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Head of Cybersecurity Governance
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Role Overview
The Head of Cybersecurity Governance is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing, operating, and continuously improving the firm’s cybersecurity governance program. This role owns cybersecurity awareness and training, the development and lifecycle management of all security policies and standards, and the coordination of cybersecurity regulatory compliance efforts in partnership with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Risk, IT, and business teams.
This leader will build and manage a high‑performing cybersecurity governance team and serve as a key connector between security strategy, regulatory obligations, and business execution. The role reports to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and plays a critical role in enabling a strong, scalable, and compliant cybersecurity posture across the organization.
This role is hybrid with 3 days per week onsite in St. Louis, MO, New York City, NY or Boston, MA
Key Responsibilities
Cybersecurity Governance & Policy Management
- Own the cybersecurity governance framework, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk management, business objectives, and regulatory requirements.
- Lead the creation, maintenance, and periodic review of all cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
- Establish and manage a formal policy lifecycle process, including approvals, exceptions, waivers, and annual reviews.
- Ensure policies are practical, enforceable, and clearly mapped to security controls and regulatory obligations.
- Partner closely with Cybersecurity Engineering, Operations, and Risk Management teams to ensure governance is aligned with real‑world controls and practices.
Cybersecurity Awareness & Training Program
- Design, implement, and continuously improve the enterprise cybersecurity awareness and training program.
- Own mandatory security training, phishing simulations, role‑based training, and executive‑level awareness initiatives.
- Measure training effectiveness through metrics, trends, and risk‑based outcomes.
- Promote a strong security culture across the organization, balancing education, accountability, and business enablement.
Regulatory & Compliance Program Leadership
- Partner with Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Risk teams to design and operate a cohesive cybersecurity regulatory compliance program.
- Interpret and operationalize cybersecurity‑related laws, regulations, and standards (e.g., NYDFS, GLBA, SEC, GDPR/CCPA, ISO, NIST).
- Maintain regulatory mappings between requirements, policies, controls, and evidence.
- Support regulatory exams, audits, client due diligence, and third‑party assessments related to cybersecurity governance.
- Monitor emerging cyber regulations and assess their impact on the organization.
Cross‑Functional Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary cybersecurity governance partner for IT, Legal, Compliance, Privacy, HR, and business leaders.
- Translate regulatory and policy requirements into actionable guidance for technical and non‑technical teams.
- Provide clear, executive‑ready reporting on governance posture, compliance status, and key risk themes.
- Support board‑level and executive governance forums with clear, concise insights.
Team Leadership & Program Management
- Build, lead, and mentor a cybersecurity governance team, including policy, training, and compliance specialists.
- Define team structure, roles, career paths, and performance expectations.
- Establish scalable processes, tooling, and metrics to support governance operations.
- Drive continuous improvement through automation, standardization, and data‑driven decision‑making.
Qualifications & Experience
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, governance, risk, or compliance roles, with increasing leadership responsibility.
- Proven experience building and running cybersecurity governance, policy, and awareness programs in a regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, NYDFS, GLBA, SEC).
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT, and business teams.
- Experience leading and developing teams and managing complex, cross‑functional initiatives.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior and executive levels.
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This position is an exempt position. The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $200,000–$225,000 base salary compensation range. Actual base pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, subject matter expertise, geographic location where work will be performed, and the applicant’s skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k). Please note that the job title is subject to change based on the selected candidate’s experience and education.
About Focus Financial Partners
Focus is a leading financial services firm comprised of integrated wealth management, family office, and business management services. Blending deep expertise and expansive resources with a boutique, client-first fiduciary philosophy, Focus helps individuals, families, and institutions navigate complex financial situations with highly personalized solutions tailored to their unique needs. To learn more about Focus, visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
Focus is an equal opportunity employer and bases its employment decisions on the employee or candidate’s skillset, and without regard to an employee or candidate’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state and/or federal law.
Focus complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@focuspartners.com.
