Monarch is a powerful, all-in-one personal finance platform designed to help make the complexity of finances feel simple again. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow their Application & Product Security squad, focusing on both strategic leadership and hands-on execution in security initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow the Application & Product Security squad, defining the team's charter, KPIs, and roadmap and holding the team accountable to measurable outcomes
- Combining strong engineering execution with strategic leadership to drive the squad forward
- Own the strategic direction of product, application, and AI security — translating business and regulatory risk into a clear, prioritized program
- Drive vulnerability management end-to-end with urgency, owning reporting across Monarch's product surface area
- Lead offensive security programs including penetration testing, bug bounty, and threat detection & incident response
- Embed AI-first, automated approaches to securing the engineering pipeline and SDLC — replacing manual processes with AI agents where appropriate
Requirements:
- 8+ years in security engineering with at least 3 years leading security teams
- Hands on experience building scalable Product Security programs
- Deep expertise in application security, secure SDLC, and vulnerability management
- Experience owning offensive security programs (pentesting, bug bounty, or IR)
- Demonstrated ability to build structure, define KPIs, and drive teams toward measurable outcomes
- Transformative AI fluency — you actively use and drive AI-first approaches in your work
- Experience in fintech or with financial data security requirements
- Hands-on perpetration testing and offensive security experience
- Familiarity with SOC 2, NIST CSF, or similar compliance frameworks
- Hands-on experience with CSPM, SAST/DAST tooling, or AI security tooling
- Prior experience at a company scaling or similar growth stage