOcean to build secure-by-design products, reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Security. Your primary mission is to empower this team to succeed - ensuring they have the strategy, support, and cross-functional relationships necessary to solve complex security problems at scale. You will partner with product and engineering leadership to assess risk, scale security impact via automation, and foster a culture where security is a paved path for developer success. We leverage strong relationships with both product teams and the rest of security engineering to be successful. Our scope is primarily focused on reviewing early-stage decisions, helping develop threat models, scaling impact via automation, curating security patterns, authoring security guidance, training, and championing security initiatives. W hat You’ll Do: Lead and grow the team You will manage, mentor, and hire for an expanding team of 5+ security engineers. You will support team members’ career growth, manage performance, ensure the team maintains a high bar for technical empathy and execution, and focus on coaching them to be effective security partners, not just technical auditors. Scale secure design While your team conducts the threat modeling and design revie