Planet

Planet

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC · Exec · Full-time

No sponsorship$261k-$326kDetected 13 days ago
AWSGCPCloud PlatformsMachine LearningLLMsCybersecurityIncident ResponseComplianceForecastingSupply ChainProcurementHardware DesignResearchLeadershipCommunicationPublic Speaking

About the role

  • As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you will serve as a key executive and thought leader driving the strategic evolution of Planet's information security landscape.
  • You will architect a sophisticated, enterprise-wide security strategy that directly aligns with our broader business goals and anticipates the rapidly evolving AI threat landscape.
  • As a visionary leader, you will ensure our defenses outpace both emerging technologies and sophisticated global threat actors while owning enterprise and third-party cyber risk.

Responsibilities

  • This is a unique opportunity to build a predictive, future-proof security organization at a rapidly growing company.
  • Collaborate with business and technology teams to ensure security and compliance postures exceeding industry standards.
  • Manage departmental resources, policy, and personnel with full accountability for budget and performance results.
  • Participate in external security certifications and manage customer security audits.
  • Drive security awareness training programs, ensuring that all employees are trained on information security concepts, emerging social engineering vectors (such as AI-driven phishing), and their role in safeguarding Planet.
  • Partner with legal and procurement to ensure information security requirements are included in vendor contracts.
  • Monitor the external threat environment for emerging threats, specifically looking around corners to implement early mitigations, AI-driven counter-measures, and controls where relevant.
  • Build and nurture external networks consisting of industry peers, ecosystem partners, vendors, government intelligence agencies, and other relevant parties.
  • Manage and oversee safeguarding manufacturing facilities and R&D environments against physical threats while mitigating global supply chain risks.
  • Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply.

Requirements

  • Typically 10+ years of relevant work experience and 8+ years of leadership experience.
  • Deep industry and commercial awareness, accompanied by a track record of thought leadership, public speaking, and published work in the information security industry.
  • Ability to separate the genuinely important from the merely urgent, proactively soliciting ideas and information from multiple external and internal perspectives to forecast risk years in advance.
  • Ability to cultivate an approachable leadership style that values patience, empathy, and vulnerability, while understanding the impact of your leadership wake.
  • Experience leading a diverse group of people, setting clear expectations, and holding people accountable
  • Experience with the operations and security facets of cloud environments (Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, primarily).
  • Occasional travel required for client and site visits.
  • Track record of architecting a multi-year security roadmap that successfully anticipated future technology disruptions.
  • Prior experience in a public company environment.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on explaining security topics, such as the OWASP Top 10, clearly and to a variety of audiences with varying technical sophistication.
  • Deep understanding of networking and web application architecture.
  • Experience with common attack scenarios across the layers of our infrastructure (cloud infrastructure, web applications and interfaces, authentication and authorization, network flows, code quality, insider threat, and the like).
  • Deep understanding of information security principles and common reconnaissance and exploitation frameworks.
  • What Makes You Stand Out:
  • Understanding of a wide range of vulnerability classes including modern adversarial AI attacks, model poisoning, and LLM supply chain vulnerabilities.

Skills

  • Welcome to Planet.
  • Spearhead the multi-year strategic plan for information and cloud security, integrating predictive AI defense strategies.
  • Influence enterprise-wide strategic direction by blending functional security goals with broader business objectives.
  • Empower front-line managers through delegation, selection, and continuous professional development.

Compensation

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below.
  • The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.
  • Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
  • San Francisco Salary Range
  • US National Salary Range
  • $260,500 - $325,600 USD

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
  • Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
  • 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Home Office Reimbursement
  • Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
  • Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
  • Volunteering Paid Time Off
  • In this role, you will oversee departmental budgets and results while empowering a capable tier of front-line managers to execute your vision.

Company info

  • Prior or current government security clearance.
  • Government national security experience.
  • Red team experience.
  • Act as a positive culture carrier who lives the company values and makes decisions that have a broad impact on both people and company financials.

Equal opportunity

  • Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Visa & Work Authorization

  • Prior or current government security clearance
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