Director, Ecosystem Product Security at Stellar

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're hiring a Director, Ecosystem &amp; Product Security to lead security strategy across the Stellar ecosystem and directly own security outcomes for Foundation-developed systems, Foundation-operated infrastructure, and treasury-related security responsibilities. This role is focused on raising the practical security baseline across a decentralized financial ecosystem that includes wallets, infrastructure providers, custodians, issuers, validators, and other critical participants. Success means reducing real-world security risk and financial loss through clear standards, effective coordination, and practical improvements that are adopted in production.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The role is both strategic and hands-on. It requires deep technical judgment across decentralized systems, product security, and operational risk, along with the ability to work across teams and influence independent ecosystem participants without direct authority. This is a highly cross-functional and externally visible leadership role. The right candidate will combine technical credibility, sound judgment, and strong execution to help make security a durable strength of both the Foundation and the broader Stellar network.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define and lead the Foundation’s security strategy across both the Stellar ecosystem and Foundation-owned systems</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Raise the practical security baseline for key ecosystem participants, including wallets, infrastructure providers, custodians, issuers, and validators</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Publish actionable guidance, reference patterns, and security expectations that drive real adoption across the ecosystem</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build coordination mechanisms for shared risks, incident response, and cross-ecosystem security improvement</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own security outcomes for Foundation-developed software, Foundation-operated infrastructure, and treasury / custody-related responsibilities</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with Engineering, Finance, Legal, IT, and Corporate Security to drive implementation of security controls and secure operating practices</p></li><li><p style=