Council Capital is hiring a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to own and scale its information security program in a regulated healthcare environment. This is a hands-on, player-coach position, accountable for protecting sensitive healthcare data, enabling customer growth, and ensuring security is never a blocker to revenue or product velocity.
What You'll Do
- Own the company’s end-to-end information security strategy and execution.
- Serve as the accountable executive for healthcare security and compliance obligations.
- Design and maintain secure cloud, data, and application architectures.
- Lead vulnerability management, incident response, and remediation efforts.
- Establish and track measurable security KPIs and dashboards.
- Partner with Sales on customer security reviews, audits, and due diligence.
- Balance security rigor with speed, usability, and business outcomes.
- Advise executive leadership on security risk and readiness.
- Build and lead a lean, high-impact security function using internal and external resources.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience securing healthcare or other regulated data environments.
- Senior security leadership experience (CISO, VP Security, or equivalent).
- Experience operating in early-stage or scaling technology companies.
- Hands-on, execution-oriented leadership style (player-coach).
- Public cloud security experience (AWS and/or Azure), preferably using Infrastructure as Code.
- Familiarity with common security frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001).
- Relevant security certification (e.g., CISSP or CISM).
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting government or public-sector clients.
Technical Stack
- Public cloud environments (AWS and Azure)
- Infrastructure as Code
- Containers and orchestration
- Modern data platforms and emerging AI use cases
Team & Environment
This is a player-coach role, building and leading a lean, high-impact security function.
Company Culture
- Strong judgment and risk-based decision making.
- Uncompromising integrity.
- Pragmatic problem solving.
- Ability to navigate and resolve conflict productively.
- High energy, ownership, and bias for action.
- Clear and confident executive communication.
- Collaborative, team-oriented leadership style.
Council Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
