# VP, Chief Information Security Officer at BigCommerce

- Company: BigCommerce
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: http://www.bigcommerce.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Austin, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://bigcommerce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Commerce/job/Austin-TX/VP--Chief-Information-Security-Officer_JR102834
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/bigcommerce-vp-chief-information-security-officer/

## About the role

Define and lead Commerce’s cybersecurity and GRC strategy, including policies, standards, and programs that protect corporate and customer digital assets, reduce business risk, and support effective governance and compliance Oversee security investigations and incident response, including impact analysis, executive updates, post incident recommendations, and plans to avoid similar issues in the future

## What they're looking for

- Proven background leading information security within SaaS or platform oriented global companies
- Strong understanding of current and emerging technologies for security in a cloud based, microservices based environment
- Expansive experience with compliance frameworks such as SOX, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001, and their application as both a service provider and a customer
- Familiarity and comfort with modern DevOps processes as well as distributed cloud environments such as GCP and AWS
- Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, Sales, IT, and executive leadership to align security priorities with business objectives
- Ability to communicate cyber risk, security posture, and investment tradeoffs clearly to executives, board members, customers, auditors, and technical teams