About Taskrabbit:
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more. At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
About The Role
As the Security Engineering Manager at TaskRabbit, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding our platform and ensuring the privacy and security of our users' data. You will be responsible for managing a team of talented security engineers, developing and implementing security strategies, and enhancing our security posture. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about building and leading security teams, implementing foundational security measures, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as NIST.
What You'll Work On:
- Team Development: Lead a team of security engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. Develop team members' skills and provide mentorship to nurture their growth.
- Security Tooling: Identify, evaluate, and implement foundational security tools and technologies to protect TaskRabbit's infrastructure and applications. Collaborate with the engineering teams to integrate security measures into the development lifecycle.
- Data Security: Enhance data security by developing and implementing data encryption, access controls, data protection strategies and data policies. Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive user data.
- Compliance: Maintain and improve TaskRabbit's compliance with industry standards, with a particular focus on NIST and GDPR guidelines. Develop and execute compliance strategies and processes, conducting regular assessments and audits.
- Incident Response: Lead incident response efforts in case of security breaches, including investigation, containment, and resolution. Develop and maintain an incident response plan to minimize the impact of security incidents.
- Security Awareness: Promote a strong security culture within the organization. Conduct security training and awareness programs for employees, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Security Policy Development: Aligning with industry best practices and compliance requirements develop, update, and implement monitoring, reporting and preventing.
- Risk Assessment: Identify and assess security risks and vulnerabilities, and work with cross-functional teams to mitigate these risks effectively.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats and technologies. Continuously improve TaskRabbit's security posture by implementing industry best practices and adopting new security measures.
- Develop and maintain Security KPIs, OKRs, roadmaps, and Security Strategy. Work with teams such as Legal, Data, Engineering, IT, Operations etc. to advocate for Security and align on planning.
- Represent, educate, and be a champion for security.
- Define strategy for building preventions and threat modeling from the ground up with the team.
Your Areas Of Expertise:
- 7+ years of proven experience in building, managing and mentoring security teams.
- Proven ability to build and develop security teams.
- Strong background in developing and implementing security strategies and measured metrics, KPIs and performance.
- 5+ years developing Security policies and standards company wide.
- Extensive experience in establishing security frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure the organization's security maturity.
- Demonstrated expertise in implementing and managing security technologies and solutions to protect against emerging threats.
- Track record of successfully leading security initiatives and driving cultural change to prioritize security within the organization.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in promoting a security-first mindset.
- Proactive approach to staying updated with the latest security trends and technologies, ensuring continuous improvement and adaptation to evolving threats.
- Experience building out a mature security program aligning to industry best practices and standards.
- Familiarity with NIST guidelines and experience with regulatory compliance.
- Deep knowledge of data security, encryption, access controls, and secure coding practices.
- Experience with incident response and crisis management.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA) are preferred but not required.
Compensation & Benefits:
At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks. The base pay range for this position is $142,000-$197,000. This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above, and will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, geography, and level.
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