Security Risk Management Lead

Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.

Affirm values security as being critical to the company’s continued success. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of security at Affirm enabling the company to succeed in building honest financial products. The Security Risk Management team is evolving beyond traditional governance risk and compliance; we are building an engineering driven program that designs automates and scales the controls workflows and tooling that protect Affirm and our customers.

The ideal candidate will design develop configure and implement solutions to complex technical and business problems across the Security Third Party Program and the broader Security Risk Management program. They are equally comfortable shaping policy and shipping automation using modern tooling (Python Cursor Claude and other agentic coding platforms) to replace manual GRC work with scalable code-defined workflows. They will operate as a subject matter expert interface with business and engineering stakeholders and play a key role in transforming Security Risk Management from a compliance oriented function into a security engineering discipline.

• Lead and mature Affirm's Security Third Party Program including the design implementation and continuous improvement of processes controls and operational workflows
• Build and maintain automation that replaces manual GRC tasks: intake triage evidence collection control validation tracking escalations and reporting using either Python low code platforms and agentic coding tools (Cursor Claude etc.)
• Design and operate workflow orchestration and integrations across systems like ticketing GRC platforms vendor management tools identity providers and cloud control planes
• Partner closely with Procurement Legal Engineering IT Compliance Privacy and business stakeholders to assess and manage security risk across third party relationships
• Translate ambiguous business and security requirements into practical scalable program solutions and decision frameworks
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes across the program and prototype solutions yourself rather than waiting on an engineering backlog
• Drive program operational excellence by establishing repeatable processes service-level expectations metrics and reporting for third party security risk management
• Evaluate third party security controls cloud architectures (AWS/GCP) integration patterns and risk posture and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership
• Conduct light threat models on high risk integrations and partner with Security SMEs for deeper diligence
• Manage and prioritize a portfolio of complex security risk reviews and initiatives simultaneously balancing business enablement with risk reduction
• Partner with technical teams to implement or optimize systems and tools that support program automation and workflow orchestration
• Develop dashboards reporting mechanisms and program insights (SQL BI tools or custom tooling) that improve visibility into risk trends bottlenecks and program performance
• Act as a trusted advisor and SME on third party security risk management helping stakeholders make informed risk based decisions
• Contribute to the broader Security Risk Management strategy by identifying opportunities to scale simplify and strengthen security governance processes through engineering

What We Look For

• 5+ years of experience in Information Security Risk Management Engineering and/or relevant roles
• Hands-on experience using agentic coding tools (Cursor Claude Code Copilot etc.) and a working knowledge of Python; you don't need to be a software engineer but you should be fluent enough to read modify and run scripts build automations and ship small tools end-to-end
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure) — IAM logging common services and the security risks/controls that apply to cloud-deployed third parties and integrations
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience engineering solutions via Python Claude Cursor or other agentic coding tooling
• Experience with industry based information security & control frameworks (NIST Cyber Security Framework ISO 2700x SOC1&2(SSAE18) PCI DSS NIST-800-53 FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool SANS Top 20 etc.)
• BA or BS degree in Information Security Cyber Security Computer Science or related field or commensurate experience
• Attention to detail and experience with security practices and security tooling
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects towards completion
• Ability to understand and communicate technical issues to non-technical teams
• Professional certification in Information Security or Risk Management (such as CISSP CISM CISA CRISC etc.) is a plus

Base Pay Grade - L

Equity Grade - 5

Employees new to Affirm typically come in at the start of the pay range. Affirm focuses on providing a simple and transparent pay structure which is based on a variety of factors including location experience and job-related skills. Base pay is part of a total compensation package that may include equity rewards monthly stipends for health wellness and tech spending and benefits (including 100% subsidized medical coverage dental and vision for you and your dependents.)

USA Pacific base pay range (CA WA NY NJ CT) per year: $165000 - $225000

USA Sapphire base pay range (all other U.S. states) per year: $146000 - $206000

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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What We Do

At Affirm we help people say yes to the things that matter with flexible transparent ways to pay over time. No hidden fees no compound interest and no fine print—just a smarter way to spend.

Why Work With Us

Who is an Affirmer? /noun/ Someone who believes finance shouldn’t be complicated. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and we’re driven by the desire to improve lives through honest financial products. We define success by challenging one another to bring our best ideas to every single project—and we have fun while doing it.

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