Head of IT & Security

NZ Hi-Tech Company of the Year 2023, Cin7 is a fast-growing global software company that provides solutions for modern-day product sellers. We help these sellers keep track of their inventory at scale, and help them sell their products across multiple sales channels around the world.   Cin7 is expanding very quickly with a mission to become the leading Inventory Management Software brand in the world, and we are looking for a motivated and driven individual to join the team.

How you'll make an impact:

  This is a dual-focused leadership role responsible for the strategic direction, daily operations, and continuous improvement of the organization’s corporate IT setup and comprehensive cybersecurity posture. This individual will act as the organizational head of IT while simultaneously executing CISO-style functionalities. The role demands a hands-on technical leader capable of managing day-to-day IT lifecycles while defending the business against modern threats, managing compliance audits, and architecting forward-looking AI security governance.

Why Work for Us?

• Hybrid Working Environment - 3 days work from home per week
• Option to work 30 days every six months fully remote from anywhere in the world
• Celebrate your birthday with a paid day off
• A Global Wellness Day celebrated companywide, providing you a dedicated holiday to focus on your own wellbeing.
• Fully paid health insurance
• Regular Social Activities with office drinks and food on us
• Recruitment referral bonus
• Smart Casual dress code
• Modern office in Grafton complete with pool table, table tennis, PS5, Coffee machines etc

Here's what you'll do:

Core IT Operations Management (Day-to-Day)

• Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end onboarding and offboarding processes for all global staff, contractors, consultants ensuring seamless provisioning and de-provisioning of equipment and access.

• Hardware & Asset Management: Manage procurement, inventory lifecycle, distribution, and maintenance of all corporate hardware. 

• Network Operations: Design, manage, and maintain networking, Wi-Fi, and connectivity infrastructure across office locations. 

• Identity & Access Management: Own the corporate identity architecture, access control lists, single sign-on and multi-factor authentication protocols. 

• Vendor Management: Manage vendor relationships, including, billing, renewals, new vendor onboarding, selection and optimisation. 

• Endpoint Management: Architect, deploy, and maintain Microsoft Intune device policies, compliance baselines, and application deployment for a fully cloud-first environment.

• Working with RevOps, Data and Platform teams: Understanding the technical requirements for all integrations for corporate systems, owning the architecture of said integrations.

Strategic Security Governance & Compliance (CISO-Style Functionality)

• Audit Ownership: Lead, coordinate, and successfully execute continuous SOC 2 compliance audits, finance-related security audits, and third-party partner reviews. 

• High-Stakes Partner Audits: Act as the primary technical point of contact for highly rigorous partner audits (e.g., Amazon) as well as integration compliance programs (QuickBooks, Google, Xero). 

• Policy Architecture: Draft, implement, and maintain the lifecycle of all corporate information security policies, standards, and procedures in close collaboration with People & Culture and the SLT. 

• AI Security & Governance: Establish frameworks, acceptable use policies, and technical controls governing the secure implementation and use of AI. 

Security Operations, Threat Management & Response

• Tooling & Architecture: Own and optimize the enterprise security stack, directly managing relationships and configurations with core vendors such as Wiz (cloud security) and CrowdStrike (endpoint protection). 

• Vulnerability & Penetration Testing: Scope, organize, and manage annual third-party penetration testing initiatives, ensuring rapid remediation of identified vulnerabilities. 

• Cross-Functional Advisory: Serve as the definitive escalation point for security tickets and questionnaires originating from customers, prospects, sales teams, engineering, and customer support regarding product security and platform integrity. 

• Legal Liaison: Coordinate with external legal counsel regarding data privacy laws, security incident response readiness, and compliance liabilities. 

• Security Culture: Build, deploy, and monitor an upgraded internal security awareness training and education program to elevate the company's baseline security posture.

Here's what you'll bring:

• 5+ years leading IT operations or a Security function, including meaningful experience directing information security work through a team rather than executing it solo, ideally in a scaling SaaS or tech organization operating across multiple jurisdictions.

• People leadership experience and a growth mindset, with the ability to manage and develop technical specialists

• Accountable ownership of a SOC 2 (or equivalent) compliance program and the  ability to direct a team through audit prep, control design, and remediation, and to represent the program credibly to auditors, partners, and executives

• Working knowledge of AI governance and security controls sufficient to set policy direction and evaluate technical recommendations from the security team

• Ability to direct a security tooling strategy (e.g., cloud security posture management, EDR) 

• Experience overseeing (not necessarily personally running) third-party penetration testing programs, with the judgment to prioritize findings and hold engineering accountable for remediation timelines

• Comfort acting as the escalation point for external-facing security situations

• Proven stakeholder management at senior leadership level, with the ability to translate technical risk into business terms

• Strong vendor and budget management.

In return, we offer:

• Hybrid Working Environment - 3 days work from home per week
• Option to work 30 days every six months fully remote from anywhere in the world
• Celebrate your birthday with a paid day off
• A Global Wellness Day celebrated companywide, providing you a dedicated holiday to focus on your own wellbeing.
• Fully paid health insurance
• Regular Social Activities with office drinks and food on us
• Recruitment referral bonus
• Smart Casual dress code
• Modern office in Grafton complete with pool table, table tennis, PS5, Coffee machines etc

Why Cin7?   At Cin7, we make great products available to everyone. Every month, millions of sales orders flow through our platform reducing the cost, effort and time for product sellers so they can quickly get products to customers and build their brands without worrying about their operations. We pride ourselves on providing Inventory Management and Supply Chain software to help medium-large product businesses thrive in a highly competitive, digital world. Cin7 centrally manages inventory across multiple locations and channels, connecting 500+ systems to support receiving, selling and shipping stock.   We value diversity at Cin7, and bring people into the heart of everything we do.  We hire, recruit, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every member of our team.