Head of Security & AI Enablement

Anrok; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity upside

Office hubs

Learning stipend

Wellness stipend

Home internet stipend

Job summary

Anrok, a leader in tax automation, seeks a Head of Security & AI Enablement to own identity, IT, compliance, and security. You will drive AI governance, risk management, and secure operational practices as the company scales globally.

Reporting to the COO, you will partner with Engineering, Legal, and Finance to maintain robust security posture and compliant processes across all product and corporate systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT, security, or related technical field.
• 3+ years in a leadership role at a scaling tech company.
• Hands‑on experience building or deploying AI/LLM‑powered internal tools.
• Familiarity with GDPR and international data privacy obligations for fintech.
• Proven ownership of SOC 2 Type II renewals end‑to‑end.
• Able to present to a board and review security tests.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering to establish best‑in‑class application security.
• Own end‑to‑end compliance obligations (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Oversee corporate IT infrastructure and operations, including IT support.
• Establish AI governance for model approvals, data use, and IAM.
• Build infra for AI‑powered internal tools and automation.
• Collaborate with Legal and Finance on privacy and vendor risk.

Skills

Security leadership

IT governance

SOC 2 Type II

ISO 27001

GDPR compliance

Application security

AI governance

Vendor risk management

Team leadership

Education

Security certifications (CISSP/CISM)

Tools

SAST/DAST tools

Cloud security platforms

Job description

Anrok is the leading tax automation platform enabling businesses to expand globally without compliance complexity.

As the digital economy has grown 6x over the last decade, software businesses have gone from not worrying about sales tax to needing to monitor exposure, calculate rates, and file returns across 20+ US states and many countries worldwide. This creates a critical bottleneck for companies that should be able to transact with customers everywhere.

Anrok eliminates this complexity by connecting with billing and payment systems to automate tax monitoring, calculations, and filing end-to-end. Our unified platform handles the ever-changing maze of tax laws at municipal, state, and federal levels—so companies can focus on growth, not compliance.

Our customers include:

• 40% of Forbes Top 50 AI companies
• 20% of Forbes Top 100 Cloud companies
• Top companies like Notion, Anthropic, and Cursor

We’re making compliant digital commerce a reality for companies big and small, backed by over $100M from leading investors including Spark Capital, Sequoia, Index, and Khosla Ventures.

We’re looking for an experienced technology leader to own and evolve Anrok's Security, IT, and AI operating system as we scale. As our first Head of Security & AI Enablement, you'll be the single owner of identity, corporate IT, compliance and information security, application security, and AI-automation capabilities—building the systems that let a rapidly growing team operate securely and efficiently, without unacceptable risk or operational complexity. This is a high-impact role reporting to our COO, with direct influence over how Anrok runs as a company.

In this role, you will

• Partner with Engineering to establish best-in‑class application security through threat modeling for critical systems, secure design reviews, vulnerability intake and prioritization, dependency and software supply chain risk, penetration testing, security testing in CI/CD, remediation SLAs and risk acceptance, product security incident response, customer facing security‑assurance.
• Own all compliance obligations end‑to‑end, including SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR—serving as the DRI for audits, renewals, and cross‑functional readiness. Develop and enforce security policies, access controls, and governance frameworks that grow with the business.
• Own corporate IT infrastructure and operations—including endpoint management, SaaS stack administration, and IT support—managing and developing our IT team.
• Establish strong AI governance in order to safely increase the organization's velocity. This will include: model approval and vendor management, data classification and model‑use restrictions, agent identities and IAM, framework for human approvals, prompt‑injection and data‑exfiltration protections, logging and monitoring of agent actions, AI incident response, cost, quality, and business impact measurement.
• Build the infrastructure to support teams building AI‑powered internal tools and infrastructure, deploying LLM‑based automations, internal copilots, and agentic workflows to improve how Anrok operates at scale
• Partner with Legal and Finance on data privacy obligations, vendor risk management, and third‑party security assessments
• Evaluate, procure, and manage the internal technology stack, ensuring we’re using the right tools as we scale
• Report on security and compliance posture to executive leadership as needed

What excites us

• 10+ years in IT, security, or a related technical role, with 3+ years in a leadership position at a scaling tech company
• Hands‑on experience building or deploying AI/LLM‑powered internal tools or automations—you default to AI‑first solutions for operational problems
• Strong application security fundamentals—you can review AppSec findings, work with engineers on remediations, and evaluate risk without needing to write the code yourself
• Genuine familiarity with GDPR and international data privacy obligations, relevant to a fintech handling customer financial data across jurisdictions
• Track record of building lightweight but durable compliance and governance programs—practical, not checkbox theater
• Proven ownership of SOC 2 Type II renewals end‑to‑end—you’ve been the DRI, not just a contributor
• Technically credible with strong business fluency: you can present to a board, negotiate a vendor contract, and review a penetration test in the same week
• Self‑starter who thrives in ambiguity, builds scalable systems, and knows when to automate vs. hire
• You’re curious and motivated to learn new tools — you've experimented with AI in your work or on your own, you're excited about what's possible, and you've built something with it (an application, a workflow, a creative solution to a real problem) that you can walk us through.

What we offer

• The equity upside of an early‑stage startup with the product‑market fit of a later‑stage company.
• Daily lunch and snacks for those working out of our office hubs.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100%.
• One Medical membership covered, flexible sick benefits, and more.
• Annual learning and development stipend for books, online courses, and conferences, as well as a curious team to share your learnings with.
• Home internet reimbursement stipend.
• Wellness reimbursement program.
• Annual team off‑sites and in‑person opportunities around our growing Anrok hubs.
• Home office setup stipend to ensure you have the equipment you need to thrive at work.

At Anrok, we embrace a dynamic and flexible hybrid work environment based out of our growing office hubs - San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City, and Dublin where we collaborate in‑person 3 days per week.