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Senior Director of Security (Chief Information Security Officer)

Waterloo, Canada

The Company You’ll Join

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine.

Carta’s world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management in venture capital and private equity.

Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more.

Together, Carta is setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As Senior Director of Security / Chief Information Security Officer, you’ll define Carta’s security strategy, including:

  • Secure Carta’s internal systems, offices and employees from all threats, including the maintenance and operation of our SOC2 and other compliance frameworks.
  • Protect customers while maintaining a great customer experience.
  • Ensure security objectives are sufficient to mitigate evolving risks – achieve those objectives by embedding security into the business and engineering lifecycle of the company.
  • Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, and Carta’s leadership team to intertwine security with Carta’s overarching strategy and work.
  • Facilitate Carta’s culture of security with training, education, and careful process design for how Security enables Carta and our customers.

The Team You'll Work With

You’ll be joining our Engineering Leadership team, reporting to Carta’s CTO, and leading our GRC, Corporate Security, Operational Security, and Information Technology teams. You’ll work closely with Carta’s executive team, Board of Directors, and customers. Your most important partners across Carta will be Compliance, Legal, and our SRE team.

About You

  • Experience as a senior security leader either within a public company or taking a company public. You may not have been the senior-most security leader, but you worked with that leader directly.
  • Ideally, you also have some experience working in an earlier stage company. Carta isn’t a small startup, but we move at a good pace.
  • Mastery in several, and exposure to all of: Compliance, SecOps, GRC,  and IT.
  • 10+ years of experience recommended.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email. 

Interested in data privacy? Check out our policies on Privacy and CA Candidate Privacy. Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com domain.

 
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