Senior Manager, Security Awareness Program Manager

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

Affirm values security as being critical to the company’s continued success. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of security at Affirm, enabling the company to succeed in building honest financial products. The Security Risk Management team builds and deploys common governance, risk, and compliance processes and controls, conducts audits, and ensures that technologies and business processes are built with data protection and compliance in mind.

What you'll do

• Design & manage Affirm’s Security awareness campaigns which meet all industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Drive a culture of security awareness within the organization by providing security training and guidance to staff on cybersecurity best practices.
• Own all security communications to internal stakeholders & Affirm customers
• Partner with Security, Product, & Eng teams on building better consumer Security content within the Affirm App
• Create and drive engaging and informative security awareness materials such as newsletters, emails, videos, webinars, and training modules 
• Ability to fluently communicate security risks to non-experts to empower business decisions with valuable, actionable information
• Develop, curate, and disseminate security documentation, ensuring awareness amongst stakeholders and employees
• Build & Manage a Security Guidance Hub aiming to provide consistent, actionable, self-service security guidance to engineers, product teams, operations and others
• Partner with Product Security and enhance the current Security Champions program
• Create a metrics framework that can effectively measure Security Awareness

What we look for

• Crystal clear verbal and written communication—people love how your materials and documentation tell them exactly what they need to know so they act in a secure manner, reducing risk to our organization.
• Proven experience in a similar role developing and implementing security awareness programs.
• 8-10 years of risk management, information security, or other relevant experience working with technical teams and balancing risk against business need.
• Experience with e-learning platforms and creating engaging training materials
• Excellent project management and collaboration skills—setting goals and priorities, taking into account dependencies, and handling execution from start to finish.
• A drive to solve difficult problems and evolve the status quo with technical and non-technical solutions—-you’re never satisfied by just ticking a box.
• Passion for working with diverse teams and taking into account each perspective, e.g. as an auditor, engineer, business person, and more.
• Knowledge of risk and control frameworks (e.g. NIST Cyber Security Framework, ISO 2700x, SOC1 & 2 (SSAE18), PCI DSS, NIST-800-53,, SANS Top 20, etc.) and experience with security practices and solutions.

 

Base Pay Grade - N

Equity Grade - 9

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors, including location, experience and job-related skills.

Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health, wellness and tech spending, and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA base pay range (CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT) per year: $169,000 - $219,000

USA base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $190,000 - $240,000

Location: Remote - US

  Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.   #LI-Remote  

Affirm is proud to be a remote-first company! The majority of our roles are remote and you can work almost anywhere within the country of employment. Affirmers in proximal roles have the flexibility to work remotely, but will occasionally be required to work out of their assigned Affirm office. A limited number of roles remain office-based due to the nature of their job responsibilities.

We’re extremely proud to offer competitive benefits that are anchored to our core value of people come first. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

• Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents 
• Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food,