Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

The Company is seeking its first Chief Information Security Officer to lead security across its organization. The role will establish security strategy, oversee incident response, cloud and identity security, vendor risk, phishing defense, platform protection, policies, and audit readiness. The CISO will lead a small engineering team while remaining hands-on, brief executives on risks, and coordinate with relevant internal and external stakeholders during incidents. A major focus is building AI-driven security systems for attack-surface mapping, continuous testing and monitoring, alert triage, and secure use of AI tools and agents. Candidates should have at least 10 years of security experience, including three or more years leading a security function at an organization of 100 or more people. They must have led live incident response, built or rebuilt a security program, and be experienced with AI-specific risks and practical use of AI agents for security work. Strong hands-on skills in cloud security, identity and access management, SIEM, endpoint and email protection, scripting, and automation are required, along with experience in crypto, fintech, or another high-fraud environment. The role also calls for clear executive communication, effective policy writing, thorough vendor and contract review, and the ability to lead a distributed team while remaining actively involved in technical work.