Director of Security

About the Job: 

We are seeking a Director of Security to lead LaunchDarkly's security program and strategy in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Product Security (ProdSec), and Corporate Security (CorpSec).

This role will be responsible for building and executing security and risk strategies that address the evolving needs of our customers while supporting our rapid business growth. We’re looking for a leader who is known for relationship building, collaboration, communication, team development, and driving technical excellence. As well, we need a leader who has a deeper understanding of software development practices or has the aptitude to learn quickly. Our security team operates as a software development-enabled team within the Technology organization, supporting LaunchDarkly’s critical role in the global software supply chain.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive LaunchDarkly’s global security strategy across GRC, Product Security, and Corporate Security.

• Tie the work of the Security organization to business goals and outcomes, building a vision to the outcomes we want, and the impact it will have on LaunchDarkly.

• Ensure continuous compliance with standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, and FedRAMP Moderate.

• Maintain and enhance our FedRAMP environment, ensuring operational excellence and audit readiness.

• Oversee security integration directly into our software development lifecycle and engineering culture.

• Partner closely with product, engineering, legal, and customer-facing teams to align security programs with customer needs and business goals.

• Lead and grow a high-performing security organization, develop team effectiveness, and focus on measurable outcomes and risk reduction.

• Guide and continually mature incident response readiness and execution across production and corporate environments.

• Represent LaunchDarkly’s security program and posture to customers, auditors, and internal leadership.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience across a broad range of domains such as Application Security & Development, Product Security, Infrastructure, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC).

• Proven experience developing and implementing security vision and strategy in a fast-growing technology organization.

• Able to lead a security team with extensive technical expertise, helping them grow and develop professionally.

• Strong ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with security program stakeholders, demonstrating negotiation and flexibility to meet business needs while managing risk appropriately.

• Highly experienced in tying security vision and services to business goals in a measured way, helping the security organization see how their work supports LaunchDarkly in launching and delivering new products, hitting revenue targets, and reducing risk where appropriate.

• Considerable depth in useful risk management practices related to security, able to assess and communicate risk posture to senior leadership in a meaningful way to the business.

Pay:

Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level M4:

• Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or New York City Metropolitan Area: $234,500 - $310,000 **

• Zone 2: Boston, DC, Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle: $211,000 - $280,000 **

• Zone 3: All other US locations: $199,000 - $260,000 **

LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

*Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.
**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

About LaunchDarkly:

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every fea