Director of Security Architecture and Engineering

Permanent, full-time, hybrid role connecting clients to markets and talent to opportunity. With 4,300 employees and over 400,000 retail and institutional clients from more than 80 offices across five continents, we’re a Fortune‑100, Nasdaq‑listed provider focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world‑class products and services to all types of investors.

At StoneX, our information security teams don’t just defend the business—they enable it. As the Director of Security Architecture and Engineering, you’ll set the vision and lead the teams that design our secure foundations and deliver the engineering that makes them real. Your mission is to ensure we have a clear roadmap, that leaders under you are empowered to succeed, and that security is seamlessly woven into how StoneX builds and operates at scale.

Primary duties will include:

• Strategic Leadership: Own the Security Architecture and Engineering roadmap, ensuring it’s aligned to business priorities and evolving threats.
• Building Leaders: Develop and mentor managers and senior architects so they can grow high‑performing, empowered teams.
• Driving Outcomes: Keep teams focused on the right priorities, ensure accountability, and remove barriers to success.
• Partnership: Be a trusted voice with executives and technology leaders, shaping decisions so that security enables progress rather than slows it down.
• Culture: Set the tone for collaboration, inclusion, and curiosity across global teams.
• Financial Stewardship: Own and manage the budget for Security Architecture and Engineering, ensuring resources are allocated effectively, financial decisions are sound, and long‑term forecasting is in place.

A typical week might include:

• Spending at least four days in the office, engaging directly with leaders and teams to drive alignment and momentum.
• Meeting with managers and architects to review roadmap progress, coach on challenges, and ensure resources are applied effectively.
• Partnering with executives and technology leaders to align priorities, upcoming initiatives, and long‑term strategy.
• Facilitating leadership development by mentoring your direct reports and helping them build their own management capabilities.
• Participating in meetings to represent security, influence decisions, and communicate progress.
• Reviewing key initiatives for alignment with standards and principles, while leaving technical execution to the leaders under you.
• Reviewing financial performance, budget allocations, and forecasts to ensure resources are used wisely.

This job might be for you if:

• You’re a leader of leaders – you find fulfillment in building managers and senior architects into stronger, more confident leaders.
• You’re a strategist at heart – you love setting the vision and roadmap, but you also get energy from seeing your teams execute and win.
• You’re collaborative – you know security isn’t about saying “no,” it’s about finding a way forward with the business.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity – whether it’s a new regulation or an unexpected challenge, you adapt quickly and help others do the same.
• You’re approachable – people trust you because you’re authentic, whether you’re working with executives or engineers.
• You’re culture‑driven – you believe in creating a team where people are excited to show up, grow, and do meaningful work.
• You’re financially savvy – you can manage budgets responsibly, align investments with outcomes, and make decisions that balance impact with cost.

To land this role you will need:

• Required qualifications: Around 10+ years of experience in information security or enterprise technology, with a history of increasing leadership responsibility. Around 3+ years of experience leading managers and senior professionals in architecture and/or engineering functions. Demonstrated success in managing budgets and financial forecasting for security or technology functions. Proven ability to scale global teams, develop leaders, and deliver measurable outcomes. Experience influencing at the executive level.
• Preferred qualifications: Broad technical knowledge across multiple security domains (cloud, identity, applications, data protection, infrastructure), with enough depth to guide—but not micromanage—teams. Prior experience in a highly regulated and/or financial services environment.
• Education / Certification Requirements: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields. Equivalent experience or non‑traditional paths are welcomed. Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or ISSAP.

Working environment: FTE Hybrid

Hiring Salary Range: $190,000.00 - $240,000.00 USD per year, subject to business performance and recommendations of management. This role may be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.