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Enterprise Account Executive — Heartland Enterprise
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Salt Security is the original API Security vendor pioneering the market as the first vendor in 2018. Since then we have exhibited hyper-growth in a number of customers, threats stopped, and revenue. We saw API security as the security battleground of the future years ago as APIs started to form the foundation of the application innovation needed to drive business success today. Across banks, retail and transportation, IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities, every modern app depends on APIs. Attackers realize APIs are the conduits to all sorts of valuable data and services – within the year, APIs are predicted to be the number one application threat vector. Without secure APIs, businesses cannot rapidly innovate. Salt Security has delivered the only patented solution to discover all APIs and their exposed data, stop API attackers, and provide remediation details for dev teams to write more secure APIs.
At Salt, we’re passionate about what we do. We work as a team and embrace new ideas, wherever they come from. We also enjoy all the benefits of a startup environment, including quickly seeing the results of your work, making an outsized impact on our company, and solving diverse challenges.
Want to make a big difference? We encourage you to apply!
Enterprise Account Executive — Heartland Enterprise
Primary location: Minneapolis
OTE: $300-$320K (50/50 split)
About Salt Security
Salt Security pioneered API security to protect the interfaces behind every modern app. Today, our AI-driven platform secures APIs and AI Agents end to end—including the action layer that powers AI Agents and MCP servers—so enterprises can innovate faster without sacrificing safety. We’re a collaborative, high-ownership team that values curiosity, execution, and customer impact.
About the role
You’ll own net-new and expansion business across enterprise accounts in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. You’ll drive multi-threaded cycles with CIO/CISO, AppSec, Platform, and Cloud leaders; align partners; and land multi-solution wins across discovery, posture, and runtime protection.
What you’ll do
• Build and manage a territory plan for enterprise accounts across MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, NE, KS, and AR with clear coverage of major hubs (Minneapolis–St. Paul, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Des Moines, Little Rock, Fargo/Sioux Falls).
• Create pipeline through targeted prospecting, partner co-sell (AWS, CrowdStrike, etc), and executive networking.
• Run full-cycle sales: discovery, value mapping, business case, security validation, legal/procurement, and close.
• Position Salt’s portfolio (Cloud Connect, Surface, Posture Governance, Runtime Protection, and AI Agent/MCP Security) and integrations to displace incumbents and consolidate tools.
• Lead account strategies with SEs, product, and customer success to ensure fast time-to-value and expansion.
• Maintain accurate forecasts in Salesforce and report on risks, next steps, and executive asks.
• Host on-site sessions and workshops; travel regularly throughout MN/IA/MO/ND/SD/NE/KS/AR as required.
What you’ll need
• Proven success selling enterprise cybersecurity/SaaS into large accounts (Fortune/Global 2000 preferred).
• Track record closing complex deals with multiple stakeholders and security validation, including 6- and 7-figure TCV.
• Strong familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS/Azure/GCP), API security, and adjacent platforms (WAF, CNAPP, EDR/XDR, SIEM).
• Comfortable executing MEDDIC, SPICED, or similar methodology; crisp discovery and business case building.
• Executive presence with the ability to engage C-level and board-level influencers; excellent written and verbal communication.
• High ownership mindset: territory planning, partner alignment, and disciplined deal execution.
• Salesforce proficiency.
Why Salt Security
• Category leadership and a product roadmap that wins technical and business evaluations.
• Competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Remote-friendly culture with real autonomy and growth.
• Inclusive environment where great ideas win and careers accelerate.
Join us to help the Heartland’s most innovative enterprises secure the APIs that power their business.
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About Netskope
Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security.
Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Paris, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.
About the position:
The Netskope Solutions Engineer will come on board with the full support of the executive team. This is an amazing opportunity for the sales professional who has a history of completely dominating their territory and who wants to make an impact on building the next iconic cloud security company.
You will work closely with customers and partners as your primary point of contact for feedback and resolution of issues and will be the customers’ advocate for issues that require assistance from the HQ Support team. You will provide feedback to the Product Management team on new feature requests and product enhancements from your customer base. Heavy travel within the territory is required and as necessary to support other company-based engagements within the US.
