Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Chief Technology Officer, SecurityScorecard

About SecurityScorecard 

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint. 

Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.”  SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital. 

Mission

The CTO will play a pivotal role in SecurityScorecard’s growth, serving as the accountable leader for building and scaling a world-class technology organization. This individual will be responsible for driving and executing the technical vison & strategy to deliver highly secure, performant, and scalable solutions. We are looking for a technology leader with a track record of success in complex B2B environments, ideally within cybersecurity or adjacent fields. The CTO will be instrumental in shaping the future of our platform, fostering innovation, and ensuring our technology remains at the forefront of the industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and drive the company’s technology vision, ensuring alignment with business goals and long-term strategy.
• Technology Oversight: Lead and manage a technology organization of approximately 125 professionals, including 80+ software engineers. Provide guidance and mentorship to team leaders across engineering, architecture, data science, CISO, and threat research.
• Big Data Infrastructure: Develop and maintain a highly secure, scalable, and efficient big data infrastructure tailored for complex B2B environments. Prioritize fault tolerance, performance, and security.
• Collaboration with CPO: Work closely with the Chief Product Officer and the executive team to plan and execute SecurityScorecard’s roadmap.
• Security Focus: Oversee the company's cybersecurity initiatives, ensuring best-in-class practices are integrated into every layer of the tech stack. Provide leadership in threat research and intelligence.
• Innovation & Execution: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence in execution. Champion the adoption of new technologies and best practices to maintain SecurityScorecard’s leadership in the market.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key technology advocate within the company and with external stakeholders. Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences, including board members and customers.
• Data Science and AI: Lead the integration of advanced data science and AI capabilities into the company’s products and services, driving innovation and leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making and product functionality.
• Culture Carrier: Embody and promote SecurityScorecard’s values of bias to action, solutions focused, resilience, customer obsessed, OneScorecard), setting the tone for a positive, inclusive, and high-performance culture across the technology teams. Act as a role model in driving accountability, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence.

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience as a CTO, SVP of Engineering, or a similar senior leadership role, ideally within the cybersecurity, B2B SaaS, or big data domains.
• Strong track record in building and scaling highly secure, fault-tolerant, and performant big data infrastructure with significant complexity.
• Deep technical expertise in software engineering, architecture, data science, AI, and cybersecurity.
• Exceptional leadership skills managing large remote teams (100+), including software engineers and technical experts across various domai