Director of Security

Role Overview

The Director of Security will oversee and lead Remote’s security team and function. They will manage Remote’s security strategy and its implementation to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organisation’s systems and information.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Governance: Define, implement, communicate, and maintain security strategy, policies, goals, and requirements aligned with business strategy. Manage security resources to support the company’s objectives.
• Visionary Leadership: Work with the Security Council and Remote’s senior leadership in developing Remote’s Information Security vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Security function.
• Team Management: Recruit and nurture individual growth to build an autonomous and high-performing Security team.
• Advocacy: Act as an advocate for information security best practices, proactively looking to improve and drive Remote’s security posture and driving efforts to improve Security Awareness across the company.
• Risk Management: Drive Remote’s security risk management program by partnering with Legal, Data Protection, and Finance in developing and managing our enterprise risk management framework(s).
• Application Security: Manage and improve upon Application Security initiatives and personnel to ensure Remote is delivering the most secure Platform possible to its customers.
• Incident Response: Build a Security Incident Response process and culture within the Security Team.
• Reporting: Report to Remote’s top management about security risks, threats, potential impacts, incidents, and security performance.
• Compliance: Drive security compliance requirements from customers, standards, and regulations.
• ISMS Management: Supervise the management and improvement of Remote’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) as defined in Remote’s ISMS roles and responsibilities document.

Requirements

• Educational Background: BA/BSc/HND in a relevant field.
• Management Experience: Extensive experience managing security teams, including people, resources, stakeholders, and security service management.
• Certifications: Certified in cybersecurity management (e.g., CISSP, CISM, etc.).
• Strategic Mindset: Understands leadership responsibilities and prioritizes execution of company-wide strategy.
• Security Culture: Experience in cybersecurity strategy management and implementation, as well as fostering a security culture.
• Technical Proficiency: Proficient with security principles, technologies, and security engineering domains.
• Communication: Ability to clearly articulate security issues to all types of business stakeholders, including Board members.
• Adaptability: Ability to navigate through ambiguous problems in a hyper-growth environment.
• Soft Skills: Excellent writing and communication skills.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply by visiting the Remote application portal on Greenhouse.