Interested in defining how AI shapes the future of work? Cresta is on a mission to make every knowledge worker 100x as effective, 10x faster and 10x better. Cresta is focused on using AI to help the workforce, not replace them. Cresta uses our patented Expertise AI to uncover expert insights from every conversation and put those insights into action with real-time coaching during customer conversations. We’re growing fast! Spun out of the Stanford AI lab and chaired by Google-X founder Sebastian Thrun, Cresta launched in 2020. Since then, we’ve grown revenue and our team by 300%! We’ve assembled a world-class team of AI and ML experts, go-to-market leaders, and top-tier investors and advisors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Sequoia, and former AT&T CEO John Donovan. Our valued customers include brands like Intuit, Porsche, Adobe, and Dropbox and we have been recognized as a startup to watch by Business Insider, Forbes, and Gartner to name a few. We have huge ambitions and are looking for stellar candidates who have an entrepreneurial mindset and are excited to use cutting-edge AI to solve real-world business problems. Cresta is seeking a passionate individual with solid security engineering experience to support the security & compliance team and enable growing global data protection and cybersecurity efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage all customer-facing security conversations, partnering cross-functionally to ensure timely resolution of issues and seamless execution of the security review lifecycle within sales deals.
- Perform risk assessments to identify gaps, come up with recommendations, and drive the gaps to remediation.
- Streamline and lead SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001/27701/42001, PCI-DSS, TISAX and HIPAA audit processes.
- Perform internal audits and keep the necessary documentation updated as required for audits.
- Perform gap assessments against new regions and target industry markets to comply with compliance regulations as the company expands.
- Conduct new-hire and annual security awareness training to educate personnel and re-iterate security and compliance requirements.
- Oversee and continuously improve the vendor risk management framework, ensuring effective identification, assessment, and mitigation of third-party risks.
- Establish metrics to track compliance program effectiveness and to report risk.
- Interface with both technical (Engineering/Product) and non-technical (Sales/Marketing/Customer Success) teams.
- Respond to customer RFIs, questions, audits and technical documentation requests.
- Help build our common control framework and drive adoption of the framework within the organization.
- Build and automate processes to achieve continuous compliance over the technology control environment.
- Assist with sales and marketing materials representing product security and compliance.
- 4+ years of experience in security governance, IT audit, or security compliance management
- 3+ years of program management, with experience in affecting technology decisions
- End-to-end experience going through SOC 2 Type II, HITRUST, HIPAA, TISAX, ISO 27001/27701/42001, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS external audits
- Experience in a hands-on technical role, with basic understanding of software implementation and integration
- Experience with cloud environments on AWS, GCP, Azure
- A track record of building relationships and credibility with business leads, external partners, and regulators through collaborative and independent programs
- Experience managing competing efforts and requirements
- Experience with fast-growing cloud native SaaS start-ups
Perks & Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive and people-first benefits package to support you at work and in life:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans to fit you and your family
- Flexible PTO to take the time you need, when you need it
- Paid parental leave for all new parents welcoming a new child
- Retirement savings plan to help you plan for the future
- Remote work setup budget to help you create a productive home office
- Monthly wellness and communication stipend to keep you connected and balanced
- In-office meal program and commuter benefits provided for onsite employees
Compensation at Cresta
Cresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.
The posted base salary range represents what we expect to pay for this role in a given location. Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.
Salary Range: $140,000 – $175,000 + Offers Equity
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What We Do
Cresta is for sales and customer service teams who need to close the performance gap between their top performers and the rest.
Our real-time expertise AI helps contact center agents unlock their full potential by uncovering expert behaviors from every customer conversation and amplifies them with real-time assistance and coaching.
By nudging best practices around objection responses, expectation setting, troubleshooting, and more: Cresta supercharges agents to focus on what really matters; their customer interactions.
Cresta brings together industry-leading AI experts, proven leadership, and top-tier investors including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Andy Bechtolsheim, Mark Leslie and Vivi Nevo.
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