Director of IT
$155,000–$165,000 year
Remote · United States or Canada
Job Summary
Director of IT to own and lead Nue's corporate IT function, defining and executing IT strategy, architecture, identity, compliance, and operations for a remote-first, globally distributed workforce. You will build and mentor the IT team, drive SOC 2/SOC 1 readiness, govern identity and SaaS across core platforms (Google Workspace, Rippling, Salesforce, Slack, Atlassian), and partner with a fractional vCISO and engineering leadership in a model without a CIO or CISO. You will serve as the primary decision-maker for corporate IT, oversee end-user lifecycle, device posture, endpoint security, audit readiness, and risk management, and coordinate security questionnaires and vendor risk assessments while maintaining clear communication with executives and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in corporate IT, with at least 3 years in a leadership or management role at a high-growth tech company
- Proven experience building and scaling IT functions, teams, and strategy from the ground up
- Deep expertise in identity and SSO, endpoint management, and SaaS governance (Google Workspace, Rippling, IdP providers, SCIM, SAML, OIDC)
- Strong working knowledge of SOC 2 and SOC 1, and comfort owning audit readiness and the auditor relationship
- Experience leading IT through audits, security assessments, and customer risk questionnaires
- A track record of hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing IT teams
- Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex technical decisions into clear recommendations for executive and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience supporting a distributed, remote-first workforce with async-friendly processes and documentation
- Comfort operating inside a defined IT/Engineering split and partnering with a fractional vCISO rather than owning product security directly
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