Enterprise Security - Team Lead

Canva
Sydney
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Security","Threat modelling","Leadership","Mentoring","Stakeholder collaboration","Project management"]

Lead the Internal Systems Security team at Canva, shaping security strategy across threat modelling, tool rollouts, and internal security services. Balance security with developer experience, collaborate with IT, Sales and Support, and drive large multi-team initiatives while mentoring engineers and delivering secure SaaS at scale.

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Canva
4 months ago

Enterprise Security - Team Lead

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Job Summary

Lead the Internal Systems Security team at Canva, shaping security strategy across threat modelling, tool rollouts, and internal security services. Balance security with developer experience, collaborate with IT, Sales and Support, and drive large multi-team initiatives while mentoring engineers and delivering secure SaaS at scale.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage a team of security engineers who perform threat modelling, security tool rollouts, and internal security services.
  • •Own Canva's internal security strategy balancing usability, security, and compliance while preserving developer experience and speed.
  • •Coach and develop engineers with regular feedback to support personal growth goals.
  • •Own the team’s processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives to maintain a high-performing team.
  • •Collaborate with IT, Sales, Customer Support and other groups to implement security improvements at scale and drive internal adoption of security systems.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityParental LeaveWellness StipendFlexible Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience managing and growing high-performing security teams.
  • •Proven ability to threat model complex systems, identify security risks, and drive mitigations with engineering teams.
  • •Experience working with external stakeholder teams such as IT and Procurement to deliver secure SaaS solutions.
  • •Strong understanding of zero trust, IDPs, SSPM, MDMs, Password Managers and related security technologies.
  • •Ability to lead large, cross-group projects, define done, track metrics and communicate at company scale.
Experience:Information technologySecurityThreat modellingZero trust
Skills:SecurityThreat modellingLeadershipMentoringStakeholder collaborationProject management
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonGolangJavaTerraformMFASAMLWebAuthnOktaSOC2ISO27001GDPR

Company Brief

Canva
Canva is an online visual communications platform that provides drag-and-drop design tools, templates, and media assets for creating presentations, social media graphics, videos, documents and more, serving individuals and large enterprises globally.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Founded: 2012
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