Application Security Lead

Partnering with the Cybersecurity leadership, this role is responsible for engaging across Game Studios, Central Technology Teams and Cybersecurity in guiding proactive security assessments to identify vulnerabilities in an organization's systems, applications, and network infrastructure. The person in the role will help drive application security efforts to improve Cybersecurity efforts within our gaming products and services. We are seeking an experienced lead who has experience conducting, leading and guiding cyber professionals & pen testers through their work engagements of finding bugs and vulnerabilities, while working with the engineering teams to drive remediations. This role will be responsible for the efficacy of the team and their ability to drive positive change within Zynga.

• Lead a team of 5-6 Penetration Testers
• Coordinate planning process goals and achievements across the Security team, including off-sites.
• Drive Penetration Testing Engagements with a high degree of Engineering happiness.
• Provide the Director of Cybersecurity with data-driven strategic recommendations. Communicate findings from initiatives to management and the broader organization.
• Attend meetings on behalf of the Director and act as a representative when required. #### DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required, advanced degree (science, engineering, technology)