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# Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + IT at Discord

- **Company:** Discord
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8771034002

## Job description

Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.

Technical Program Managers operate within the Security and IT organization and have technical knowledge that enables them to manage company-wide programs, guide cross-team projects, and accelerate the execution of a team's roadmap. Security and IT are the teams responsible for protecting Discord's users, employees, and infrastructure - spanning security engineering, detection & response, corporate IT, and the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) programs that keep Discord audit-ready and regulator-facing.

This is a Staff TPM role, reporting to the Director of TPM, responsible for developing and driving security, IT, and compliance programs across a fast-moving, high-scrutiny environment. If you are a productive, first-principles thinker who develops strong relationships between partners, we'd encourage you to apply!

## What you'll do

- Work closely with Security Engineering, IT, Legal, Privacy, and other cross-functional engineering teams to implement solutions supporting detection & response, identity & access management, and endpoint/device management
- Manage multiple complex programs, often with competing timelines and resource needs across security, IT, and compliance stakeholders
- Develop a holistic and enduring ownership model for our code, products, and programs
- Leverage your strong compliance-centric mindset to help build and run our Security and IT programs.
- Partner with Security, IT and GRC leadership to identify, develop, and run programs that mature our control environment (familiar with SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST) while keeping pace with product velocity
- Drive programs such as BYOD/MDM, identity & access (joiner/mover/leaver, privileged access, access reviews), and third-party/vendor risk management toward measurable, audit-ready outcomes
- Partner with Security leadership to identify, develop, and run programs that improve the security of our users and company
- Manage multiple complex projects, often with competing timelines and resource needs
- Streamline our Security Incident Management processes, including severity classification and escalation

## What you have

- 8+ years of Technical Program/Product Management experience working with fast-paced Security, IT, or Infrastructure engineering teams
- Experienced with core Security programs (e.g., Vulnerability Management, Application Security Reviews, Security Incident Response) at a similarly-sized company
- Experience working on programs related to security compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS) at a similarly-sized company
- Worked with Engineering, Trust and Safety, Legal, and Privacy leadership to implement compliance requirements or meet regulatory needs, especially related to data protection or information security
- Experience moving technical or engineering programs from concept to completion and promoting the impact using metrics, risk reduction, and audit-readiness outcomes
- Can break down complex challenges into workable components and make continuous progress towards solving a problem vs. trying to boil the ocean
- Comfortable operating in rooms with executive leadership, including presenting risk posture and program status to C-suite audiences.

Bonus points

- A love for helping & empowering others
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant technical experience
- Security or compliance certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CIPP, CISA)
- Familiarity with security tooling ecosystems (SIEM, EDR, IAM platforms)
- Experience programmatically supporting a detection & response or SOC function (24x7 coverage models, threat intel, incident postmortems)
- Exposure to public-company readiness work - SOX/ICFR, segregation of duties, access reviews - or Internal Audit partnership
- Strong customer-empathy that ensures your preferred solutions take into account both user trust/Safety and company needs

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000 to $279,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.

Why Discord?

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

Discord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.

Please see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking [HERE.](https://discord.com/terms/applicant-candidate-privacy-policy)

## About Discord

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Discord is a voice, video, and text communication platform designed to help friends and communities hang out and play games together.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed in available sources)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Gaming communication and social platform
- **Target customers**: B2C – gamers, gaming communities, and friends; also B2B via in-game chat integrations
- **Mission or purpose**: To be the best place to talk before, during, and after playing games, enabling meaningful connections around the joy of gaming.

## Products & Services
- **Discord Platform (Voice, Video, Text)**: A free-to-use app for 1:1 DMs, group DMs, and Servers where users can communicate in real-time. Features include high-quality streaming, in-game overlay, Soundboard, Voice Messages, and Activities (playable games inside Discord).
- **Discord API & SDK**: Allows developers to build bots, integrations, and in-game chat powered by Discord (e.g., used by Pax Dei and Omega Strikers).
- **Discord App Launcher**: Lets users enjoy Activities and apps directly within Discord.
- **Rich Presence API**: Enables games to display player activity on Discord profiles.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 90+ million daily active users (DAU) as of Q4 2025 (internal data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in provided sources; known from general knowledge includes Greylock, Index Ventures, Accel, and Tencent (but not cited here)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 90%+ of Discord users play video games; ~40% start a game within an hour of using Discord.
  - Expanded in-game voice chat support to PS5 and PC.
  - Launched in-game overlay, Soundboard, Voice Messages, and Activities.
  - New CEO Humam Sakhnini (former Activision Blizzard/King executive) appointed in Spring 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Gaming-first focus**: Deep integration with gaming ecosystems (console, PC, mobile) and features built specifically for gamers.
- **Massive, engaged user base**: 90M+ DAU with high daily activity and strong community stickiness.
- **Platform lock-in**: Users build social networks within Discord servers, making switching costly.
- **Developer ecosystem**: API and SDK power hundreds of thousands of apps and in-game chat integrations.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue making Discord the most reliable and feature-rich platform for gaming conversations.
- Expand in-game voice/text chat partnerships (e.g., Pax Dei, Omega Strikers).
- Invest in Safety platform (dedicated engineering teams, Safety Processing, Enforce, Experience).
- Grow revenue through monetization features (Nitro subscriptions, game sales, and ads – hinted by job postings for "Revenue" teams).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes seven principles: Strive for Excellence, Cultivate Belonging, Deliver for Customers, Embrace the Brutal Facts, Progress Over Perfection, Debate/Decide/Commit, Surprise & Delight. Employees use Discord daily and share a passion for gaming.
- **Work model**: Flexible – in-person at San Francisco HQ, remote, or hybrid. "Great work can happen anywhere."
- **Benefits** (US full-time):
  - Competitive compensation with equity, 401k matching.
  - 4 weeks PTO, 16 paid holidays (including winter break), flexible sick time (including mental health days).
  - 12+ weeks parental leave, fertility/adoption/surrogacy benefits.
  - Medical, dental, vision, reproductive, gender-affirming, and mental healthcare.
  - $375 quarterly wellness stipend.
  - $1,000/year donation matching, 2 volunteer days off.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on data, safety, and infrastructure; managers go through leadership training; many open roles in Core Tech, Safety, Data, and Machine Learning.

## Sources
1. [discord.com/careers](https://discord.com/careers)
2. [discord.com/company](https://discord.com/company)
3. [discord.com/blog/the-seven-principles-of-working-at-discord](https://discord.com/blog/the-seven-principles-of-working-at-discord)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8350416002](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/discord/jobs/8350416002)

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