Director of Security
Chime is the largest and fastest-growing player in the challenger-banking space, providing mobile and online banking technology in the U.S. and facilitating over 5M accounts with no physical branches. We’re a technology company relentlessly focused on helping our members achieve financial peace of mind. That’s why we offer access to an award-winning bank account that doesn’t charge hidden fees, can give members early access to their paychecks, and enables them to grow their savings automatically. And we’re just getting started. We are proud of our mission, devoted to our members, and passionate about applying technology to the challenge of making financial health a reality for everyone.
We have one of the most experienced management teams in Fintech and have raised over $800M in funding from DST, General Atlantic, Iconiq, Coatue, Dragoneer, Menlo, Access, Forerunner, and others. If you’re looking to join a fast-growing company with a beloved, daily-use product and an authentic mission that puts people first, we want to meet you.
About the Role
Technology Security is a critical function at Chime that ensures that we are keeping our members and their money safe. This position will have responsibility for technology security at Chime and report directly to the CTO.
Responsibilities
- Provide visionary security leadership to direct strategy, operations, and budget for the protection of all Chime digital products
- Direct strategy for security engineering and architecture, compliance, security governance, privacy, risk, and IT compliance for Chime’s products
- Leverage and advocate cutting edge technology and engineering processes to support the Chime product roadmap and defend against advanced threat models
- Lead the design of a security organization that balances the need for high-quality security services with the need for high quality, high-velocity product development
- Build on our existing security team, hire and manage additional security engineers, architects, and SecOps personnel
- Mentor team members to help them level up their skills, allowing them to grow with the organization.
- Evangelize security best practices throughout the organization
- Train and inspire development teams to build software securely
- Oversee efforts internally and externally to ensure the integrity of Chime’s software and infrastructure, including Penetration tests, security scans, and other more sophisticated testing activities.
Requirements
- 5+ years of security leadership experience, financial services exp. a bonus.
- Experienced with strategic security planning with DevOps, Engineering teams, and Product teams
- Clear and empathetic communicator
- Experience establishing and approving security policies, controls, and cyber incident response programs
- Ability to assess and manage privacy risks, policies, and control implementation
- Active professional network in the financial and technical security leadership community
- Experience driving programs necessary to achieve PCI-DSS, SSAE16/18, SOC2, or equivalent certifications, where appropriate.
- Desired certifications and framework experience: ISO 1799-2005, ITIL, SDLC, PCI-DSS, GDPR/CCPA, GLBA etc.
What we offer
- Competitive salary based on experience, with medical and dental benefits.
- Free snacks and drinks, plus weekly catered lunches.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Monthly happy hours and company events.
- Dog-friendly office.
- A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help create a completely new kind of bank.
We know great work isn’t done alone. We’re building a team of individuals to Chime in with their different strengths to benefit our employees and members. We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.