11h ago

Head of IT & Security

Seattle, WA

$175k-$220k / year

full-timeleadhealthcare

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๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll own NexHealth's security governance, compliance, and IT programs end-to-end, partnering with engineering, legal, and leadership. You'll drive the next phase of our security and compliance program, building your team from the ground up. This is a player-coach role with real hands-on expectation in year one at a fast-growing health-tech startup.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Own security governance, compliance, and IT programs end-to-end
  • Set security standards across application, cloud, and access controls
  • Build and develop IT and workforce security programs
  • Own vendor security intake, assessment, and oversight
  • Lead incident response and run annual tabletop exercises

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 8+ years of security experience including 3+ years in a leadership role
  • Has built a security program from near-zero baseline at least once
  • Owned a recurring external audit cycle end-to-end (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA)
  • Software engineering background to read PRs and evaluate cloud configs
  • Experience hiring and developing senior security or IT individual contributors

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Hands-on experience with SIEM, MDR, IDS/IPS, WAF, DLP, and vulnerability scanners
  • Has reshaped how a company engages with auditors or customer security teams

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Flexible PTO
  • ๐Ÿฉบ Full Medical, Dental, and Vision (up to 100% covered)
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Stock options
  • ๐Ÿฆ 401K and commuter benefits
  • ๐ŸŒ High-impact work improving healthcare for millions

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Hiring Manager Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  4. 4Leadership Interviewยท 45 min
  5. 5Offerยท N/A
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