Head of Security Engineering - Senior Vice President

Job description

About the Role iCapital is looking for a Head of Security Engineering to lead and evolve our security engineering function within a regulated financial services environment. This role combines strong technical depth, hands-on operational capability, and team leadership, ensuring our security architecture, tooling, and processes are scalable, resilient, and aligned with regulatory expectations. You will manage a team of security engineers while remaining actively engaged in technical problem-solving, including supporting incident investigations and shaping secure architecture. You will partner closely with Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Technology/Development teams to embed security across the software development lifecycle and cloud environments. Responsibilities: Leadership & Team Management: - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of ~5 security engineers across multiple domains - Define team priorities and execute against the security engineering roadmap - Foster a culture of ownership, automation, and continuous improvement - Partner with the CISO and senior stakeholders on strategy, reporting, and risk alignment Security Architecture & Engineering: - Own and evolve the fi...