Application Security Manager
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Global Cybersecurity
Role Reports to: Security Operations Leader
Location: Americas
Work Arrangement: Hybrid -Denver or Remote
Scope: Regional
JOB SUMMARY
Enterprise Application Portfolio - The Application Security Manager is responsible for leading the organization's Application Security program, ensuring that security is integrated throughout the Application Cycle (SDLC). This role partners closely with the software teams, cloud, architecture, infrastructure, and potentially product teams to identify, assess, and mitigate application security risks while enabling secure software delivery.
The successful candidate will lead a team of application security analysts, establish secure development standards, oversee security testing programs, and drive adoption of security best practices aligned with industry standards such as NIST SP 800-218 (Secure Software Development Framework), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, OWASP, and CIS Controls.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES (or key responsibilities)
Application Security Leadership
- Collaborate with other global and regional leaders within to develop the enterprise Application Security strategy.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Application Security Analysts.
- Define AppSec metrics, KPIs, and maturity goals in collaboration with regional and global security leaders.
Secure Software Lifecycle
- Integrate security into all phases of the enterprise application portfolio.
- Ensure security requirements are incorporated during design and architecture reviews.
- Promote security-by-design principles across application teams.
Security Testing
Manage and oversee:
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
- Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
- Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
- API Security Testing
- Container Security
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security
- Mobile Application Security Testing
- Secrets Detection
- Review findings, prioritize remediation, and validate fixes.
- Assist in Supply Chain Security
Threat Modeling
- Facilitate threat modeling sessions with development teams.
- Identify abuse cases and attack paths.
- Recommend architectural improvements.
- Ensure high-risk applications undergo formal security architecture reviews.
Vulnerability Management
- Establish application vulnerability management processes
- Prioritize remediation using risk-based methodologies
- Track remediation SLAs
- Report vulnerability metrics to executive leadership
- Coordinate penetration testing remediation activities
Cloud Application Security
Support secure development within cloud platforms including:
- AWS
- Client Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
Secure Code Reviews
- Conduct manual secure code reviews
- Review high-risk applications
- Provide secure coding guidance
- Coach development teams on remediation
API Security
- Establish and set-up safe rules
- Find weak spots through testing
- Monitor logs to spot shadow APIs and strange traffic patterns
Security Awareness
Collaboration on training programs covering:
- OWASP Top 10
- Secure Coding
- API Security
- Cloud Security
- Common software vulnerabilities
- Secure design principles
Application Risk Management
- Perform application security risk assessments.
- Support enterprise application risk management initiatives.
Incident Response
Support cyber incident response by:
- Investigating application security incidents.
- Supporting forensic analysis.
- Identifying root causes.
- Leading post-incident reviews.
- Developing preventive controls.
Compliance
Support compliance initiatives including:
- NIST CSF 2.0
- NIST SP 800-218 (SSDF)
- NIST SP 800-53
- OWASP ASVS
- PCI DSS
- HIPAA
- SOX
- ISO/IEC 27001
- SOC 2
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field.
- Master's degree preferred.
Experience
- 8–10+ years of cybersecurity experience.
- 5+ years in Application Security.
- 3+ years leading security teams.
- Experience implementing enterprise DevSecOps programs.
- Experience working with Agile and CI/CD environments.
- Experience with cloud-native application security.
-Or-
An equivalent competency level acquired through a variation of these qualifications may be considered.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
- CISSP
- CSSLP
- GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
- GIAC Secure Software Programmer (GSSP)
- Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Client Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Client Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
Korn Ferry Competencies
Leadership Competencies
- Strong people leadership
- Strategic planning
- Executive communication
- Stakeholder management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Risk-based decision making
- Program management
- Coaching and mentoring
- Conflict resolution
- Continuous improvement mindset
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Critical vulnerability remediation SLA compliance
- Mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Percentage of applications covered by SAST, DAST, and SCA
- Security defects identified pre-production
- Reduction in high-risk application vulnerabilities
- CI/CD pipeline security coverage
- Secure code review completion rate
- Threat model completion rate
- Developer secure coding training completion
- Penetration test remediation completion
- Application security maturity score
- Audit and compliance findings related to application security
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Typical Office Environment requirements include: reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, traverse, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.
Target Pay Range: $120-165k - Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
Target Bonus on Base: 15.0%