This is a highly impactful role – You will have a compelling opportunity to impact the business and advance your career.
Responsibilities include:
- Objective #1 is to exceed our sales targets.
- Articulate the high-level benefits of Netskope's architecture to our target audiences (typically senior security management up to CISO and CIO).
- Construct best practices for presentations, demos, and Proof of Concept/Value exercises as well as overall win strategy.
- Take an active role in your regions customer success and help resolve any customer satisfaction issues, escalating cross functionally when needed.
- Understand the customer need and establish company's product as the best solution that addresses that customer requirement and provides business value
- Present the Netskope cloud security solution to prospective customers
- Create and deliver demonstrations of the products
- Gather customer technical requirements
- Work trade shows as necessary
- Provide insight on competitive solutions and differentiate between them
- Create evaluation test plans with customers and partners and managing the evaluation process to a successful conclusion
- Lead Proof-of-Concepts (POCs)
- Present at Conferences and Seminars
- Respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs
Job Requirements:
- 7+ years of relevant experience as a Solutions/System Engineer with a proven track record and demonstrable skills at presenting technical information at the business executive level or at the architect level
- Strong empathy for customers AND passion for revenue and growth.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills ranging from tech level up to senior executives. Comfortable in public speaking and presenting to both internal and external executive audiences.
- Ability to scale from the whiteboard to working with security architects to influencing CISOs.
- Love and passion for helping customers and delivering satisfaction even when faced with difficult customers.
- Demonstrable experience with systems installation, configuration and administration Linux, MacOS and Windows-based systems
- Proficient in mobile device technologies (MDM/MAM) and OS such as Android and iOS
- Knowledge of certificates, key management systems, HSM and related protocols
- Proven hands-on experience with information security solutions such as Web Proxy, NGFW, Security Gateways, working with remote access and site to site VPN technologies, SAML/SSO, DLP, Data security and understand but also write regex expressions
- Experience working with Cloud Identity Providers, SCIM, SIEM, SOAR, EDR and SD-WAN Deployments and Integrations
- Experience working with Active Directory Services including ADFS, working knowledge of Azure AD is desired
- Experience working with Public cloud environments (AWS, Azure and GCP)
- Working knowledge of the broader threat landscape and the ability to distill technology trends, and explain complex behaviors in simple terms
- Travel - within region. Experience working in and selling cloud-based technologies (SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS).
Desire:
- Demonstrable experience with scripting languages such as Python, and REST API framework.
- Prior experience with other vendor Cloud Security solutions is advantageous.
- Strong security skills that would include hands-on experience with Bluecoat, Symantec, McAfee, Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper along with other appropriate certifications (e.g. CISSP, CCSK, CCSP, CCSE, GCFW, PCNSE, JNCIS-SEC/JNCIP-ENT, GCIH, etc).
- Agile Scrum Certification: CSPO, CSM, or CSP | Project Management Certification: PMP
- Advanced level network technology certifications (e.g. CCNP, CCIE, CCSP, JNCIE, etc).
Education
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree; preference for computer science or related degrees
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Compensation:
At Netskope, salary is one component of our competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is as listed below. This is a national range. For purposes of complying with applicable laws, the range applies to candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Washington, and other states.
The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, location, and market conditions.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the On Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target commission amount at 100% goal achievement.
In addition to salary, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus plan (for non-sales roles) and a stock award program. Candidates may also be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits that can be reviewed at Netskope Benefits site.
Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statues, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.
Netskope respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us, please refer to Netskope's Privacy Policy for more details.
The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting our Netskope Careers site.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Netskope
About Netskope
Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security.
Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Paris, Melbourne, Taipei, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.
About the position:
The Netskope Solutions Engineer will come on board with the full support of the executive team. This is an amazing opportunity for the sales professional who has a history of completely dominating their territory and who wants to make an impact on building the next iconic cloud security company.
