Enterprise Security Manager

The Security Group is responsible for protecting Canva systems and data from information security threats. The Internal Systems Security team (ISS) helps secure internal endpoints, networks, systems and data, used by every Canvanaut. The team has to strictly balance security and user experience to make pragmatic tradeoffs every day, especially as work accelerates with AI tooling. Candidates' AI coding, security review and System Design skills will be assessed during the interview process. Interviews are conducted virtually.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of security engineers who do threat modelling, security tool rollouts, building internal security services and partnering with other teams on security strategy; Own the strategy for internal security, balancing security, compliance and developer experience; Coach and develop engineers by providing regular, practical feedback; Own the team's ways of work including sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives; Work collaboratively with partner groups such as IT, Sales and Customer Support to build security improvements that scale beyond the team; Drive adoption of internal systems and champion their benefits

Requirements

The ability to build a strategy around access that balances usability, security and compliance requirements, being flexible to changes as user patterns change; Prior experience managing and growing high performing teams; Proven ability to threat model complex systems, identify security risks, develop mitigation strategies with engineering teams, and see it through to delivery; Proven experience working with external stakeholder teams such as IT and Procurement to deliver secure SaaS solutions; A good understanding of the internal IT environments and the security market that surrounds them, including zero trust, IDPs, SSPM, MDMs and password managers; The ability to run large, complex projects across multiple groups, set the definition of done, track metrics and deliver comms at company scale

Nice to have

Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages (Python, Golang, Java), with the ability to mentor others on best practices; Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform); Experience working with identity management technologies (MFA, SAML, WebAuthn, Okta); Understanding of common compliance frameworks such as SOC2, ISO27001 and GDPR

Benefits

Equity packages; Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers; Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support wellbeing, social connection, office setup and more; Flexible leave options