Director, Field Security (remote Eligible)

Smartsheet Smartsheet · Seattle · United States · Engineering - Developers

Smartsheet is seeking a Director, Field Security to lead a team focused on customer security and compliance. This role involves responding to security questionnaires, providing security guidance, and evangelizing security expertise to customers and internal teams. The position requires extensive experience in security solutions and team leadership, with knowledge of various security standards and certifications.

What you'd actually do

  1. Deal Acceleration - Capture new business by responding to customer security questionnaires and general security questions, ensuring impediments to closing deals are removed efficiently.
  2. Security Advisory - Retain and grow customers through direct engagement (high value and at-risk) and by providing security guidance for internal business operations.
  3. Security Evangelism - Enhance customer security and trust by providing industry-wide security expertise through podcasts, panels, and thought leadership.
  4. Leadership - Lead, manage, and grow a unified Field Security team, fostering a culture of customer security advocacy
  5. Operational Excellence - Continuously implement operational improvements and drive the delivery of accelerated processes to handle higher volumes and to increase velocity.

Skills

Required

  • Security Solutions
  • Sales Engineering
  • Security Architecture
  • Team Leadership
  • NIST 800-53
  • ISO
  • SOC 2
  • FedRAMP Moderate/IL4
  • Public speaking
  • External-facing content creation
  • Collaboration
  • Stakeholder influence

Nice to have

  • CISA
  • CRISC
  • CISSP

What the JD emphasized

  • Knowledge of NIST 800-53, ISO, SOC 2, and FedRAMP Moderate/IL4
  • 5+ years of experience building and leading high-performing teams
  • 10+ years of experience in Security Solutions, Sales Engineering, Security Architecture, or related fields