OverviewResponsibilities- Own portfolio-level trust outcomes: Set strategic direction and drive a multi-year portfolio across Security, Compliance, GRC and Privacy, tying company priorities to clear executive decisions
- Lead cross-functional delivery: Orchestrate execution across Trust Engineering, Product, Platform, Legal, GRC, and IT, managing dependencies, technical risks, and organizational trade-offs
- Drive secure-by-default engineering: Lead initiatives to embed automated security controls, trusted AI-native SDLC, software supply chain defenses, and continuous vulnerability monitoring into developer workflows
- Enable regulated market access: Drive technical readiness and authorizations to operate in regulated environments (such as FedRAMP and regional certifications) to meet market commitments
- Turn ambiguity into clarity: Structure complex technical and governance challenges, establish effective decision forums, and align cross-functional leaders
- Influence executive leadership: Partner closely with C-level executives, providing fact-based risk insights, escalating blockers, and driving critical decisions to closure
- Establish durable mechanisms: Build scalable frameworks for risk prioritization, dependency management, compliance evidence pipelines, and security reviews
- Measure impact and risk reduction: Define metrics to track security posture improvements, vulnerability reduction, audit readiness, and overall business value
CompensationAt Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Pay RangesIn The
United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $204,300 - $266,725
Zone B: $183,870 - $240,053
Zone C: $169,569 - $221,382
QualificationsQualifications- 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering leadership, or security architecture in large cloud or SaaS environments
- Proven portfolio-level scope leading multi-team, company-wide security, infrastructure or compliance initiatives over multiple years
- Deep domain knowledge across cybersecurity, risk management, cloud security architecture, threat modeling, AI-native SDLC, vulnerability management, and GRC frameworks
- Proven delivery of complex technical transformations such as software supply chain security, automated security controls, identity governance or authorizations to operate in regulated environments
- Strong executive communication, synthesizing complex technical, legal, and risk scenarios into clear trade-offs and decisions
- Ability to influence and align engineering, product, legal, and GRC teams without direct authority
- Systems thinking with experience designing and scaling operational frameworks, governance rhythms, and dependency tracking globally
- Data-driven decision making using telemetry and risk metrics to guide trade-offs and demonstrate measurable risk reduction
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred qualifications- Experience with AI security, trusted AI deployments, adversarial threat defense, or security automation in cloud-native environments
- Direct experience leading FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or major privacy compliance programs at enterprise scale
- Experience scaling software supply chain security, including SBOMs, artifact provenance, and package hardening
- Experience partnering directly with C-level executives, CISO, CTrO, and senior engineering leaders in high-stakes environments
- Proven track record of building and scaling TPM operating models or communities of practice across engineering organizations
- Background in data analytics and security telemetry, translating complex data into actionable leadership insights
Benefits & PerksAtlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit
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