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Senior Engineering Manager, Security

Asana
Hybrid - San Francisco, 3 days/week (Mon, Tue, Thu)Updated 8d ago
Base salary
$264k–$300k
Published base salary range
Location
Hybrid - San Francisco, 3 days/week (Mon, Tue, Thu)
Remote eligibility
Employment
Full-time
Senior
Role family
Security
B2B SaaS
Role skills
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About the job

Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, helping millions of teams achieve their goals. The Security organization protects Asana's employees, users, and customers by proactively addressing threats and embedding security into operations.

Role

We are seeking an Engineering Manager, Security to lead and grow our Security Engineering organization. This role translates high-level security strategy into technical reality, ensuring resilient infrastructure and world-class internal security tooling. It is a leadership role accountable for people management, technical mentorship, and delivery of high-impact security initiatives in a high-growth SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence and accountability.
  • Own the security engineering roadmap, ensuring high-quality delivery and measurable risk reduction.
  • Drive recruiting efforts and establish clear career paths.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to embed security into system designs and workflows.
  • Oversee complex design reviews and provide pragmatic guidance.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in security or software engineering, including 3+ years managing engineering teams.
  • Strong software engineering background with ability to participate in deep-dive design reviews.
  • Deep understanding of application security (OWASP), cloud-native architecture, and identity frameworks (OAuth, OIDC, SAML).
  • Hands-on experience with security controls in AWS or similar cloud environments.
  • Balance security requirements with business needs and communicate rationale.
  • Value automation and have a track record of shipping internal tools.
  • Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies.

Compensation

Estimated base salary range: $264,000 - $300,000. Additional components may include equity, sales incentive pay, and benefits.

Benefits

Benefits include mental health, wellness & fitness benefits, career coaching & support, inclusive family building benefits, long-term savings or retirement plans, and in-office culinary options.

Application

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