Remote CISO: AI-Driven Security Leader for FinTech

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Partner Company seeks a Chief Information Security Officer based in the United States to lead security for a growing financial services group across brands. You will define strategy, build the program, and own key security decisions with hands-on execution and AI-driven monitoring.

In a global, remote-friendly setup, you will manage cloud security (AWS), IAM, incident response, vendor risk, and security communications with leadership while mentoring a small security team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in information security with 3+ years as CISO or head of security.
• Proven experience leading real-world security incidents including executive communication.
• Experience building or rebuilding a security program from early stage.
• Strong AI security knowledge and AI-driven security workflows.
• Hands-on AWS cloud security, IAM, SIEM, phishing defenses.

Responsibilities

• Define and own security strategy, roadmap, and budget across brands.
• Lead incident response from detection to post-incident review.
• Oversee cloud security standards and IAM (SSO/MFA).
• Evaluate third-party vendors and security attestations.
• Lead phishing prevention and employee awareness training.
• Develop security policies and support SOC 2 / ISO 27001 readiness.
• Mentor security engineers and decide internal vs outsourced work.
• Build and maintain inventory of attack surface.
• Apply AI to alert triage, threat detection, and investigations.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident response

Cloud security AWS

AI security

Vendor risk management

Tools

SIEM

Rapid7

Endpoint protection

Identity management

Job description

Partner Company seeks a Chief Information Security Officer based in the United States to lead security for a growing financial services group across brands. You will define strategy, build the program, and own key security decisions with hands-on execution and AI-driven monitoring.

In a global, remote-friendly setup, you will manage cloud security (AWS), IAM, incident response, vendor risk, and security communications with leadership while mentoring a small security team.