Senior Director Information Security, EverCommerce

• The ideal candidate is an experienced security leader capable of balancing strategic planning with operational execution in a fast-paced, acquisition-driven SaaS organization
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
• 12+ years of progressive leadership with significant focus across multiple information security domains, including cloud security, and software platform security, security strategy, architecture, engineering, controls, testing, vulnerability management, incident response, and cyber resiliency
• 6+ years of direct people leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (Architecture, SecOps, IR, GRC) in high-growth, public SaaS or enterprise technology companies
• Demonstrated hands-on engineering background in AWS cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and container orchestration (ECS, EKS, Docker)
• Proven track record building or modernizing SIEM/SOAR pipelines, automated detection engineering, and incident response operations
• Direct experience designing and executing continuous compliance programs under SOX 404(b), HIPAA, PCI DSS, or SEC reporting frameworks
• Exceptional ability to translate complex security risks into clear business metrics (MTTD, MTTR, exposure burn-down) for C-suite executives and Board Audit Committees
• Strong collaborative acumen to lead through influence in a decentralized, multi-business unit operating model
• Strong knowledge of or leading enterprise security architecture, building and maturing security GRC programs, and deep knowledge of cyber threat landscapes, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

Desirable

• This role reports to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and requires a hands-on cybersecurity leader who can balance strategic planning with operational execution, and is responsible for maturing a scalable, business-aligned security program supporting a diverse portfolio of dozens of SaaS products across multiple vertical business units
• The Senior Director Information Security partners closely with the multiple groups including Vertical Business Product Development, Legal, Compliance, the People Team, and senior leadership to ensure security enables innovation while effectively managing cyber risk
• Platform Security-as-Code: Partner with Platform Engineering to enforce mandatory security baselines, Terraform modules, and AWS Control Tower account isolation
• Shift-Left AppSec & Container Security: Embed automated security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA, dependency analysis, and TruffleHog secret scanning) directly into GitHub CI/CD pipelines
• Golden Container & AMI Approval: Establish signing, scanning, and approval pipelines for the Central Golden Container Registry to eliminate base-image vulnerability drift across production
• Central Secrets & Cryptographic Lifecycle: Mandate enterprise-wide AWS Secrets Manager and Vault architectures, enforcing automated 60/90-day rotation and eliminating plain-text secrets across staging and production
• 24x7 Detection & Threat Hunting: Direct the modernization of the Security Operations Center (SOC), optimizing SIEM telemetry (Elastic Cloud / ECS log schemas) and SOAR automation (Torque)
• Zero-Code Infrastructure Observability: Leverage Linux kernel-level telemetry (eBPF and OpenTelemetry collectors) baked into base infrastructure to catch unauthorized API access, anomalous database queries, and lateral movement out-of-process
• Crisis Management & Incident Response: Lead enterprise incident response, digital forensics, root cause analysis (RCA), and executive crisis communications
• Adversary Emulation & Offensive Security (Red/Purple Teaming): Direct internal and contingent red-team penetration testing across all HIPAA, PCI, and proprietary SaaS platforms, driving cross-team CTF exercises and threat modeling
• Continuous Compliance Automation: Transition GRC from point-in-time manual evidence collection to API-driven, continuous control validation supporting SOX 404(b), HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, EHNAC, and SEC disclosure requirements
• Centralized Risk Governance: Maintain an auditable, real-time enterprise Risk Register, eliminating fragmented policy exceptions in email and chat tools
• Third-Party Risk & Customer Trust: Standardize vendor risk management workflows (Coupa/security assessments) and provide automated security assurance documentation for enterprise customer deals
• Embedded Security Spokes: Deploy and lead dedicated Security Engineering "Spokes" who sit directly in Vertical Business Units product sprint planning to eliminate delivery roadblocks upfront
• Security & Cloud Guilds: Foster an engineering mindset across the broader technology team, establishing internal training guilds to upskill engineers in secure coding, automation, and modern cloud operations
• Develop multi-year cybersecurity strategic plans and roadmaps
• Align security investments with business priorities
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from a cybersecurity perspective
• Drive AI and automation across security operations
• Inspire high-performing security teams
• Develop future security leaders
• Build trusted relationships with multiple levels of leadership and business stakeholders
• Communicate complex cybersecurity risks in business terms
• Foster collaboration across decentralized business units
• Promote a culture of accountability, innovation, and operational excellence
• Lead through influence in a matrixed organizational environment