Vice President, Information Technology and Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the executive leader overseeing corporate information technology, enterprise information, data security operations, IT service delivery, and security.

• Develop a unified technology and security strategy that supports and scales a rapidly growing B2B software organization.

• Own and manage multi-year roadmaps for internal technology, cybersecurity, and technical data protection infrastructure.

• Align investments, compliance strategies, and operational metrics with corporate growth and board-level risk tolerances.

• Ensure that security controls and compliance mandates facilitate business agility and engineering velocity.

• Establish federated operational boundaries, coordinated work practices, and identity governance frameworks across DevOps, RevOps, and AI Enablement.

• Provide senior leadership oversight for Google Workspace, JumpCloud, cloud operations, identity management, and mobile device management.

• Lead provisioning, system administration, IT service delivery, and support, including managing an outsourced IT support partner in the UK.

• Drive automated zero-touch provisioning and de-provisioning for macOS, Windows, mobile devices, and enterprise SaaS licenses.

• Maintain a service availability of 99.9%+, ensuring disaster recovery resilience and business continuity across corporate technology systems.

• Secure, manage, and enhance corporate AI infrastructure, model pipelines, and internal AI platforms.

• Construct systems that support data privacy, governance, and secure API controls for LLM usage.

• Oversee Information Security teams focused on threat intelligence, incident response, vulnerability management, zero-trust network access, and endpoint protection.

• Operationalize data classification, least-privilege access controls, and automated data retention/privacy policies across SaaS and cloud repositories.

• Ensure continuous readiness for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance.

• Collaborate on technical safeguards required by GDPR and CCPA.

• Lead technical and infrastructure security responses for customer security questionnaires and third-party risk assessments.

• Define boundaries between corporate IT/Security and production engineering infrastructure.

• Collaborate on CSPM, developer tool governance, and secure CI/CD pipelines.

• Develop federated identity and access standards for Salesforce, HubSpot, and other commercial tools.

• Ensure commercial system administrators adhere to central security, audit logging, and SSO policies.

• Manage consolidated IT and Information Security CapEx/OpEx budgets.

• Optimize software licensing, hardware procurement, and security tools.

• Lead enterprise negotiations with software vendors, MSSPs, and external auditors.

• Direct and cultivate IT and Security teams across Service Desk, Cloud Architecture, InfoSec/Compliance, Systems Engineering, and Administration.

• Transform both functions into AI-driven operations utilizing agentic AI and automation tools.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience leading enterprise IT operations and corporate cybersecurity/compliance initiatives.

• Ability to think critically, gather and organize data, identify problem statements, lead collaborative problem-solving, and challenge the status quo.

• Strong background in establishing governance models alongside DevOps and RevOps.

• Confident management of technical infrastructure and data security posture.

• Ability to provide a comprehensive view of cloud data repositories and technical security controls, including encryption, access controls, and DLP.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholder groups.

• Experience in taking engineering hand-offs from AI Enablement or specialized platform engineering teams to maintain secure, enterprise-grade AI infrastructure.

• Proven expertise in leading technology-enabled business and workflow transformations.

• Experience in enhancing internal operations with AI tools while acting as a knowledgeable security advisor.

• Skill in translating complex topics into compelling narratives, influencing stakeholders with data and insights.

• Comfortable presenting to audiences at all organizational levels.

• Minimum of 7 years of direct management experience overseeing people and teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related technical field preferred.

• A Master's degree, MBA, or advanced technical degree is preferred.

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in IT and/or Information Security.

• At least 5 years in a senior leadership role within a B2B software/SaaS organization with an ARR of $50M–$150M+.

• Proficiency with AI-related tool suites such as Claude, Gemini, and CrowdStrike preferred.

• CISSP, CISM, or CRISC certifications preferred.

• Google Workspace Professional Administrator Certification preferred.

• ITIL v4 or PMP certification preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Inclusive environment committed to diversity and inclusion.