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It is where marketing teams do the work: research, briefs, content, campaigns, reporting, all in one place, alongside agents that carry the load with them.\nBuilt on 2B+ real user prompts and growing, Profound’s data shows you what people ask AI and what the models say back. Profound's AI Marketer joins that data with deep context about our customers to find the opportunities worth acting on, and then puts agents to work: automating reporting, drafting content, auditing pages for readability, running competitive research. It measures what works and gets better every day.\nAbout the Role\nAs our Head of Security you will build and lead the company's security program as it scales into a trusted enterprise platform. This is a foundational, high-impact role: you'll own security strategy end-to-end while staying hands-on, working alongside an existing Security Engineer to mature Profound's program from \"does the right things\" to \"provably does the right things at enterprise scale.\"\nYou'll also own IT for the company, making this a role that spans technical security leadership and the practical, day-to-day systems that keep the company running securely.\nThis is a player-coach role. 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Comfortable engaging directly on application security, cloud security, and incident response\n\nDirect experience owning SOC 2 (Type II) and driving compliance programs; experience with additional frameworks (ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.) a plus\n\nExperience leading and developing a small team\n\nComfortable being the face of security to enterprise customers, including technical security reviews and questionnaires\n\nExperience owning or partnering closely with IT function preferred\n\nExcellent communicator who can translate technical risk into business terms for executives and customers alike\n\nWhy This Role\nBuild a security program from the ground up at a company at the center of the shift to AI-driven search\n\nHigh visibility - this role sits close to leadership and directly influences enterprise sales and customer trust\n\nA strong Security Engineer already on the team, with a clear mandate to grow the function further\n\nFast-growing, well-funded company (Series C, $1B valuation) with strong momentum\n\nLocation\nThis is an on-site role based in our Union Square, NYC office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact.\nFor this role, the expected base salary range is $300,000 to $375,000. 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