January

January

Head of Security Engineering

New York City

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 18 hours ago
Machine LearningCybersecurityDetection EngineeringComplianceLeadership

About the role

  • This role will report directly to the VP of Engineering
  • Hire, mentor, and grow the security engineering team as the function scales.
  • Direct security monitoring, detection, and incident response.

Responsibilities

  • As our Head of Security, you'll help us maintain and radically improve a proactive security posture that ensures compliance with industry standards, mitigates real risks, and enhances client confidence in how we handle sensitive data.
  • expect to drive strategic security initiatives, implement effective monitoring and response systems, and foster a culture of security awareness and excellence within the organization.
  • Define and own the strategy for security engineering, deciding where the real risk is and what we do about it.
  • Own vulnerability management end to end, partnering with Engineering to build security into the development lifecycle.
  • Partner with our compliance function to support SOC2, PCI, and other audit and regulatory work.
  • This role will report directly to the VP of Engineering; expect to drive strategic security initiatives, implement effective monitoring and response systems, and foster a culture of security awareness and excellence within the organization.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in security, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
  • Hands-on software or security engineering background. You've built and run cloud security, identity and access, and detection systems yourself.
  • Prior experience working in a regulated industry (financial services, healthcare, payments, etc.).
  • Track record of setting security strategy and driving it to execution at an early- or growth-stage company, where you build the playbook yourself.
  • Strong communicator and collaborator, with a track record of building trust across Engineering, Product, and other teams.
  • Preferred: strong understanding of how AI/ML systems work and where they introduce risk.
  • Collaborative Ownership beats Fiefdoms. You step into gaps without being asked. You fix issues. You seek to bring in the right people.
  • Speed beats perfection. You make decisions with incomplete information, iterate quickly, and course-correct based on what you learn. Fast loops beat slow ones.
  • Candor beats comfort. You give direct feedback because you care about people's growth. You'd rather hear a hard truth early than a polite sidestep that wastes time.
  • Why beats what. You diagnose before prescribing. You're more interested in root causes than symptoms, and you share context so others can make good decisions without you.
  • WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING FOR THIS POSITION IN OUR NEW YORK OFFICE.

Nice to have

  • Collaborative Ownership beats Fiefdoms.
  • You step into gaps without being asked.
  • You seek to bring in the right people.
  • Speed beats perfection.
  • You make decisions with incomplete information, iterate quickly, and course-correct based on what you learn.
  • Fast loops beat slow ones.
  • Candor beats comfort.
  • You give direct feedback because you care about people's growth.

Compensation

  • As a New York City-based company, we are dedicated to transparent, fair, and equitable compensation practices that reflect our commitment to fostering an environment where all team members are valued and supported.
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