Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated · 1 day ago
Director, Application Security
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$124K/yr - $184K/yr
10+ years expReinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is a purpose-driven organization focused on life- and health-related solutions. They are seeking a Director of Application Security to lead and mature core functions in Secure-by-Design consulting and Secure Coding, partnering with product engineering to ensure secure practices are embedded in project lifecycles.
Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceInsuranceLife InsuranceService Industry
Responsibilities
Develop and execute the enterprise application security strategy aligned to business and product outcomes
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of application security engineers
Define KPIs and OKRs for AppSec programs and communicate program health to senior leadership
Embed into project delivery lifecycles to ensure teams understand security requirements up front
Partner with architecture, product, and engineering leads to define secure architectures and patterns
Review threat models, architecture diagrams, and design decisions, and track remediation of design risks
Own and mature SAST/DAST/SCA tooling and secure pipeline integrations
Standardize secure coding practices and libraries/patterns that minimize developer friction
Oversee triage, prioritization, and drive remediation of static/dynamic findings with engineering teams
Drive adoption of automation and self-service guardrails (e.g., pipeline enforcement, secrets scanning, etc.)
Build strong relationships with software engineering — become a trusted advisor, not a gatekeeper
Partner with DevOps / Platform Engineering to deploy secure pipeline standards at scale
Partner with Risk/GRC to validate compliance with PCI, HIPAA, SOX, etc. (where applicable)
Create educational content and workshops to level up developer secure coding capability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience
10+ years in software engineering, application security, or product security
2+ years management experience. Highly advanced people management skills, demonstrative the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility
Deep hands-on experience writing and reviewing production code (preferably modern cloud native stacks)
Proven experience maturing secure SDLC practices, pipelines, or developer tooling at scale
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and grow a small technical security team
Familiarity with SAST/DAST/SCA tools, threat modeling, secure architecture patterns, and CI/CD pipelines
Advanced project management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate Cyber Security project objectives and scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage budget to plan
Advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received by the customer
Advanced investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills; Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and stressful conditions
Ability to work well within a team environment, participate in department/ team projects and balance detail with departmental objectives. Ability to resolve conflict and foster teamwork
Advanced ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional and technical disciplines. Advanced ability to manage multiple projects and/or teams simultaneously
Preferred
Master's degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS)
Experience in regulated environments (PCI, HIPAA, SOX)
Experience with modern DevOps toolchains (GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.)
Experience driving culture change with engineering orgs (enablement > audit)
LOMA certification
Benefits
Annual bonus plan
Participation in our long-term equity incentive plan
Full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits
Company
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is a global industry leader specializing in life and health reinsurance and financial solutions that help clients effectively manage risk and optimize capital.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.35B2025-02-26Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2024-05-08Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2008-12-18IPO
Leadership Team
Axel Andre
Chief Financial Officer
Jeffrey Hopson
SVP - Investor Relations
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