Head of IT Build & Security - Mac‑Forward Startup

District Partners Llc; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Onsite in Palo Alto

Job summary

District Partners Llc is supporting a venture-backed AI and cybersecurity company in Palo Alto to hire its first dedicated in-house IT leader. The role is hands-on from day one, reporting to the COO, and will build the IT function end-to-end for a Mac-heavy, highly technical workforce.

You will own device lifecycle, IAM, SaaS management, and security/compliance foundations while shaping a scalable IT operating model for a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• Experience building or materially scaling corporate IT within a startup or fast-growing tech company.
• Hands-on experience across Mac endpoint management, MDM, hardware procurement, device provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Depth across identity and access management, including SSO and MFA, automated provisioning/deprovisioning.

Responsibilities

• Build corporate IT from zero, establishing technology stack, operating processes, standards and controls.
• Own the complete Mac device lifecycle: procurement, inventory, MDM, provisioning, configuration, hardening, replacements, offboarding.
• Implement and manage IAM with SSO and MFA, scalable access controls, automated onboarding/offboarding.
• Own and optimize the SaaS environment: licensing, spend management, renewals, vendor negotiations.
• Oversee office IT and AV at the Palo Alto HQ, including conference rooms and vendor coordination.
• Support SOC 2/compliance foundations, endpoint hardening and FedRAMP readiness as needed.

Skills

Mac endpoint management

MDM

Device provisioning

Identity and access management

SSO

MFA

SaaS management

Vendor management

Security/compliance mindset

Tools

MDM platforms

SaaS admin tools

Job description

District Partners Llc is supporting a venture-backed AI and cybersecurity company in Palo Alto to hire its first dedicated in-house IT leader. The role is hands-on from day one, reporting to the COO, and will build the IT function end-to-end for a Mac-heavy, highly technical workforce.

You will own device lifecycle, IAM, SaaS management, and security/compliance foundations while shaping a scalable IT operating model for a fast-growing company.