VP of Security — AI-Native, Scale & Trust Leader (Remote)

Greenhouse Software; United States; Remote; USD 279,000 - 342,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Mental health resources

Financial wellness benefits

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

13 holidays per year

Paid vacation time

Job summary

Greenhouse Software, a remote-first company, seeks a Vice President of Security to lead company-wide security strategy across product, corporate, and information security. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide the Security team, advise the Board on risk and investments, and partner with Product, Legal, and Engineering to safeguard data and scale AI-enabled products.

You will build a high-performing security organization, cultivate leadership, and drive incident response, governance, and audit

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in security, including 5+ years leading a multidisciplinary security organization.
• Experience serving as Head of Security, CISO, Vice President of Security, or comparable senior security leader.
• Experience owning an end-to-end security program and scaling a security organization through significant growth at a B2B SaaS or consumer technology company.
• Experience across security operations, cloud security, product security, identity and access management, risk, compliance, and incident response.
• Experience leading serious security incidents in partnership with Legal, communications, executives, customers, and regulators.
• Experience working with external auditors and leading compliance and assurance programs such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
• Experience presenting security posture, material risks, investment needs, and trade-offs to executive leadership and a Board.
• Experience securing cloud environments such as AWS and Kubernetes, and working with modern identity standards and platforms including Okta, OpenID Connect, or SAML.
• Experience with AI security, AI governance, responsible AI, or securing AI-enabled products.

Responsibilities

• Define and own Greenhouse’s security strategy, multi-year roadmap, operating model, budget, and investment priorities.
• Lead a multidisciplinary security organization spanning product security, corporate security, and information security.
• Build and develop a strong leadership bench, including hiring, coaching, succession planning, and career development.
• Own Greenhouse’s security risk posture and risk appetite with ELT; oversee compliance and assurance programs (SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001).
• Lead security response for serious incidents and post-incident communications.
• Own disaster recovery exercises with Platform Engineering and regulatory timelines.
• Establish governance for AI usage across Greenhouse, including policies, data handling, and auditability.
• Lead data security and governance program with Privacy and Legal, including data classification and access controls.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, IT, Legal, Privacy, and Finance on secure-by-default design.
• Advise Sales and Customer Success on strategic security reviews and enterprise deals; participate in customer trust conversations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Security program management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Incident management

Risk and governance

Security architecture

AI security

Budget and headcount planning

Regulatory experience

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

ISO 27001

Job description

Greenhouse Software, a remote-first company, seeks a Vice President of Security to lead company-wide security strategy across product, corporate, and information security. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide the Security team, advise the Board on risk and investments, and partner with Product, Legal, and Engineering to safeguard data and scale AI-enabled products.

You will build a high-performing security organization, cultivate leadership, and drive incident response, governance, and audit