Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.
About the role
As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you will serve as a key executive and thought leader driving the strategic evolution of Planet’s information security landscape. You will architect a sophisticated, enterprise-wide security strategy that directly aligns with our broader business goals and anticipates the rapidly evolving AI threat landscape.
What they're looking for
- Typically 10+ years of relevant work experience and 8+ years of leadership experience
- Deep industry and commercial awareness, accompanied by a track record of thought leadership, public speaking, and published work in the information security industry
- Ability to separate the genuinely important from the merely urgent, proactively soliciting ideas and information from multiple external and internal perspectives to forecast risk years in advance
- Ability to cultivate an approachable leadership style that values patience, empathy, and vulnerability, while understanding the impact of your leadership wake
- Experience leading a diverse group of people, setting clear expectations, and holding people accountable
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on explaining security topics, such as the OWASP Top 10, clearly and to a variety of audiences with varying technical sophistication
More about this role
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.
As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO),...
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