Head of Security & Business AI Applications, Anrok
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Sales tax solution for SaaS businesses
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Sales tax solution for SaaS businesses
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To be the compliance platform powering the digital economy.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years in IT, security, or a related technical role, with 3+ years in a leadership position at a scaling tech company
- Hands-on experience building or deploying AI/LLM-powered internal tools or automations—you default to AI-first solutions for operational problems
- Strong application security fundamentals—you can review AppSec findings, work with engineers on remediations, and evaluate risk without needing to write the code yourself
- Genuine familiarity with GDPR and international data privacy obligations, relevant to a fintech handling customer financial data across jurisdictions
- Track record of building lightweight but durable compliance and governance programs—practical, not checkbox theater
- Proven ownership of SOC 2 Type II renewals end-to-end—you’ve been the DRI, not just a contributor
- Technically credible with strong business fluency: you can present to a board, negotiate a vendor contract, and review a penetration test in the same week
- Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, builds scalable systems, and knows when to automate vs. hire
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced technology leader to own and evolve Anrok’s internal technology infrastructure as we scale. As our first Head of Security & Business AI Applications, you’ll be the single owner of corporate IT, application security, compliance obligations, and AI-powered internal tooling—building the systems that let a rapidly growing team operate securely and efficiently
- This is a high-impact role reporting to our COO, with direct influence over how Anrok runs as a company
- Build the infrastructure to support teams building AI-powered internal tools and infrastructure, deploying LLM-based automations, internal copilots, and agentic workflows to improve how Anrok operates at scale
- Lead Anrok’s application security program, partnering with engineering to identify risks, drive secure development practices, and protect sensitive customer financial data
- Own corporate IT infrastructure and operations—including endpoint management, SaaS stack administration, and IT support—managing and developing our IT team member
- Own all compliance obligations end-to-end, including SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR—serving as the DRI for audits, renewals, and cross-functional readiness
- Develop and enforce security policies, access controls, and governance frameworks that grow with the business
- Partner with Legal and Finance on data privacy obligations, vendor risk management, and third-party security assessments
- Evaluate, procure, and manage the internal technology stack, ensuring we’re using the right tools as we scale
- Report on security and compliance posture to executive leadership as needed
Our take
Software is becoming an increasingly taxable enterprise, in increasingly nuanced and jurisdiction-specific ways thanks to new rulings in the late 2010s. SaaS companies need to keep track of both their physical and economic nexuses, leaving many companies scrambling to stay compliant. Anrok has developed a simple API-based solution to help companies get there.
Anrok's no-code, out-of-the-box tool helps businesses easily calculate sales tax monitoring, calculation, and remittance wherever their product is used, and easily identify new exposures. It’s a simple solution to a complex problem, and the result for Anrok has been impressive funding and strong growth in the short few years it’s been in operation.
This will in part be thanks to the company’s astute pricing model: much like SaaS businesses themselves, it’s based on demand. This makes it scalable enough to encompass both smaller and enterprise SaaS clients. This, in turn, means Anrok’s addressable market within the SaaS sector is substantial. And that’s a sector that in itself is continuing to see remarkable growth. All this makes it a promising, and as of yet fairly unchallenged, position that Anrok is carving out.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2022
$2m
SEED
Mar 2022
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive equity
- Company-wide holidays and paid time off
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision
- Generous parental leave
- Bi-annual company-wide offsites or onsites
- One Medical membership
- Learning and development stipend
Company HQ
Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Michelle Valentine
(Co-Founder & CEO)A Stanford grad, who worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, and then on Product at Airtable. Has also worked as an Investor at Index Ventures, and independently as an Angel with M Valentine LLC.
Kannan Goundan
(Co-Founder & CTO)Kannan has extensive experience as a Programmer at ViaSat, Fortify Software, Dropbox, and Airtable.
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