About the Role
This role owns the security architecture for Anaplan's Hyperblock and Polaris platform and AI products, focusing on secure-by-design principles. As the most senior technical individual contributor in security architecture, you will set the technical standards and work hands-on to solve the most critical security challenges.
Responsibilities
- Define reference architectures for the platform and AI products, ensuring they remain current.
- Own the identity and authorization architecture, including for AI agents and complex workflows.
- Set cryptography architecture standards for encryption and key management.
- Design AI guardrails, including input/output controls, tool boundaries, and defenses against abuse and prompt injection.
- Lead threat modeling for high-risk systems and translate findings into design changes.
- Drive secure-by-design principles into the supply chain and attack surface.
- Establish technical standards for the security architecture practice.
- Write and review designs and prototypes, and pressure-test architecture.
Requirements
- Deep mastery of secure software architecture, cryptography, identity and authorization, and threat modeling at scale.
- Practical understanding of AI and ML security, particularly how LLM features impact identity, authorization, supply chain, and verification.
- Hands-on technical authority with the ability to design, review, and defend system choices.
- Ability to influence senior engineers without formal authority, especially when balancing risk and delivery.
- Experience with enterprise-scale, SaaS, or cloud-first environments where architecture decisions had significant consequences.
Skills
- Secure software architecture
- Cryptography
- Identity and authorization
- Threat modeling
- AI security
- ML security
- LLM security
- Supply chain security
- Verification
- System design
- Architecture review
- Influencing stakeholders
- Enterprise-scale SaaS
- Cloud-first architecture
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Technical individual contributor
About the Company
- Anaplan is a leader in AI-infused scenario planning and analysis, optimizing business decision-making for Fortune 50 companies like Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH, and Bayer.
- The company fosters a Winning Culture that champions diversity of thought, leadership, ambitious goals, and celebration of wins.
- Anaplan operates with principles of being strategy-led, values-based, and disciplined in execution.
Equal Opportunity
- Anaplan is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB), believing it strengthens the business, enhances trust, and drives success.
- The company strives for a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of identity, background, or characteristics.
- Anaplan provides reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities to ensure equitable participation in the job application process, essential job functions, and employment benefits.
- Anaplan warns against fraudulent recruitment attempts and clarifies that offers are extended only after an extensive interview process and verbal confirmation, followed by written communication from an @anaplan.com email address.
