Product Security Architect in London

What you’ll do

• Strategic Leadership & Roadmap: Define and lead the enterprise-wide Application Security and SSDLC strategy, including short, mid, and long-term goals aligned with the group’s security posture and digital transformation initiatives. Develop and maintain AppSec maturity models (e.g. based on OWASP SAMM, NIST SSDF, BSIMM) and work with business units to assess current state and define realistic improvement plans. Drive the development of a global secure development policy, including approved tools, practices, and coding standards.
• Technology & Tooling Strategy: Evaluate, recommend, and support the rollout of AppSec tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, container and IaC scanners, runtime protections, and CI/CD pipeline integrations. Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to ensure tool integration and automation into developer workflows across brands. Provide architecture guidance on secure design patterns and security tool architecture in cloud-native and hybrid environments.
• Global Collaboration: Work closely with the Associate Director of Group Enterprise Security and other domain leads to align strategies and ensure cross-cutting coverage. Define and monitor key AppSec KPIs and metrics (e.g. vulnerability MTTR, scan coverage, risk acceptance trends) and report findings to leadership and the Global Cyber Council. Coordinate secure architecture reviews for critical application initiatives and provide consultative threat modelling support to large cross brand projects.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Know the latest on emerging application security technologies, industry best practices, and threat trends. Evaluate new tools or features and where beneficial incorporate them into the strategy. Find opportunities to reduce friction for developers/brands while maintaining security. Continuously assess the program’s maturity across brands and implement improvements to process or technology to elevate weaker areas. The role also entails planning for product-related incident response and disaster recovery – ensuring that teams are prepared to handle a security incident.
• Project and Vendor Management: Oversee Secure by Design project execution and coordinate with project managers to ensure results (system implementations, migrations, integrations) are completed on time. Manage relationships with product vendors and service providers (Remaining vendor neutral) – e.g. oversee any integration partners/consultants and ensure we leverage vendor support. Evaluate and select products or upgrades in line with the strategic roadmap. Ensure that vendor solutions are configured to meet our requirements and that any services used governed under group policies.

How you’ll do it

• Several years of experience in software development and application security, with recent experience in an AppSec leadership or Security Architecture role.
• A track record of designing and implementing enterprise-scale secure development programs and embedding security into engineering culture.
• Broad experience integrating with various systems and tools such as: SonarCloud, Checkmarx, GitHub Advanced Security, Snyk, Aqua, Prisma Cloud, Semgrep, etc.
• Strong understanding and use of CI/CD ecosystems (e.g. GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and how to embed security in build and deploy processes.
• Experience working in or with regulated industries or large enterprises is highly desirable.
• Mergers and Acquisitions integration experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with industry frameworks and standards: OWASP SAMM, OWASP ASVS, BSIMM, NIST SSDF, ISO 27034.
• Lead teams and projects. This could be as a DevSecOps team lead, security architect, or manager for SSDLC initiatives.
• Professional certifications in security are highly valued, such as CISSP/CSSLP, CISM, and/or other AppSec-specific certifications.

What’s in it for you

We are a flexible employer; whether you have personal commitments or a hobby that brings you joy, we want you to bring your best self to work and feel empowered to do so. We also like to share our success; after all you make it happen. We have an excellent benefits package that can be personalised to you:

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• £1,000 annual self-development learning fund
• Invest via the Flutters Sharesave Scheme
• Enhanced parental leave

About Flutter

We are a world leader in online sports betting and iGaming, with a market leading position in the US and across the world. We have an unparalleled portfolio of the most innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, Junglee Games and Adjarabet. With our global scale and challenger mentality, through which we excite and entertain our customers, in a safe and sustainable way. Using our collective power, the Flutter Edge, we aim to disrupt the sector, learning from the past to create a better future for our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re working to be an inclusive employer, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, ways of thinking and working to apply. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences; you don't have to meet all the requirements listed to apply for this role. If you need any adjustments to make this role work for you let us know, and we’ll see how we can accommodate them.