Senior Director, Information Security

🕒 October 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $220k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Ancestry is a consumer-focused family history company that helps people discover, preserve, and share their family stories through online genealogy tools, historical records, and consumer DNA testing. The company operates a subscription-based platform and eCommerce offerings (such as DNA kits), maintains a large consumer DNA database, and combines technology, data science, and content to power personal discovery and research. Ancestry emphasizes customer experience, diversity and inclusion, and employs global teams across product, engineering, marketing, and science-related roles.

📋 Description

• Oversee continuous security operations, incident response readiness, and threat intelligence • Serve as primary Incident Commander during high-stakes events • Orchestrate incident response across Legal, PR, Engineering, and Executive leadership • Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Legal, Privacy, and IT • Embed enterprise risk frameworks and security-by-design principles into consumer applications, AI/ML pipelines, and data architectures • Lead, coach, and scale a multi-tiered organization of security directors, managers, and engineers • Foster accountability, succession paths, and operational excellence • Drive modernization across the security stack using AI/ML, automation, and cloud-native architectures • Serve as primary delegate for the CISO • Carry enterprise-level accountability and engage with executive committees, board dynamics, and ownership groups • Exercise operational authority across Security Engineering, Incident Response, Cloud Security, IAM, and Risk Management • Translate complex security paradigms into quantifiable business risk metrics informing enterprise strategy and customer trust

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive leadership in information security • Proven track record managing multi-disciplinary security functions through subordinate managers/directors • Extensive experience driving security strategy within cloud-native AWS, GCP, or Azure environments • Experience in high-scale, consumer-facing technology organizations managing sensitive or regulated data • Demonstrated authority commanding enterprise-level critical incidents • Ability to orchestrate legal, regulatory, and executive alignment under high pressure • Proven capability to negotiate SLAs, drive vulnerability remediation, and align risk priorities across engineering teams without direct line authority • Proven track record designing executive-level KRIs and KPIs • Deep understanding of global privacy, security, and compliance frameworks relevant to sensitive consumer and biometric data • Strategic oversight of AI-driven threat detection, securing machine learning pipelines, and governing safe enterprise LLM adoption • Exceptional discipline in business planning, quarterly strategic reviews, headcount planning, and roadmap execution • Commitment to enterprise automation, architectural scalability, and continuous process optimization • Successful completion of a background check

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus eligibility • Equity • Comprehensive health benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • Collaborative workplace • Location-flexible work approach: nearest office, home, or hybrid, subject to location restrictions and role requirements • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities

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