The opportunity
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter—giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
What you'll do
Lead and mature Affirm's Security Third Party Program, including the design,: implementation, and continuous improvement of processes, controls, and operational workflows
Own pre-launch security due diligence for the third parties that support: Affirm's entry into new international markets, such as local payment processors, banking and lending partners, credit bureaus, identity verification and KYC providers, collections agencies, and in-region hosting providers. Adapt Affirm's third party assessment standards to new markets, account for data residency, cross-border data transfer, and local regulatory requirements
Support Finance: Strategy & Development, Legal, and Security leadership on M&A security due diligence: assess an acquisition target's security program, control environment, incident history, data handling, and third party dependencies, and turn findings into risk ratings and deal recommendations
Lead post-close integration of an acquired company's vendor portfolio into: Affirm's third party program, including inventory, risk tiering, reassessment, and tracking remediation and transition service dependencies to closure
Design and operate workflow orchestration and integrations across systems: like ticketing, GRC platforms, vendor management tools, identity providers, and cloud control planes
Partner closely with Procurement, Legal, Engineering, IT, Compliance,: Privacy, Corporate Development, international launch teams, and business stakeholders to assess and manage security risk across third party relationships
What they're looking for
- Translate ambiguous business and security requirements into practical,: scalable program solutions and decision frameworks
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes across the program and: prototype solutions yourself rather than waiting on an engineering backlog
- Drive program operational excellence by establishing repeatable processes,: service-level expectations, metrics, and reporting for third party security risk management
- Evaluate third party security controls, cloud architectures (AWS/GCP),: integration patterns, and risk posture, and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership
