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Estimated €9,361 - €14,707
Posted August 31, 2026 · 0 days agoLast seen August 31, 2026Est. expiry October 5, 2026

Director

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Salary analysis

Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in London, United Kingdom"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 92% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€4,092–€19,913). The listed pay band (€780–€1,226) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 14 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Director
MarketLower bound (25th percentile)MedianUpper bound (75th percentile)
Market Average: Director€7,195/per month€13,221/per month€21,811/per month
All roles in London, United Kingdom€4,092/per month€9,966/per month€19,913/per month
About the role

Role OverviewThis is a transformational role. The Director is expected to lead the organization from fragmented, task-based security handling into a mature, agile program — modernizing how security is embedded across engineering, redefining operational efficiency, and setting how the cybersecurity function operates and perceived across the business.This role leads the combined Product Security and Security Operations function at Genius Sports. It is a program leadership role responsible for embedding security into how products are designed, built, and shipped — and for owning the full threat detection and incident response pipeline end-to-end.The Director sets direction for a global team spanning secure development lifecycle, security architecture, threat modeling, vulnerability and exposure management, offensive security, cloud security, security monitoring, and incident management. The role translates cyber risk into business risk and drives the conversation leadership can act on.Strong experience across both Product Security and SecOps is required. This is a leader-coach role in a lean, high-ownership team operating in a regulated sports data and betting environment.

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Lead the transformation from fragmented security tasks to a mature program across ProdSecOps.
  • Own the ProdSecOps program from vision to delivery across product security and security operations.
  • Define and lead the product security framework; map assets, ownership, and cyber risk to business value.
  • Oversee vulnerability management across application, cloud, and infrastructure; remediation SLAs.
  • Oversee security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA) and offensive security including pen testing and red team.
  • Own cloud security posture (CSPM, Kubernetes security, IaC review).
  • Own threat detection and telemetry in SIEM; manage incident response plans and escalation paths.
  • Drive detection engineering, MS SOAR, and 24/7 coverage model.
  • Manage MSSP relationship and cost containment; ensure 24/7 coverage.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in cybersecurity with significant depth in both product/application security and security operations.
  • Proven leadership of security engineering or SOC teams — including distributed, multi-region teams.
  • Expert-level knowledge of secure SDL frameworks (OWASP SAMM, NIST SSDF), threat modelling, and security architecture.

Skills & Technologies

Secure SDLThreat modelingCloud securitySAST/DAST/SCAMSSP managementSIEM/XDRSOARKubernetesAWSIaCPenetration testing
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Genius Sports · 36 open roles
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LocationActive listings
Remote - Global36
Current role mix at Genius Sports on JobCrawls
Role typeActive listings
Data Scientist2
Software Engineer2
Treasury Manager2
Senior Software Engineer2
Business Technology VP1
Head of Sales1
Finance Systems Manager1
Broadcast Analyst1
Project Accountant1
Customer Success Manager1
Accounting Analyst1
Revenue Accountant1
Senior Tax Manager1
Vice President Inside Sales Channel Partnerships1
Business Development Manager1
Cyber Risk Manager1
Warehouse Worker and Assembly Line Operator1
Vice President Communications1
Finance Manager1
Internal Audit Assistant Manager1
Automation Platform Engineer1
Data Science Manager1
Product Marketing1
Salesforce Administrator1
Sports Event Analyst1
Strategic Growth1
Product Manager1
Director of Deal Desk1
Sports Trader1
Vice President Business Technology1
Broadcast Engineer1
Head of Football Partnerships1
Current role-level mix at Genius Sports on JobCrawls
Role levelActive listings
Mid-Level36

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