Director, IT – Security

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🕒 April 14

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $190.2k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Octave

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201 - 500 employees

🧘 Wellness

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💰 $20M Series B on 2021-05

Wellness • Healthcare Insurance

Octave is a mental health care provider offering affordable and accessible therapy services tailored for individual, couples, and family needs. Their services include finding and matching clients with carefully vetted therapists who are experts in various specialty areas and languages. Octave emphasizes clinical excellence with a strong focus on evidence-based and outcome-driven therapy solutions, leading to faster and more effective improvements in mental health. With both in-person and virtual therapy options available, they make mental health care convenient and embrace a diverse network of therapists, including a significant percentage who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color. Octave partners with Evernorth Behavioral Care to deliver high-quality care to Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth members, enhancing access and satisfaction for their clients.

📋 Description

• Develops, coordinates, and implements systems, policies, procedures, and productivity standards • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment • Oversee the planning, execution, and completion of projects and initiatives within the team • Establish and monitor operational processes and workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity • Implement best practices, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and develop strategies to achieve operational excellence • Ensures a safe, secure, and compliant work environment • Build and manage a high-performing team, including hiring, training, and development • Provide leadership to the team, including setting goals/objectives, providing guidance/feedback, and ensuring the team's overall success • Identify skill gaps within the team and develop strategies for filling those gaps • Define and own the company IT and security strategy, aligning infrastructure, systems, and risk posture with company growth, product evolution, and regulatory requirements • Build, lead, and scale a high-performing IT and Security organization • Oversee end-to-end IT operations and employee technology experience, including onboarding/offboarding and identity and access management • Own and mature the security program, including governance, risk management, and threat detection and response (SOC) • Drive the management of risk, compliance, and audit • Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Data, Legal, and People teams to embed security and IT best practices • Drive company initiatives to enhance system reliability, scalability, security, and business continuity • Own the IT vendor and partner strategy.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of IT or technical security experience • at least 6 years in a leadership role • Proven track record of scaling enterprise IT and security programs in high-growth startup environments • Experience partnering with executive teams on strategic technology decisions • Hands-on experience managing enterprise security operations, cloud environments, and IT infrastructure • Proven track record of leading security audits, risk assessments, and compliance initiatives • Experience with scripting, automation, and system integrations to streamline IT operations • Deep expertise across enterprise security, cloud infrastructure, networking, and IT systems • Strong background in security governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar) • Proven ability to set strategy and influence executive stakeholders, translating technical concepts into business impact • Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing, multi-functional teams • Strong cross-functional leadership and systems thinking in complex environments • Experience developing AI governance frameworks, acceptable use policies, or responsible AI programs • Excellent communication skills, including experience with executive-level presentations and company-wide initiatives • Expertise in identity and access management and enterprise tooling (Google Workspace, JAMF/MDM, Okta/OneLogin, Slack, etc.) • Experience defining and operationalizing metrics and performance frameworks.

🏖️ Benefits

• company sponsored life insurance • disability and AD&D plans • Voluntary benefits such as 401k retirement • medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, dependent care and commuter/parking options • generous Paid Time Off • paid parental leave benefits