Sr Director Offensive Security

Why you'll LOVE Sagent:

 

You could work anywhere. We know you are talented and looking for something inspiring and impactful. A place where you will make a difference and have a great time doing it!

 

By choosing Sagent, you can be part of our mission to make loans and homeownership simpler and safer for all consumers.

 

Sagent powers servicers and consumers. You power Sagent!

 

Sr. Director Offensive Security  

Overview:  

We are looking for a Senior Director, Offensive Security to lead our red/purple team strategy and proactively identify vulnerabilities across our systems, applications, and infrastructure.
This high-impact role will oversee offensive security operations, including penetration testing, threat simulation, and adversarial emulation, helping us stay ahead of emerging threats in a highly regulated industry.
As a senior leader, you will shape the vision for offensive security, drive team development, and collaborate cross-functionally to strengthen our overall security posture.

Your day-to-day at Sagent:

Offensive Security Strategy & Leadership:

• Own and evolve the enterprise-wide offensive security strategy, aligning red/purple team initiatives with company-wide risk mitigation goals. 
• Help lead all cybersecurity and technical professionals responsible for penetration testing, vulnerability discovery, adversary simulation, and exploitation exercises.  
• Develop and execute scalable offensive testing programs, including both scheduled and ad hoc red team operations across cloud, network, application, and physical environments. 

Threat Simulation & Risk Exposure Testing: 

• Conduct or oversee realistic threat simulations to evaluate the organization’s detection and response capabilities. 
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams to strengthen defense-in-depth strategies through lessons learned from offensive testing. 
• Maintain awareness of advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and apply them to internal testing frameworks. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with Security Architecture, Incident Response, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to ensure vulnerabilities are not only identified but also prioritized and remediated. 
• Engage with executive leadership and key stakeholders to present risk-based findings, prioritize actions, and inform broader cybersecurity strategy. 
• Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, and Risk functions to align offensive security testing with regulatory and audit requirements. 

Governance & Reporting:

• Develop metrics and reporting frameworks that clearly communicate risk exposure, remediation progress, and security maturity to both technical and executive audiences.
• Ensure offensive security practices align with relevant standards and frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS. 
• Provide oversight for secure tooling, sandbox environments, and automation pipelines used for offensive testing. 

Team Development & Leadership: 

• Build, coach, and lead a high-performing offensive security team with a strong culture of innovation, ethical hacking, and continuous learning. 
• Mentor junior and senior level team members and promote collaboration with defensive security counterparts to support a unified security strategy. 

We would love to hear from you if you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or relevant discipline with 8 - 10 years of experience in a related field. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in offensive security or red team leadership roles. 
• Deep knowledge of offensive security methodologies, tools, (e.g., Colbalt Strike, Metasploit, Burp Suite), and techniques aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and OWASP. 
• Proven experience running successful red/purple team operations, adversarial emulation, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes. 
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and security testing in environments lik