VP Cyber Application Security

Fiserv•Columbus, OH

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a VP Cyber Application Security, you will lead and scale an enterprise application security program. You will partner with engineering and product teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), reduce application risk, and strengthen secure-by-design practices across modern application and API environments. You will set the enterprise strategy and roadmap for application security, aligned to business priorities and risk tolerance, as well as lead and develop a high-performing AppSec organization (leaders, engineers, architects, and specialists), including hiring, coaching, and performance management. In addition you will embed security requirements and controls into the SDLC, including secure design, coding standards, peer review, and release governance.

Requirements

12+ years in cybersecurity and/or software engineering, with demonstrated experience building and operating an enterprise AppSec program across multiple product lines and technology stacks.
8+ years of leadership/managerial experience in application security.
8+ years of experience in SDLC practices, common vulnerabilities, and modern application architectures (APIs, microservices, cloud, containers).
8+ years of experience implementing and operationalizing AppSec tooling and integrating it into CI/CD pipelines at scale.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (or foreign equivalent degree) or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to influence engineering and product leadership through partnership, governance, and metrics-driven decision-making.
Experience in leveraging AI or similar technologies for automating processes, improving services, and reducing SLAs.
Background in regulated environments and familiarity with common security and risk frameworks.
Experience with software supply chain security practices (SBOM, dependency governance, code signing, pipeline integrity).
Experience with penetration testing oversight and integrating findings into engineering backlogs.
Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CSSLP, GIAC, or equivalent) or comparable demonstrated expertise

Responsibilities

Establish and mature secure architecture and threat modeling practices for applications, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native workloads.
Own the application security tooling strategy and operations (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, container/IaC scanning) and drive CI/CD integration and automation.
Drive vulnerability management processes for application findings, including severity standards, remediation SLAs, exception handling, and risk acceptance workflows.
Partner with engineering leaders to build scalable developer enablement (secure coding training, playbooks, reusable patterns, office hours, and “security champions” programs).
Provide executive-level reporting on application risk posture, trends, remediation performance, and program effectiveness using meaningful KPIs and KRIs.
Collaborate with incident response, fraud, infrastructure security, and GRC teams to ensure application risks are addressed end-to-end.
Support regulatory, audit, and client assurance needs by producing evidence, artifacts, and program documentation related to application security controls.
Influence third-party and open-source risk practices as they relate to software supply chain security.