Job description
We’re Underdog.
The fastest-growing sports gaming company, ever. We’re here to make sports more fun. We pair intuitive user experiences with innovative game designs to build the best experience for sports fans in America.
Since 2020, we’ve launched four of today’s most widely played fantasy games, and built the Underdog Sportsbook entirely in-house with our own tech. We move fast, act with urgency, and create experiences you won’t find anywhere else.
With a $1.2 billion valuation and backing from investors like BlackRock, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter, and more, we’re just getting started.
At Underdog, we play and win as a team. We take chances and are unafraid to attack hard problems. We face challenges with ambition and optimism. We play for the love of the game.
We’re Underdog. And winning as an Underdog is just more fun.
Join us.
As the Director of Security, you will lead the team responsible for protecting Underdog’s products, infrastructure, and corporate environment from security threats. You will build and mature our security operations program, oversee threat detection and incident response, and partner closely with engineering, product, and leadership to ensure we maintain the trust of millions of players. You will manage a team of security professionals, set the vision for our security operations, and guide priorities that align with company goals. You’ll also be the point person during security incidents, driving action and collaboration across teams to mitigate risks quickly and effectively.
About the role
- Lead the security team, including managing managers and individual contributors.
- Set the vision, build roadmaps, and ensure the team’s priorities align with company objectives.
- Oversee threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence programs.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to ensure security is integrated into the software development lifecycle.
- Guide incident management from detection through remediation, including executive and cross-functional communication.
- Foster a culture of psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement within the security team.
- Manage team budgets, vendor relationships, and service provider contracts.
- Collaborate with legal, compliance, and privacy teams to assess and mitigate technical, business, and regulatory risks.
- Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and security best practices.
Who you are
- 8+ years in cybersecurity leadership, including experience securing large-scale cloud and web applications.
- 4+ years managing security teams, including managers and ICs.
- Hands-on experience in incident response, SIEM, threat detection, and vulnerability management.
- Familiarity with AWS services (CloudTrail, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, etc.) and modern container orchestration environments (Kubernetes).
- Experience with common corporate security practices (endpoint, SaaS, IAM security).
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience collaborating with executives, legal counsel, and PR teams during security incidents.
Even better if you have
- Experience with mobile application security at scale.
- Familiarity with security automation, IaC tools (Terraform, Helm), and security logging tools (Datadog, Sumo Logic).
- Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, or equivalent).
- Experience working with bug bounty programs and vulnerability disclosures.
Our target starting base salary range for this position is between $245,000 and $300,000, plus target equity. The starting base salary will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s skills and experience, among other things.
What we can offer you:
- Unlimited PTO (we’re extremely flexible with the exception of the first few weeks before & into the NFL season)
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- A $500 home office allowance
- A connected virtual first culture with a highly engaged distributed workforce
- 5% 401k match, FSA, company paid health, dental, vision plan options for employees and dependents
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This position may require sports betting licensure based on certain state regulations.
Underdog is an equal opportunity employer and doesn’t discriminate on the basis of creed, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability status, or any other defining characteristic.
