Head of Security managing information security strategy at Reach. Leading end-to-end security efforts for a global ecommerce platform.
Responsibilities
Vulnerability management and offensive testing: Own the vuln lifecycle end-to-end — intake, triage, prioritization, risk acceptance, ticketing to dev teams, and remediation within SLA — and manage external pen tests and targeted assessments. Report regularly on status, SLA performance, and trends.
Security operations and incident response: Manage our MSSP partner for 24/7 SIEM and SOC monitoring; ensure telemetry, detections, and playbooks match our threat model. Serve as incident commander for real events, and run regular tabletops and post-incident reviews.
Policy, controls, and risk: Define and maintain Reach’s security policies and control framework. Design, implement, and measure the effectiveness of controls; maintain a risk register; and surface material risk decisions to leadership.
Compliance and audits: Own SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS end-to-end with continuous control monitoring and evidence collection between audits. Serve as the primary contact for external auditors.
Application and cloud security: Partner with engineering on secure SDLC, threat modeling for new products and features, SAST/DAST/SCA coverage, and cloud security posture (IAM, configuration, workload protection).
Identity and access management: Own IAM policy, periodic access reviews, privileged access, and joiner/mover/leaver processes, in partnership with IT and People.
Third-party and customer security: Run Reach’s vendor risk program (due diligence, questionnaires, DPAs, ongoing monitoring) and own responses to customer and prospect security reviews.
Security awareness and training: Run phishing simulations, ongoing and role-targeted training, and regular company-wide sessions on new threats and best practices.
Executive reporting: Provide regular security posture updates with meaningful metrics (MTTD/MTTR, patch latency, control coverage, phishing outcomes, audit readiness).
People, budget, and tooling: Act as a mentor for your report; own the security budget and tool stack — evaluating, procuring, rationalizing, and retiring tools as the program matures.
Requirements
8+ years in information security, with 3+ years leading a security program or a major security function.
Direct experience owning SOC 2 Type II audits end-to-end; PCI DSS experience strongly preferred.
Proven, hands-on ownership of vulnerability management programs at scale.
Experience managing an MSSP/MDR relationship for SIEM and 24/7 SOC.
Strong application and cloud security fundamentals, with hands-on experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure, and the ability to partner credibly with engineering.
Experience leading incident response end-to-end, including cross-functional coordination and working with external parties.
Experience writing and operationalizing security policies against recognized frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls).
Excellent written and verbal communication — credible with engineers, executives, auditors, and customers.
Comfortable as a player-coach in a lean environment, with a strong sense of ownership and bias for action.
Additional Assets
Experience in fintech, payments, or ecommerce — ideally cross-border or merchant-of-record.
Prior experience standing up or scaling a security program at a growth-stage company.
Familiarity with GRC/continuous compliance platforms (e.g., Vanta, Drata, Secureframe).
AWS experience (our primary cloud) and Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence) for workflow and documentation.
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