IT Security Director
- Role
- Security
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Hands-on IT Security Director (individual contributor) to own the internal IT, security, and AI tooling of a software portfolio company. Strong operational experience with Google Workspace, IAM, device/endpoint management, and enterprise SaaS; comfortable with scripting, APIs, and automation. Must be based in the US (remote or Walnut Creek, CA).
Core skills
What you'll do
- Own HoldCo's core technology environment across Google Workspace, device management, identity management, enterprise SaaS, security tooling, and AI tooling.
- Build practical security controls that let teams deploy new SaaS, AI, and internal solutions quickly while appropriately managing risk.
- Run the user and device lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, access changes, endpoint management, and administration of core systems.
- Monitor escalations from our 24/7 SOC, surface material issues quickly, and partner with the CISO when an issue requires incident response.
- Partner with AI Governance to operationalize policies and guardrails, surface emerging policy questions, and support safe adoption of enterprise AI tools.
- Use lightweight automation, scripting, and integrations to remove repetitive work and occasionally help portfolio companies deploy enterprise tooling.
What they require
- Deep hands-on experience operating modern IT environments and comfort personally configuring, troubleshooting, and improving the systems you own.
- Administered Google Workspace, device management, identity and access management, enterprise SaaS, and endpoint or security tooling.
- Think about security as a builder, not a gatekeeper - creating practical guardrails that protect the business while enabling teams to move quickly.
- Highly fluent with modern enterprise AI tools, use AI actively in your own work, and understand the security and governance considerations around deployment.
- Can use lightweight scripting, APIs, workflow automation, and SaaS-native integrations to solve operational problems without being a software engineer.
- Worked in small, scrappy environments where you owned a broad technology surface area and reduced reliance on outside providers.
- Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences and make employees feel supported while setting sensible standards and boundaries.
- Possess a proactive, solution-oriented, problem-solving mindset - "I'll figure it out," and thrive in a small, fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Employer-paid benefits
- L&D stipend
- Incentive pay for eligible roles
ASG believes the future belongs to AI-native companies. We rapidly transform how teams operate, how products are built, and how go-to-market engines grow. We bring deep technical and operational expertise to a portfolio of 65+ software companies acquired since 2016 across 15 software verticals, from behavioral health to transportation to childcare. We are backed by Alpine Investors and operated by world-class PeopleFirst™ leaders. Founders of leading SaaS companies continue to trust ASG to grow their businesses and build even stronger legacies for the future.