You will work closely with customers and partners as your primary point of contact for feedback and resolution of issues and will be the customers’ advocate for issues that require assistance from the HQ Support team. You will provide feedback to the Product Management team on new feature requests and product enhancements from your customer base. Heavy travel within the territory is required and as necessary to support other company-based engagements within the US.
This is a highly impactful role – You will have a compelling opportunity to impact the business and advance your career.
Responsibilities include:
- Objective #1 is to exceed our sales targets.
- Articulate the high-level benefits of Netskope's architecture to our target audiences (typically senior security management up to CISO and CIO).
- Construct best practices for presentations, demos, and Proof of Concept/Value exercises as well as overall win strategy.
- Take an active role in your regions customer success and help resolve any customer satisfaction issues, escalating cross functionally when needed.
- Understand the customer need and establish company's product as the best solution that addresses that customer requirement and provides business value
- Present the Netskope cloud security solution to prospective customers
- Create and deliver demonstrations of the products
- Gather customer technical requirements
- Work trade shows as necessary
- Provide insight on competitive solutions and differentiate between them
- Create evaluation test plans with customers and partners and managing the evaluation process to a successful conclusion
- Lead Proof-of-Concepts (POCs)
- Present at Conferences and Seminars
- Respond effectively to RFIs/RFPs
Job Requirements:
- 7+ years of relevant experience as a Solutions/System Engineer with a proven track record and demonstrable skills at presenting technical information at the business executive level or at the architect level
- Strong empathy for customers AND passion for revenue and growth.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills ranging from tech level up to senior executives. Comfortable in public speaking and presenting to both internal and external executive audiences.
- Ability to scale from the whiteboard to working with security architects to influencing CISOs.
- Love and passion for helping customers and delivering satisfaction even when faced with difficult customers.
- Demonstrable experience with systems installation, configuration and administration Linux, MacOS and Windows-based systems
- Proficient in mobile device technologies (MDM/MAM) and OS such as Android and iOS
- Knowledge of certificates, key management systems, HSM and related protocols
- Proven hands-on experience with information security solutions such as Web Proxy, NGFW, Security Gateways, working with remote access and site to site VPN technologies, SAML/SSO, DLP, Data security and understand but also write regex expressions
- Experience working with Cloud Identity Providers, SCIM, SIEM, SOAR, EDR and SD-WAN Deployments and Integrations
- Experience working with Active Directory Services including ADFS, working knowledge of Azure AD is desired
- Experience working with Public cloud environments (AWS, Azure and GCP)
- Working knowledge of the broader threat landscape and the ability to distill technology trends, and explain complex behaviors in simple terms
- Travel - within region. Experience working in and selling cloud-based technologies (SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS).
Desire:
- Demonstrable experience with scripting languages such as Python, and REST API framework.
- Prior experience with other vendor Cloud Security solutions is advantageous.
- Strong security skills that would include hands-on experience with Bluecoat, Symantec, McAfee, Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper along with other appropriate certifications (e.g. CISSP, CCSK, CCSP, CCSE, GCFW, PCNSE, JNCIS-SEC/JNCIP-ENT, GCIH, etc).
- Agile Scrum Certification: CSPO, CSM, or CSP | Project Management Certification: PMP
- Advanced level network technology certifications (e.g. CCNP, CCIE, CCSP, JNCIE, etc).
Education
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree; preference for computer science or related degrees
#LI-DP1
Compensation:
At Netskope, salary is one component of our competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is as listed below. This is a national range. For purposes of complying with applicable laws, the range applies to candidates in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Washington, and other states.
The successful candidate’s starting pay will also be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, location, and market conditions.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the On Target Earnings (OTE) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target commission amount at 100% goal achievement.
In addition to salary, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus plan (for non-sales roles) and a stock award program. Candidates may also be eligible for a comprehensive health plan and other benefits that can be reviewed at Netskope Benefits site.
Netskope is committed to implementing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. Netskope does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on religion, race, color, sex, marital or veteran statues, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction in which we operate.
Netskope respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us, please refer to Netskope's Privacy Policy for more details.
The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information, or visiting our Netskope Careers site.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Netskope