Senior Manager, Security Risk Management

Affirm

2d • $223,000 - $300,000 • Remote

About The Position

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.
We’re hiring a Senior Manager to lead Security Governance and the Security Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) function. This role owns program strategy, operational maturity, and stakeholder alignment for security governance, vendor risk, and third-party integration risk. The manager will drive policy and control frameworks, remediate audit findings, deliver measurable program KPIs, and grow a high-performing team that executes vendor diligence, monitoring, and governance at scale.
Our Security Governance and TPRM programs must move from tactical firefighting to predictable, measurable operations that scale with the business. This leader will set the security risk posture, tighten governance and fourth-party oversight, improve tooling and automation adoption, and ensure timely, actionable escalations so senior leadership can make the right business decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years in information security, risk management, or GRC roles, with a minimum of 3 years managing teams (or equivalent leadership experience).
• Demonstrated ownership of a TPRM program or security governance program in a regulated or high-growth technology environment (fintech preferred).
• Strong knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, ISO), compliance standards (SOC2, PCI), and vendor risk processes (IRQ/DDQ/SME assessments).
• Hands-on familiarity with TPRM/GRC tooling and observability: AuditBoard (or equivalent), Jira, BI tools (Sigma/Tableau/Looker), and experience with integrations/APIs.
• Excellent stakeholder management across legal, procurement, engineering, product, and executive leadership.
• Proven experience translating audit findings into operational remediation plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong communication skills — able to present risk to technical and non-technical audiences and to influence decisions.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or similar.
• Practical experience with threat-modeling approaches and third-party integration security (API, SSO/OAuth/SAML, TLS).

Nice To Haves

• Experience scaling automation for GRC/TPRM programs and integrating security checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Prior experience in fintech or highly regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Program strategy & governance
• Own Security Governance: maintain and evolve security policies, standards, and control frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001), including mapping to controls and compliance requirements (SOC2, PCI, applicable regulations).
• Lead program maturity planning, roadmaps, and cross-functional governance forums (e.g., security steering committee, risk council).
• Define and enforce security risk appetite and decision criteria for third-party relationships and integrations.
• Third-party risk management
• Lead the Security TPRM function across vendor lifecycle: intake/onboarding, due diligence (IRQ/DDQ/SME reviews), contracting handoffs, ongoing monitoring, periodic reviews, and offboarding.
• Ensure robust fourth-party oversight, including subprocessors, and manage remediation/QA cycles driven by Internal Audit and regulators.
• Oversee high-risk vendor decisions and escalations; establish clear RACI for partnership contracts and security acceptance criteria.
• Operational excellence & tooling
• Own program KPIs, dashboards, and reporting (Jira STPRM Ops, AuditBoard, Sigma/BI, MetricStream). Drive improvements in throughput, turnaround, backlog age, and remediation velocity.
• Partner with Automation/TPRM Ops to operationalize threat-modeling outputs, integration inventories, pre-integration gates, and CI/CD checks; prioritize automations that reduce manual work and surface strategic escalations.
• Implement and maintain QA processes (quarterly QA), runbooks, SOPs for ticket ownership, and evidence standards.
• People & stakeholder leadership
• Build, coach, and scale the Governance and TPRM teams: hiring, performance management, career development, and team morale.
• Act as the primary security contact for Legal, Procurement, Privacy, Product, and Engineering on vendor risk and governance matters.
• Represent Security in executive forums, audit meetings, and regulatory engagements; own remediation commitments and timelines.
• Audit, compliance & risk reporting
• Serve as the security liaison for Internal Audit and external assessments; ensure timely remediation of findings and demonstrable progress.
• Produce regular program health reporting for senior leadership and Board-level stakeholders.

Benefits

• 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, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
• Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
• ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees