Chief Information Security Officer

at  Linktree

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

• Leadership and Strategy:
• Develop and implement a comprehensive information security strategy aligned with the company’s business objectives.
• Lead the Information Security team, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team’s success.
• Collaborate with executive management to establish governance for the security program.
• Application Security:
• Oversee and enhance the application security program, ensuring secure software development practices are integrated throughout the SDLC.
• Conduct regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain secure coding standards, guidelines, and training for development teams.
• Hands-On Security Operations:
• Be actively involved in the day-to-day security operations, including incident response, threat analysis, and vulnerability management.
• Implement and manage security tools and technologies to protect the organization’s information assets.
• Stay current with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.
• Compliance and Risk Management:
• Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Conduct regular risk assessments and audits, and develop action plans to address identified risks.
• Prepare and present regular reports on the status of information security to executive management and the board.
• Collaboration and Communication:
• Foster a culture of security awareness across the organization through training and communication.
• Work closely with IT, legal, HR, and other departments to ensure a coordinated approach to security and compliance.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all security-related matters, both internally and externally.

We are seeking a dynamic and hands-on Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with a strong background in application security to join our team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about leading our security strategy, with a specific focus on securing our applications and software development lifecycle. This role requires a proactive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited about being deeply involved in both strategic planning and hands-on implementation.
Why is this an exciting role? Linktree is a massive platform with 50 million profiles, 2B monthly visitors and a massive volume of commerce activity (generating over 2% of amazon’s referral traffic). Despite this massive scale, we are a tiny company, 60 engineers strong, getting to move fast and drive impact. As a result, our CISO, like the rest of our executive team needs to be hands on, with the ability to drive impact themselves. We know this is a unique opportunity and we can’t wait to talk to you if you are a hands-on App Sec expert with several years of experience, excited to be our CISO.