Director, Security

At Podium, our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real, paying customers. Every day, millions of workers use our AI lead conversion and communication platform to help them get more leads and make more money.

Our work and focus on helping local businesses thrive has been recognized across the industry, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.

At Podium, we believe in fostering a culture that thrives on hiring and developing exceptional talent. Our operating principles serve as a compass, guiding daily behavior and decision-making, and ensure we hire people who will thrive at Podium. If you resonate with our operating principles and are energized by our mission, Podium will be a great place for you!

About the Role

We are seeking a Director of Security to lead both product security and core security engineering functions. This role is responsible for ensuring secure product development (AppSec), hardened cloud infrastructure (InfraSec), and the engineering of core security capabilities and services used across the company.

You’ll lead a team responsible for building security into the SDLC, architecting secure cloud environments, and developing scalable controls and services (identity, secrets management, detection engineering, etc.). This is a hands-on, high-impact leadership role that combines strategic direction with technical depth, and will play a key role in scaling our security posture during a period of rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• AppSec Program Leadership – Own secure development practices, tooling, and training across all engineering teams.
• Infrastructure Security – Define and enforce best practices for cloud infrastructure security, including IAM, network security, and workload isolation.
• Security Services Engineering – Build and maintain core security services (e.g., authentication/authorization, secrets management, PKI, logging pipelines, etc.).
• Tooling & Automation – Drive automation of security controls and processes across engineering and cloud environments.
• Security Architecture – Serve as a technical authority on secure design patterns and architectural reviews.
• Partnership & Enablement – Partner with DevOps, SRE, and Engineering teams to ensure secure, resilient, and scalable systems.
• Threat Modeling & Red Teaming – Lead proactive threat modeling and collaborate with offensive testing teams to uncover and address gaps.
• Metrics & Leadership Reporting – Report program maturity, technical risk, and engineering velocity to executive leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security and/or software engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record building secure platforms and engineering security tooling in cloud-native SaaS environments.
• Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, identity and access management, and infrastructure as code.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD security, application architecture, and secure design principles.
• Experience managing security engineering teams, including setting technical strategy and hiring/development.
• Exceptional collaboration skills with Product, Engineering, and DevOps stakeholders.

Benefits

• Work in this building in Lehi, UT 5 days a week
• Open and transparent culture
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel
• A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status.