Salesforce

Director of Product Security

Salesforce • $197K — $313K *
Bellevue, WA 98006In-Person
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 12+ years software engineering experience, with 5 years in engineering leadership.
  • Track record in application/product security controls like OWASP Top 10, OAuth/SAML, and cryptography standards.
  • Experience in securing AI models and preventing data leakage in ML/AI environments.
  • Proven ability to build and secure large-scale distributed systems under Zero Trust frameworks.
  • Strong leadership capabilities with a focus on team scaling and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Lead core backend services roadmap focusing on availability, latency, scalability, and security.
  • Champion 'Security-by-Design' principles across the SDLC with centralized Information Security teams.
  • Oversee proactive threat modeling, code analysis, and vulnerability management processes.
  • Align cross-functional teams on security policies and standards across various Salesforce Clouds.
  • Scale and retain a high-performing security engineering team of 15-40 engineers.
  • Facilitate communication between executive leadership and technical teams regarding security risks and compliance.
  • Own operational excellence within the SDLC, ensuring robust security practices and frameworks.

Benefits

  • Support for work-life balance and personal development resources.
  • Access to AI agents that enhance productivity and effectiveness.
  • Commitment to employee empowerment and career growth opportunities.
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Job Category
Product

Job Details

The Experience:

As a Director of Product Security you will lead a mission-critical segment of Salesforce's Engineering organization. You will be responsible for the architectural integrity, scalability, zero-trust security architecture, and operational reliability of distributed services that power millions of customer interactions every second.
  • Strategic Technical Leadership: Define and execute a long-term roadmap for core backend services, prioritizing high availability, low latency, massive scalability, and end-to-end product security.
  • Product Security & Trust Culture: Champion "Security-by-Design" and "Default-to-Secure" principles across the entire SDLC. Partner with centralized Information Security teams to define threat models, establish secure design standards, and embed shift-left security practices directly into engineering workflows.
  • Vulnerability & Risk Lifecycle Management: Oversee proactive threat modeling, static/dynamic code analysis (SAST/DAST), dependency scanning, penetration testing remediation, and bug bounty resolutions. Drive rapid incident response protocols for platform-level security vulnerabilities.
  • Navigate the Salesforce Matrix: Drive alignment across cross-functional "Clouds" (Sales, Service, Marketing, etc.). Collaborate with dotted-line stakeholders, Security Champions, and Architecture Councils to ensure security policies, encryption protocols, and enterprise identity standards integrate seamlessly across the ecosystem.
  • Team Scaling & Mentorship: Hire, develop, and retain a world-class org of 15-40+ engineers (including Managers and ICs). Build a robust Security Champions program within your org, empowering engineers to lead local threat modeling and secure code reviews.
  • Architectural Diplomacy: Act as a bridge between executive leadership, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) stakeholders, and deep-tech engineering teams. Translate complex technical vulnerabilities, compliance mandates, and architectural risks into clear executive business impact.
  • Operational Excellence: Own the full SDLC. Champion automated CI/CD pipelines, automated security gates, secrets management, zero-trust access controls, and compliance frameworks (ISO, SOC2, FedRAMP) to ensure B2C-scale services remain rock-solid and resilient.
  • Hands-on Technical Acumen: Participate in high-level design reviews, security architecture audits, and bottleneck troubleshooting across modern language environments (Java, Golang, Python).


You're Our Person If:
  • Engineering Pedigree: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a significant engineering leadership role (Manager of Managers preferred for Sr. Director).
  • Deep Product Security Domain Knowledge: Proven track record of architecting, embedding, and managing application/product security controls (OWASP Top 10, OAuth/SAML, cryptography standards, data privacy regulations, secure containerization/Kubernetes security).
  • Secure AI Architecture: Experience or strategic oversight in securing AI models, LLM integration safety, data isolation, and preventing prompt injection or data leakage within ML/AI pipelines.
  • Distributed Systems & Zero Trust: Proven experience building, securing, and operating large-scale distributed systems (Microservices, Service Mesh, Event-driven architectures) under a strict Zero Trust framework.


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Size
73,541 employees
Market Cap
$130.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$4 billion
Founded
2000
5 Year Trend
+25.7%
Revenue
$21.2 billion
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