Director of Security Engineering & Operations

Join WHOOP, a fast-growing health technology company, as the Director of Security Engineering & Operations. In this leadership role, you will shape strategy, lead a growing team, and drive measurable security outcomes across a dynamic technology environment. You will be responsible for defining strategy, priorities, technical standards, and performance expectations for both security engineering and operations. Additionally, you will lead security incident readiness and response, guide the engineering and operationalization of security controls, and drive an outcome-oriented approach to security technology and managed services. This position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package.

• Lead and shape the strategy for Security Engineering and Security Operations, defining priorities, technical standards, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive the execution of a risk and threat-informed detection and response program, connecting priority threat scenarios to operational controls.
• Guide the engineering and operationalization of preventive and detective security controls across various enterprise environments, setting a high bar for technical design.

• Experience managing MDR, MSSP, or similar security partners and holding them accountable to measurable operational outcomes
• Deep technical expertise in detection engineering, SIEM and telemetry strategy, incident response, and modern security operations, including experience leading significant security incidents
• Strong judgment and relationship-building skills, with a track record of working effectively across technical, product, risk, legal, and senior leadership teams
• Proven ability to drive disciplined execution across priorities, roadmaps, backlogs, metrics, and ownership, while maximizing existing capabilities before introducing additional technology
• Experience in health technology or another sensitive-data environment is a plus
• 10+ years of experience in information security, with deep experience in Security Operations and meaningful experience across Security Engineering in complex technology environments
• Experience securing AI-enabled products, enterprise AI adoption, or AI development environments, including risks related to sensitive data, models, agents, third-party services, access, and monitoring
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including multiple years managing managers and senior technical individual contributors. This is not a first-time people leadership role. Demonstrated strength in hiring, coaching, performance management, organizational design, and raising the bar for team quality and execution
• Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply!