[Hiring] Field CISO @Seven AI

Role Description

7AI is looking for a Field CISO to serve as the senior security voice of the company and an extension of our executive leadership in the field. You'll engage CISOs and security executives as a peer who has carried the same responsibility, and represent 7AI's vision, strategy, and commitments with the credibility of someone who has run a security program. This is a hands-on, deal-involved role. Thought leadership and community building are central to it, and both are grounded in real operating experience and direct customer work. You'll partner with Executive Leadership, Sales, Sales Engineering, Product, and Marketing to make 7AI the trusted choice at the highest levels of the organizations we serve.

What You'll Do

• Represent 7AI's executive leadership in strategic customer, prospect, and partner engagements.
• Engage directly with CISOs and security executives on high-value opportunities, from early executive alignment through decision and renewal.
• Advise security leaders as a peer on SOC transformation, operating model design, risk, and responsible adoption of AI in security operations.
• Partner with Account Executives and Sales Engineers on executive strategy for strategic deals, including executive mapping, business cases, and readouts.
• Build and lead CISO community programs such as roundtables, advisory councils, and regional executive events.
• Develop and deliver thought leadership through speaking, podcasts, written content, and analyst and media engagements, grounded in what you see in the field.
• Bring customer and market insight back to Product and Leadership to shape roadmap and positioning.
• Enable the field on executive-level conversations and on how to earn trust with security leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in cybersecurity, including significant time as a CISO, Deputy CISO, or head of security operations at an enterprise organization.
• Firsthand experience owning a security program, including building teams, managing budgets, and reporting to boards.
• An established network and respected reputation within the CISO community.
• Deep fluency in security operations, including detection and response, SOC operating models, MDR, and SIEM/SOAR.
• A credible, well-formed point of view on the opportunities and risks of AI in security.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive buying decisions in complex enterprise sales cycles.
• Executive presence and judgment to speak on behalf of company leadership.
• Exceptional communication skills in the boardroom, on stage, and in writing.
• Willingness to travel for customer engagements, events, and community programs.