planetlabs

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

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At a Glance

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Experience
10+ years
Posted
2026-06-18T15:40:00-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSGCP

Certifications

  • ISO

Domain Knowledge

  • Cloud
  • Government
  • Supply Chain

Requirements

Deep industry and commercial awareness, accompanied by a track record of thought leadership, public speaking, and published work in the information security industry.

Deep understanding of networking and web application architecture.

Experience with the operations and security facets of cloud environments (Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, primarily).

Experience with common attack scenarios across the layers of our infrastructure (cloud infrastructure, web applications and interfaces, authentication and authorization, network flows, code quality, insider threat, and the like).

Deep understanding of information security principles and common reconnaissance and exploitation frameworks.

Experience with enterprise risk management frameworks and implementing certification for SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Compensation & Benefits

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution

Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Responsibilities

As the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you will serve as a key executive and thought leader driving the strategic evolution of Planet’s information security landscape.

You will architect a sophisticated, enterprise-wide security strategy that directly aligns with our broader business goals and anticipates the rapidly evolving AI threat landscape.

As a visionary leader, you will ensure our defenses outpace both emerging technologies and sophisticated global threat actors while owning enterprise and third-party cyber risk.

In this role, you will oversee departmental budgets and results while empowering a capable tier of front-line managers to execute your vision.

This is a unique opportunity to build a predictive, future-proof security organization at a rapidly growing company.