Director, Information Security

• Set the security strategy and roadmap. Manage organizational design, staffing, budgets, tools, and service providers, with priorities based on business needs and security risk.
• Develop security engineers, analysts, architects, and managers. Establish clear responsibilities and support professional growth.
• Guide vulnerability management, detection, threat intelligence, and incident response. Maintain tested response plans, coordinate communications, and partner on business continuity and recovery exercises.
• Integrate security into product development and enterprise technology. Partner on architecture reviews, threat modeling, security testing, and controls for cloud services, identity, endpoints, and corporate systems.
• Oversee security policies, risk assessments, audit readiness, and supplier security. Report metrics that show security coverage, remediation progress, and incident trends, and explain risks and investment decisions to executives and business partners.

The Director will also guide employee security education and assess emerging threats and technologies, including AI-enabled systems and security automation.

Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law.

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

• 10+ years of experience in information security including 6+ years in security leadership roles.
• An experienced security leader who combines technical depth, operational judgment, and strong organizational leadership. You are comfortable setting direction, engaging deeply in technical decisions, and helping teams execute through ambiguity.
• A track record of running or scaling a sizeable security organization that includes software engineering, security operations, architecture, or risk and compliance capabilities.
• A strong technical foundation in software engineering, cloud security, infrastructure, application security, identity and access management, or security architecture.
• Experience evaluating or securing AI-enabled systems, agentic workflows, or automated security operations.
• Experience leading security operations and significant incident response efforts, including preparedness, exercises, executive communications, remediation, and lessons learned.
• The ability to define meaningful security metrics and communicate technical risk, tradeoffs, and investment recommendations to executives and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment under pressure, and the ability to influence outcomes without relying on hierarchy.
• An instinct to be collaborative, pragmatic, and customer-minded while maintaining a high bar for security outcomes.
• A leadership style that develops people, creates clarity, empowers teams, and holds leaders accountable for results.

• Experience securing a large-scale consumer marketplace, online service, or similarly complex technology environment.
• Experience with GCP and modern cloud-native security architectures.

Compensation & Benefits

In addition to salary, you'll be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family. Base salary is determined by your location, skills, and experience.

Etsy uses two geographic pay zones to reflect the labor markets where we compete for talent: one called Geo-1, covering the New York City metropolitan area, San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle metropolitan area, and one called Geo-2, covering all other U.S. locations. Salary ranges for this role vary by zone and are listed below.

• Geo-1: 280,000.00 - 378,000.00 USD Annual
• Geo-2: 252,000.00 - 340,000.00 USD Annual

At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship or immigration status, marital or familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview or hiring process, please let your recruiter know and we will work with you to meet your needs. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.