Director of Information Security, Novata
$153-180k
+ stock options
More information about location
1-5 days a week in office
ESG platform for private markets
Job no longer available
ESG platform for private markets
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$153-180k
+ stock options
More information about location
1-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower private markets to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive form of capitalism.
Role
Who you are
- Cybersecurity Expertise: At least 8 years leading cybersecurity, detection, response programs, or corporate security initiatives, with experience defending large-scale web and cloud infrastructure
- Leadership: 4+ years managing teams, including individual contributors and managers, with a proven ability to guide performance and foster career growth
- Incident Response: Strong experience across the incident response lifecycle, including threat detection, SIEM tools, and integrating threat intelligence
- Technical Skills: Proficiency with security infrastructure (e.g., SIEM systems, firewalls, identity management, vulnerability management) and corporate security tools like endpoint and SaaS protection
- Security Operations: Familiarity with product security, software development life cycles, and digital forensics techniques, such as malware analysis and network forensics
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal skills, with empathy and a talent for advocating for your team
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Comfortable working across departments, including engineering, external response teams, and law enforcement, to resolve incidents
- Executive Engagement: Skilled in briefing senior leaders, legal counsel, and public relations during security incidents
- Compliance and Risk Management: Knowledge of managing bug bounty programs, vendor risk, and security-related customer inquiries
- Experience using a Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) system. Familiarity with Secure Email Gateway (SEG), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Cloud Application Security Broker (CASB), Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), and Mobile Device Management (MDM) systems
What the job involves
- Team Leadership: Create a supportive environment, provide performance feedback, and guide team members’ professional growth
- Strategic Oversight: Set the team’s vision, prioritize goals, and ensure alignment with company objectives
- Incident Management: Lead the response to security incidents, take decisive action, and identify priorities to resolve crises
- Risk and Improvement: Conduct root cause analyses to address issues, define risks, and develop solutions for continuous improvement
- Security Practices: Promote robust security processes across the company and ensure alignment with best practices
- Compliance Readiness: Oversee security program readiness for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications
- Policy Development: Create and maintain security policies, standards, and controls to support a strong security framework
- Audit Management: Manage the information security audit and compliance schedule to meet certifications and internal standards
- Vendor Risk: Lead risk assessments for vendors and technology partners to meet customer security obligations
- Customer Support: Address customer inquiries, contracts, and RFPs related to security and data privacy
- Resource and Vendor Management: Oversee team budgets, external vendor relationships, service provider contracts, and third-party contractors and consultants to ensure optimal resource utilization and alignment with organizational goals
- Incident Oversight: Participate in on-call rotations and streamline incident management processes
- Remediation Plans: Develop blameless mitigation plans to restore systems after incidents
- Collaboration: Work closely with legal, privacy, and product security teams to address risks and ensure compliance
Our take
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investment has been on a remarkable rise, increasing by over 50% in recent years and pulling in nearly $500B annually. This surge is driven in part by a growing collective pressure to invest in companies that prioritize sustainability and ethical practices.
With this trend accelerating, there's a clear need for better tools to track and analyze ESG data. That's where Novata comes in. The company offers robust solutions that allow investors to monitor and assess the ESG performance of their portfolios, helping them make more informed, responsible investment decisions.
Backing Novata is an impressive list of investors, including the Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, S&P Global, and Hamilton Lane. The company's first funding round raised a staggering $21M - one of the highest ever for a public benefit corporation. This momentum continued in 2024 when the company attracted new investors and strengthened its financial backing, positioning itself to expand its sustainability solutions and enter expand its geographies while securing its place as a key player in the ESG space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
51% female employees
71% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2023
$30m
SERIES B
Nov 2021
$21m
SERIES A
Total funding: $51m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefit packages (medical, dental, vision and pension)
- Robust leave policies (PTO, parental leave, VTO)
- Opportunities for personal and professional development
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Alex Friedman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former White House Fellow in the Clinton Administration and an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Co-founder of Jackson Hole Economics, a non-profit research organization in economics, politics, the environment and finance. Served as CEO, CIO & CFO for a number of publicly listed financial services companies including GAM Investments, UBS, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Josh Green
(Co-Founder & COO)Prior to co-founding Novata, spent 15 years as CEO of trade data insights platform Panjiva (acquired by S&P Global in 2018). Former assistant CEO at growth investment firm the iFormation Group, created by technology VC Boston Consulting Group.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Novata
- 4 Employee Resource Groups currently: Parents & Caregivers, Women's Network, Black ERG, and Multicultural ERG
- DEIB Committee tackling Goals from our 2023 DEIB Strategy
- Organization-wide DEIB educations and training
- We provide Mental Health, Volunteer Time off Days, and Floating holidays to ensure every person feels empowered to take Religious/spiritual days off
- Culture Committee to hold us true to our company values: Integrity, Agility, Togetherness, Longevity
- Equitable compensation and benefits programs (i.e. pay equity audit)
- Offering professional development opportunities (training, professional memberships, Stretch projects, mentoring, growth opportunities)
- Conducting anonymous monthly pulse surveys & semi-annual engagement survey
- Transparency in team meetings with an anonymous AMA approach
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