Head of Security

About the Role

What You'll Do

Security Program Management

• Take ownership of Metronome's entire security posture, handling everything from vulnerability management to policy updates
• Coordinate penetration testing, security assessments, and incident response as the primary security point person
• Manage security tooling, monitoring, and the day-to-day "grungy" security work that keeps us secure
• Balance multiple security initiatives and priorities across the organization

Customer Trust Building

• Own all customer-facing security work: questionnaires, compliance calls, security reviews, and technical due diligence
• Manage SOC 1 & SOC 2 audits end-to-end and expand compliance framework as customer requirements grow
• Serve as the definitive security voice for sales calls, customer meetings, and enterprise security discussions
• Transform our customer assurance process from shared ownership to dedicated, streamlined execution

Engineering Enablement

• Partner with our 50+ engineer engineering team to maintain security excellence while minimizing development friction, creating a “pit of success”, where building secure software is the natural, easy path
• Review security architecture decisions and provide security guidance that accelerates rather than blocks development
• Build security processes that scale with our engineering culture and rapid growth pace

Future Organization Building

• Set the security vision and roadmap for Metronome's security program
• Initially execute against that roadmap as an individual contributor, but define and hire against the roadmap to build your team
• Scale the Metronome security team to be a world-class security organization

Impact You'll Have

• Lead security at a company that gets it right: Take ownership of a sophisticated security program built on strong foundations and scale it for the next phase of growth
• Build a world-class security organization: Create the security function from scratch, defining culture, processes, and team structure that will become the blueprint for other companies
• Drive customer trust at scale: Own the security reputation that enables Metronome to win complex enterprise deals and maintain customer confidence
• Shape security innovation: Influence how security engineering is done at a fast-growing company, with the autonomy to implement cutting-edge approaches

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a strong software engineering background before.
• Hands-on experience with SOC 2 audits, compliance frameworks, and customer security assurance
• Deep understanding of cloud security, modern security architectures and tooling
• Track record of building relationships with engineering teams and being seen as an enabler
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to customers and executives
• Self-starter who can work independently and manage multiple security initiatives

Compensation

The estimated base salary range for this role is $196,800 - $246,000. In addition to your base salary, Metronome offers a competitive total rewards package, including but not limited to, market-benched equity, sales incentive pay (for eligible roles), comprehensive health benefits, and other benefits listed below.

The actual base salary will vary based on factors including market value, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process, and previous experience. The listed range above should serve as a guideline and may be modified at any time.

We believe that compensation reflects the expected impact you will have at the company, relative to the market value of your role. We also conduct an annual pay audit to ensure pay is fair, indexed to market value, and that pay takes into account continued performance at Metronome. If you would like to learn more about our philosophy or about why we are all billing nerds, send us a message. We’d love to talk!