Director Information Security at Fivetran

Oakland, United States

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a Director of Information Security leader to drive strategic security improvements, improve team operations. The ideal candidate will lead Fivetran’s vulnerability management, application, and cloud security teams. In this position you will report to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and play a critical role in the security of Fivetran’s products.

The work is very diverse and will vary from high level strategic planning down to hands-on direct contributions defining security processes and collaboration between departments and teams. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring the technical excellence of your team and positive security outcomes for Fivetran’s product offerings.

This is a full-time, hybrid position out of our Oakland in the US.

Technologies You’ll Use

AWS, Azure, GCP, Java, BigQuery, SAST, DAST, SCA, Looker, Height

What You’ll Do

Lead and grow our application and cloud security teams
Operationalize and scale Fivetran’s vulnerability management, bug bounty, and red team operations
Drive key improvements to secure our development processes
Work collaboratively with other departments including Engineering and Product teams
Identify security risks in current and future systems
Motivate other departments/teams along their security journey
Build data driven metrics to represent the maturity state of the security program
Create alignment with senior leadership to set and communicate the strategy, values, budget, and priorities of the team
Enhance the performance and career development of members of the team through effective coaching, guidance, and career development

Skills We’re Looking For

Proven experience in a strategic security leadership role at a SaaS company
Ability to deeply understand how Fivetran systems work when calculating risk and defining requirements
The ability to both “lead” and “do”
Experience in application security, cloud architecture, Java applications, and compliance frameworks
Ability to communicate complex security concepts to diverse audiences
Excellent leadership and communication skills with a track record of building strong relationships with teammates, software engineers, SRE, and product managers

Bonus Skills

Experience with infrastructure security components and configuration for AWS/GCP/Azure
Proven results encouraging adoption of a security mindset into an organization’s processes, and SDLC habits
Success in building/supporting security-focused engineering community, culture and security champion programs

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The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the target position and level. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, business need, market demands. The pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

This range represents base salary only and does not include incentive for sales roles, equity, or benefits, if applicable.

Pay Range

$214,883—$268,604 USD

Perks and Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance*
Generous paid time-off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
RSU stock grants*
Professional development and training opportunities
Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
Monthly cell phone stipend
Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

*May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

Click here to learn more about Fivetran's Benefits by Region.

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, click here and enjoy our video.

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