Manager, IT & Security

People Data Labs; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock

Competitive Salaries

Unlimited paid time off

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

401k

Health, fitness, and office stipends

Remote-friendly work environment

Job summary

People Data Labs is seeking a Manager of IT and Security to lead security, compliance, tools administration, and helpdesk for a fully remote organization in the United States. You will oversee a small team, collaborate with product and engineering, and drive secure, scalable IT operations.

The role emphasizes building audit-ready security programs, vendor management, and incident readiness, with a pragmatic approach to enabling the business while protecting data.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years leading IT, Security, or Technical Operations teams.
• 3+ years in fully remote environments.
• Experience managing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, migrations/rollouts.
• Knowledge of IAM, authentication standards, and DR planning.
• Strong organizational and PM skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods.
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP).
• SSO/identity provider, preferably Okta.
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta).
• Basic scripting (Python, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Manage the IT & Security Team.
• Oversee IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization for migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements.
• Maintain structured, automated, and audit-ready security and compliance processes.
• Partner with product and engineering on security initiatives and plans for complex changes.
• Oversee company-wide application authentication stance, access management standards, and disaster recovery for critical systems.
• Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to control tools spend.

Skills

IT & Security team management

Remote environment experience

IT project roadmaps

IAM and authentication standards

Disaster recovery planning

Organizational & project management

Written and verbal communication

Data access via multiple delivery

AWS security

SSO/IDP (Okta)

Compliance automation (Vanta)

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Tools

Datadog

Pulumi

Terraform

Job description

People Data Labs is the trusted provider of workforce data. We do the heavy lifting of data collection and standardization to enable companies to build and scale innovative, compliant data solutions.

As the Manager of IT and Security at PDL, you'll oversee security, compliance, tools administration, helpdesk support, and other information technology needs. You'll manage one very talented direct report and partner closely with leaders across the company.

We are an intentionally smaller data company that believes revenue can scale without significant headcount (and therefore cost) increases. We are both fully profitable and growing, and we are looking for the next person to oversee the connective tissue that keeps everyone here successful and safe.

We believe you can take security and compliance seriously while still having a fun and appropriately unhinged remote workplace. The ideal candidate for this role has managed an IT and/or security team for a fully remote environment, and values building systems and processes that make their coworkers’ lives easier.

We believe AI tools and workflows can be leveraged in the right places, but we are not looking for someone focused on implementing AI for the sake of implementing AI. Our people are our secret sauce, both with our customers and behind the scenes. We don't need AI to replace the human touch.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage the IT & Security Team
• Oversee the IT & Security project roadmap, helpdesk workflows, and prioritization process for cross-functional initiatives such as migrations, system rollouts, and security enhancements
• Maintain a structured, automated, and audit-ready set of security and compliance processes, procedures, and protocols
• Partner closely with product and engineering, and departmental stakeholders on shared security initiatives and clear project plans for complex technical changes
• Oversee the company-wide application authentication stance, access management standards, and disaster recovery processes for critical systems
• Facilitate vendor relationships, evaluations, contracts, and renewals to ensure tools spend is carefully and thoughtfully managed

Required Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of experience managing an IT, Security, or Technical Operations team
• 3+ years of experience working in a fully remote environment
• Experience managing IT project roadmaps, vendor relationships, and enterprise system migrations or rollouts.
• Working knowledge of enterprise identity and access management, authentication standards, and disaster recovery planning
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with data via multiple delivery methods
• AWS security (IAM, CloudTrail, Inspector, Organizations + SCP)
• SSO + identity provider (preferably Okta)
• Compliance automation (e.g., Vanta)
• Basic scripting (e.g., Python, Bash)

Desired Skills & Experience

• Previous experience at a data company is not required but is always appreciated
• Remote security tooling (Tailscale, SentinelOne, 1Password)
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Pulumi, Terraform)
• Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Datadog)

Salary: $160,000 - $180,000

Benefits

• Stock
• Competitive Salaries
• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401k
• Health, fitness, and office stipends
• The permanent ability to work wherever and however you want

Why People Data Labs?

Great People make great teams. It is as simple and elegant as that. We believe in building highly functional, energetic, and engaging teams to serve our customers. People, Customers, Shareholders, in that order, sets us up for success and delivering on our promises.

Check out our latest company kickoff video to get a taste of our company culture:

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