[Hiring] Vice President of Information Technology and Security @SheerID

Role Description

• Own the multi-year, internal technology, cybersecurity, and technical data protection infrastructure roadmaps.
• Align investments, compliance strategies, and operational metrics with corporate growth and board-level risk tolerances.
• Ensure security controls and compliance mandates serve as business enablers (SOC 2, ISO 27001) without creating friction for employee productivity or engineering velocity.
• Build structured operational boundaries, coordinated work practices, and identity governance frameworks across specialized teams with system administrative access (DevOps, RevOps, AI Enablement).

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading both enterprise IT operations and corporate cybersecurity/compliance programs.
• Proven ability to think critically, identify, gather and organize data, identify problem statements, lead collaborative problem solving, ask insightful questions and question the status quo.
• Strong experience establishing governance models alongside DevOps (production vs. corporate IT) and RevOps (commercial tool federation).
• Confident stewardship of a company’s technical infrastructure and data security posture.
• Demonstrated skill at working across multiple stakeholder groups to get things done.
• Demonstrated proficiency at leading technology-enabled business/workflow transformations.
• Able to take complex topics and turn them into compelling narratives that engage stakeholders.
• At least 7 years of experience directly managing people and teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Master’s degree, MBA, or advanced technical degree preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT and/or Information Security, with 5+ years in senior leadership (Director, Senior Director, VP) within $50M–$150M+ ARR B2B software/SaaS organization.
• Preferred: proficiency with Claude, Gemini, Crowdstrike and/or other AI and AI-related tool suites.
• Preferred: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), CISM, or CRISC.
• Preferred: Google Workspace Professional Administrator Certification.
• Preferred: ITIL v4 or PMP.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Focus on recruiting, developing, and retaining talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Company Description

SheerID is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates and employees. SheerID believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success as a company.

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