Chief Security & Compliance Officer

Code Metal; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan with 100% premium

401k with matching

Paid Time Off

Hybrid or remote work

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Code Metal is seeking a Head of Security to lead, mature, and scale our security program as the company grows. You will own security strategy and technical direction across our products, offerings, infrastructure, corporate systems, and development environments.

You will work closely with engineering, IT, legal, compliance, our FSO, and company leadership to ensure our security posture meets the needs of defense, government, and enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity with leadership responsibility.
• Broad technical depth across product, cloud, infrastructure and enterprise security.
• Experience maturing security programs within highly technical organizations.
• Strong understanding of security architecture, risk management, security operations, privacy and compliance.
• Ability to communicate security risks and priorities to technical and non-technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Code Metal's cybersecurity strategy, priorities, and roadmap.
• Lead security across our products, infrastructure, corporate systems, and development environments.
• Partner with engineering teams to establish practical security architecture, standards, and controls.
• Oversee core security operations, including identity and access management, vulnerability management, monitoring, and incident response.
• Lead product security and ensure security is integrated throughout the SDLC.
• Own the security aspects of regulatory, compliance, and customer requirements.
• Partner with our FSO and technical teams on cybersecurity requirements for CUI and classified environments.
• Coordinate on compliance obligations for new business initiatives, products, and environments.
• Represent Code Metal's security posture with leadership, customers, government partners, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
• Lead and develop the security organization and its capabilities as Code Metal grows.

Skills

Security leadership

Security strategy

Communication

Risk management

Cloud and product security

Job description

Code Metal is seeking a Head of Security to lead, mature, and scale our security program as the company grows. You will own security strategy and technical direction across our products, offerings, infrastructure, corporate systems, and development environments.

You will work closely with engineering, IT, legal, compliance, our FSO, and company leadership to ensure our security posture meets the needs of defense, government, and enterprise customers.