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Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.
We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook.
We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.
At Stack Overflow, our mission is to serve developers. We build products that make millions of developers’ lives better every day. Our SaaS product, Stack Overflow for Teams, allows enterprise teams across all business verticals to ask and answer questions on Stack Overflow in a private space. This puts security at the center of our company strategy, so we’re excited to hire a Senior Director of Information Security and Compliance to join our team.
This role will be responsible for evolving, implementing, and ensuring alignment with the company's established information security strategy and compliance programs. It will require a deep understanding of the information security landscape, a passion for protecting sensitive data, and the ability to navigate complex technical and organizational challenges. The candidate will also oversee the company's compliance efforts, manage a team of security professionals, and work closely with other departments to ensure that the company's security posture remains robust and aligned with its strategic objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Strategy evolution: Continuously refine and update the company's information security strategy to address emerging threats and industry best practices.
- Trusted Partner: You will ensure strong working relationships across the organization, from working with our Sales team to help customers understand our security and privacy to partnering with IT and Engineering through architecture and design reviews.
- Implementation and alignment: Ensure that security policies, procedures, and standards are implemented effectively and aligned with the company's overall business objectives.
- Risk assessment: Conduct regular risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential security threats.
- Compliance oversight: Oversee the company's compliance with industry standards and regulations, such as SOC 2, ISO, and GDPR.
- Incident response: Develop and implement an effective incident response plan and lead the response to security incidents.
- Security awareness: Promote security awareness throughout the organization through training programs, education, and communication initiatives.
- Vendor management: Manage relationships with third-party vendors for compliance and InfoSec and ensure all procured software meets the company's security and compliance requirements.
- Technical expertise: Stay up-to-date on the latest security threats and technologies.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in computer science, information security, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in information security, with at least five years in a leadership role.
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards, such as ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and CIS Controls.
- Proven track record of leading and managing security teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to navigate complex technical and organizational challenges.
- Passion for protecting sensitive data and ensuring the security of the company's systems.
Salary: $168,000 - $252,000
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive Base Salary
- Generous paid vacation
- Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
- Equity for all employees at all levels
- Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Home Internet stipend
- Professional allocation for your growth and development
- One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
- Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive
Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
What We Do
Stack Overflow is empowering the world to build for the future. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month making it one of the most-visited websites in the world. It’s best known for its public platform, which has attracted over 14 million users and helped developers and technologists over 50 billion times since its founding in 2008.
Stack Overflow’s Reach & Relevance products include employer branding, content, and advertising, which help technology brands reach developers with content relevant to them. In 2017, Stack Overflow launched a private version of the public Q&A platform so enterprises can capture institutional knowledge, collaborate asynchronously, and boost efficiency across teams. Today, over 10,000 customers partner with Stack Overflow, including Bloomberg, Microsoft, Instacart, Chevron, Expensify, and eBay.
Why Work With Us
Every person we hire makes Stack Overflow an even better place to work. We foster an open and diverse work culture where everyone works together. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere and welcome anyone to champion ideas. We support a culture that’s open to trying new things and is constantly trying to learn from the things we build.
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