Director of Security

Required

• Experienced security leader: You have successfully led, mentored, and grown small security teams within highly-regulated, growth-stage businesses.
• Public company familiarity: You have likely operated within a public company environment and understand the distinct requirements that come with it.
• Strong communicator influencer: You possess a strong ability to lead through influence, build alignment, and navigate corporate organizational structures effectively.
• Pragmatic risk balancer: You have a proven track record of understanding business growth needs and balancing risk mitigation with operational speed and employee experience.
• Technical architectural depth: You understand cloud-native security principles (least privilege, zero trust, segmentation), IAM controls, and practical architectural trade-offs between usability, performance, and security.
• Fintech or Insurtech background: You bring direct experience working in growth-stage Fintech or Insurtech companies.
• IPO experience: You have previously guided a security function through the process of a company going public.
• Framework expertise: You possess deep familiarity and hands-on experience with frameworks and regulations such as NIST, CIS, SOX, SOC2, PCI, and CCPA/CPRA.
• DevSecOps exposure: You are familiar with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and embedding security automated controls into deployment pipelines.
• This role will be based in the US.