Director of Cybersecurity — Strategy, Risk & AI Security

Inari Agriculture, Inc.; North Oaks (MN); On-site; USD 158,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vision and dental

401k with company matching

Stock options

HSA with company contribution

FSA

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Inari Agriculture, Inc. seeks a Director of Cybersecurity to own strategy, operations, and governance of information security across the company, protecting data, applications, systems, and infrastructure from evolving threats.

You will lead risk assessment, policy enforcement, and technology maturation while partnering with IT, Engineering, and business teams to balance security with business value.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in information security across risk, security and IT responsibilities.
• Demonstrated success building and maturing a cybersecurity function with metrics-driven improvement.
• Experience partnering with business functions to deliver security threat analysis and mitigation solutions.
• Experience evaluating and securing AI/ML systems and understanding AI-specific risk.
• Experience with software development and product security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, refine, and evolve a risk-based cybersecurity strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities.
• Direct evaluation and optimization of security technologies and controls with IT and Engineering.
• Lead information security risk assessment and risk management processes with stakeholders.
• Ensure policy and standards are applied across projects, systems, services, and contracts.
• Monitor trends and vulnerabilities, including AI-driven risks, and advise leadership on mitigations.
• Refresh security tech stack and adopt tools that reduce risk or burden.
• Partner with senior leadership on ongoing risk assessment and management.
• Identify opportunities where security adds business value and supports monetization efforts.
• Serve as a key contact for the Board with regular cybersecurity program reporting.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Risk management

Information security governance

AI/ML security

Cloud security

Security tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

AI-powered security tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Containerization tooling (Docker/Kubernetes)

Job description

Inari Agriculture, Inc. seeks a Director of Cybersecurity to own strategy, operations, and governance of information security across the company, protecting data, applications, systems, and infrastructure from evolving threats.

You will lead risk assessment, policy enforcement, and technology maturation while partnering with IT, Engineering, and business teams to balance security with business value.