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Bitcoin Security Director
8.0/10
Strategy
$86,250 – $126,500 USD
Remote
senior
25 days ago
cryptoweb3
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Description
Responsibilities
- •Strategy Bitcoin Security Program Leadership: Lead Strategy’s Bitcoin Security Program, coordinating across Cybersecurity, Finance, Legal, and Executive Leadership to strengthen Bitcoin security.
- •Bitcoin Protocol & Network Security Expertise: Serve as the internal authority on Bitcoin protocol, network security, and consensus-related risks, advising on threat models, attack surfaces, and mitigation strategies.
- •Cryptography & Key Management: Provide expert guidance on cryptographic primitives, key management practices, hardware wallets, multisignature architectures, and custody design decisions.
- •Wallet Architecture & Custody Strategy: Evaluate and advise on Bitcoin wallet architectures, including multisignature and alternative custody models, with a focus on resilience, recoverability, and institutional-grade security.
- •Threat Intelligence & Emerging Risk Analyze: Provide updates on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and research developments within the Bitcoin, cryptography, and blockchain security ecosystem.
- •Executive & Board Advisory: Translate complex Bitcoin and cryptographic security concepts into clear, actionable guidance for executive leadership.
- •Internal Education & Enablement: Educate internal teams on Bitcoin security principles, risks, and best practices, raising organizational fluency and security maturity.
- •Bitcoin Security program: Help launch and lead an industry-wide Bitcoin security program, organize regular meetings, build trust and consensus among the group, and publish regular updates.
- •Bitcoin Community Engagement: Build trusted relationships with key players and partners in the industry, including exchanges, custodians, asset managers, service providers, and core developers.
Requirements
Requirements
- •Advanced Technical Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Computer Science, Cryptography, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s Degree in a relevant discipline strongly preferred.
- •Senior Cybersecurity & Cryptography Experience: 8+ years of professional experience across cybersecurity, cryptography, distributed systems, financial systems, or closely related technical domains.
- •Cryptographic Systems & Key Management Proficiency: Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives and protocols, including digital signatures, hashing, key generation, secure key storage, and hardware-backed security mechanisms.
- •Bitcoin & Blockchain Security Expertise: Demonstrated hands-on expertise in Bitcoin protocol security, blockchain systems, and associated threat models, including experience evaluating or securing Bitcoin infrastructure.
- •Bitcoin Custody & Wallet Architecture: Experience designing, reviewing, or assessing Bitcoin custody solutions, including multisignature wallets, hardware wallets, recovery mechanisms, and operational security controls.
- •Security Research & Threat Analysis: Ability to analyze emerging vulnerabilities, threat models, and academic or industry research related to Bitcoin, cryptography, and blockchain security.
- •Executive Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts into actionable guidance for executives, boards, and non-technical stakeholders.
- •Independent Leadership & Judgment: Demonstrated success operating as a senior individual contributor with high autonomy, sound judgment, and minimal oversight. Demonstrated success in using expertise, collaboration, judgement, and influence skills to drive consensus among a disparate group.
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