Vice President, Security & Compliance

SOCi, the marketing platform for multi-location brands, is currently looking for a VP of Security and Compliance to its rapidly growing team to improve the maturity of the application and infrastructure security function. You will be reporting to the company’s CTO, and oversee all matters relating to ensuring the SOCi platform and infrastructure remains secure, as well as playing a strategic role in ensuring our continued compliance with SOC II, ISO27001 and other certifications. Furthermore, you will be establishing ongoing training programs for secure application development life cycle for engineers and devops teams, completing 3rd-party risk assessment questionnaires from our customers, performing vendor risk assessments of our suppliers, and developing our overall security function maturity.

Who We Are

SOCi is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the country, ranking in the top tier of Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies in America list for the last several years consistently.  The builder of an award-winning enterprise SaaS marketing platform, and one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employers, SOCi boasts hundreds of the world’s largest brands as its customers. At SOCi, nothing is more important to us than the clients we service every day. The SOCi platform specifically solves complicated marketing and workflow problems for national and global multi-location brands that want to scale and optimize their presence. View more on our Awards & Accolades here! 

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead, support, and mentor engineering and devops teams in secure development practices
• Establish training programs and processes for secure application development
• Act as a security and compliance subject matter expert and resource within the broader organization
• Partner with Legal to develop and lead strategies for the governance, risk and compliance functions across the company that support transformation of the security function
• Manage, coordinate, track and report all cybersecurity-related external assessments and internal audits including action plans and responses
• Ensure exposure to cybersecurity risks are identified and managed at an acceptable level
• Partner with various teams to identify required controls and develop risk mitigation plans
• Define/mature, document and publish security policies, standards, and procedures; present and shepherd new policies through a developed security governance process
• Effectively report risk and mitigation status to relevant stakeholders across the company
• Partner with product and engineering throughout the entire product development lifecycle to ensure security and regulatory compliance is considered

What You’ll Need to be Successful

• Remote Opportunity: Ability to work 100% remotely 
• Must Have:  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to convey cyber risk in a business context
• 5+ years of leadership experience in cybersecurity
• In-depth familiarity with risk methodologies, industry control standard frameworks, and awareness and training programs
• Good understanding of popular application security standards including OWASP TOP 10 and SANS TOP 25
• Solid understanding of common frameworks like SOC II and ISO27001
• Strong technical acumen across cloud (AWS) and application development
• AWS Security and/or Networking Professional certification
• Previous experience in software development and/or cloud infrastructure operations.

What SOCi Provides to You

• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible Work Environment
• Flexible paid time off 
• Quarterly wellness days
• Paid holidays
• Unique employee engagement programs 
• Empowering Career Growth and Success 

What’s Important at SOCi

Led by a team of industry experts, SOCi is leading the pack in Localized Marketing for Multi-Location brands. Our passionate team of SOCialites work from home around the globe! 

Our collaborative, dynamic culture allows our teams to work cross-functionally and optimize productivity. We are a fast-paced, agile environment where thought leadership and input are encouraged. If you are looking for a place where you can come and make a difference in the way enterprise organizations utilize social technology, then SOCi is for you. Visit MeetSOCi.com for more information.  

SOCi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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