Security and Compliance Team Lead

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September 26

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Loft Orbital

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Aerospace • Government • Artificial Intelligence

Loft Orbital is a company that builds space infrastructure, allowing various entities such as companies, governments, and institutions to utilize the benefits of space. They specialize in integrating, testing, deploying, and operating payloads for space missions. Loft Orbital offers solutions for physical, virtual, and on-demand missions, working with technological giants like Microsoft to democratize access to space. The company also contributes to national defense space missions for US government customers and has been involved in innovative projects such as testing AI algorithms in space and supporting quantum communications satellite missions.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🚀 Aerospace

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• Lead and scale the cybersecurity & compliance team, providing direction, mentorship, and support. • Manage end-to-end security and vulnerability reports, ensuring timely remediation and tracking resolution progress (MTTD, MTTR, etc.). • Support technical troubleshooting and act as subject matter expert on security practices and controls. • Balance hands-on technical leadership (≈75%) with functional/project management (≈25%). • Coordinate with stakeholders, especially defense business units, to ensure compliance with US and EU government standards. • Drive cross-team buy-in to implement systemic, company-wide security improvements and compliance initiatives. • Foster a culture of security excellence across the engineering organization and oversee hiring and team development.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience managing cybersecurity, information security, or security/compliance teams. • Deep knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, USGov (FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST) and EUGov (GDPR, ENISA) regulations and best practices. • Strong technical background in vulnerability management, secure software development, risk assessment, and incident response. • Demonstrated ability to run agile ceremonies and manage projects in a fast-paced environment. • Experience with talent management, hiring, coaching, and growing high-performing teams. • Familiarity with stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration, especially within organizations serving both commercial and government sectors. • Excellent communication skills, strong English proficiency to collaborate internationally. • (Nice to have) Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. • (Nice to have) Certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA)

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity, we want you to have an active role in our success • Up to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT) and flexible working hours • Health and life insurance • Lunch Vouchers • Cross-office travel opportunities between San Francisco, Colorado, and Toulouse • Company and team off-sites and many other events • Relocation assistance to Toulouse when applicable