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Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries. Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale. Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com. \nOverview\nAs Nextdoor’s Chief Information and Security Officer, you will own enterprise and product security, and oversee corporate IT and internal business systems, both led by experienced leaders already in place. You will protect the company, its data, and the Nextdoor platform, working closely with Engineering. Candidates must have deep experience in enterprise and product security and AI; experience in IT and business systems is preferred. This role reports to Nextdoor’s Chief Financial Officer and would be based in Dallas, TX.\nYour responsibilities will include:\nEnterprise and Product Security\nOwn Nextdoor’s security program end to end, including strategy, policies, risk assessments, and employee training, with a roadmap tied to the company’s biggest risks and progress reported through clear metrics\nRegularly report on security risks to the executive team and the Audit & Risk committee of the Board, and work with Legal on timely assessment and disclosure of material incidents as a public company\nSet security standards for the Nextdoor platform (mobile apps, web, APIs, and cloud infrastructure) and partner with Engineering, which is accountable for fixing issues, to build security into how software is designed, built, and released\nRun application security, including code review, dependency scanning, penetration testing, vulnerability management, and a responsible disclosure or bug bounty program, and lead security reviews of new products, features, and third-party code\nProtect member and customer data through encryption, access controls, and monitoring, and work with Legal on privacy requirements in the countries where we operate\nRun threat detection and monitoring across devices, cloud, the platform, and business systems, with outside providers where needed, and keep a tested incident response plan (including for a product data breach) with regular exercises with Engineering and Legal\nSecure corporate and business systems (devices, logins, email, Slack, and the systems that hold customer and financial data), and assess and manage security vendors and third-party providers\nLead security audit and compliance work, including SOX, IT general controls, SOC 2, and ISO 27001, in partnership with Internal Audit\nBusiness Systems\nOversee the teams that run Workday (ERP and HCM) and Salesforce (Sales & Service Cloud)\nPartner with the business systems leaders on the integration and automation of business systems across Finance, People, Customer Operations and Revenue Operations\nCorporate IT\nOversee corporate IT operations, including identity and access (Okta), device management (Jamf), Google Workspace, Slack, IT asset management, and helpdesk\nSet the security approach for employee AI tools: which tools are approved and how company data is protected\nOversee AI tool spend and adoption\nGeneral\nSet the strategy, roadmap and OKRs for security, IT and business systems, and align them with company priorities and stakeholders\nLead, mentor, and develop a high-performing technology team\nManage the IT budget and software spend, including forecasting, vendor management, and contract negotiation\nStay on top of emerging threats and technology trends and assess their potential impact on the business\nWhat You’ll Bring To The Team:\n10+ years of experience in security, including several years leading security teams\nExperience building and leading a security team, including application security engineers and outside providers\nDeep, hands-on experience running a security program for both a corporate environment and a consumer-scale product, including application security, cloud infrastructure security, and secure software development\nTrack record of working with engineering teams to fix vulnerabilities and change how software gets built, without slowing delivery\nExperience leading the response to a real security incident, including working with outside responders, Legal, and Communications\nExperience securing a public company or other SOX-regulated environment, with familiarity with SOC 2 or ISO 27001 audits and vendor security reviews\nWorking knowledge of endpoint detection and response, security monitoring, and identity and access management tools (we use Okta)\nFamiliarity with rolling out AI tools across a company and measuring adoption and spend\nExperience driving cross-team change while aligning diverse stakeholders\nStrong leadership and interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on mentoring and coaching team members\nNice to have\nSecurity certification such as CISSP or CISM\nExperience connecting business systems with integration platforms such as Workato, MuleSoft, or Zapier, and building or governing automated AI workflows with human oversight\nStrong technical and functional background in ERP and CRM systems, and hands-on experience with the tools we run today: Jamf, Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, Workday, Glean, and Workato\nExperience leading or partnering with business systems teams\nRewards\nCompensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.\nThe starting salary for this role is expected to range from $260,000 to $340,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. The salary range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location.\nWe expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.\nWhen it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.\nAt Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. 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