Chief Information Security Officer, CISO

Sobre a vaga: • Own Optery’s information security strategy, roadmap, and policies, aligned to our industry-leading security and privacy products • Lead and extend Optery’s security program mapped to common frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS, NIST), appropriate for a high-growth, remote-first company • Partner with engineering to embed secure SDLC practices: threat modeling, code scanning, secrets management, access controls, and secure cloud configuration • Design and run an incident response program, including playbooks for data handling, data broker interactions, ransomware/social engineering scenarios, and customer notifications • Oversee identity and access management across core systems (SaaS, cloud, data, admin apps) following least-privilege principles • Lead vendor and third-party security reviews, especially for data- or privacy-impacting services • Partner with GTM, finance, ops, and sales to complete security questionnaires, DPAs, and customer diligence to unblock deals • Work with product/legal to ensure our data flows and retention/erasure practices align with CCPA, GDPR, and other consumer privacy laws we help our customers exercise • Define, track, and report security KPIs/KRIs to leadership and the board • Train and evangelize security practices across a distributed team so security is part of onboarding and day-to-day work Requisitos: • 8+ years in information security, with increasing ownership across GRC, security engineering, and/or product/app security • Experience building or maturing a security program at a SaaS, data, cybersecurity, or privacy-focused company • Practical experience with SOC 2 and/or ISO 27001 (authoring policies, gathering evidence, working with auditors, driving remediation) • Strong understanding of cloud security (preferably AWS): networking, IAM, secret management, logging/monitoring • Comfortable meeting with customers, prospects, and partners to explain Optery’s security posture and win trust • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to write policies people can actually follow • Startup-friendly mindset: willing to prioritize, right-size controls, and make progress quickly. Benefícios: • Base Salary: $200,000 - $220,000 • Equity Grant • Health, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) with employer match • Paid time off • Home office stipend Apply tot his job