Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
Chainguard secures the software supply chain, and we run lean. We're looking for a Senior Manager, Corporate Technology to own the productivity systems, service delivery, and end-user technology experience that keep 700+ people focused on hard problems. This is a player-coach role: you'll manage a small team, get into the work yourself, and build the service delivery model that scales with us. If you know what a mature IT function looks like because you've built one and you want to do it again inside a fast-moving security company, this one's yours.
What you'll do
- Own IT help desk end-to-end — equipment provisioning, break-fix, SLO definition, and continuous improvement until ticket deflection through automation hits 60%+.
- Manage and mature the productivity stack — Google Workspace, Slack, email delivery, and the SaaS tools employees depend on daily.
- Ship an IT strategy and capability roadmap within your first 90 days. Commit to it, execute against it, report on it.
- Assess the team honestly and raise the bar — through coaching, process improvement, or personnel changes where necessary.
- Rationalize the SaaS stack in collaboration with the Business Applications team and other stakeholders — reduce complexity, cut spend, simplify the employee experience.
- Stand up a real service delivery model — define SLOs for the core services the team owns, measure them, and hold the team accountable to them.
- Expand the use of AI, automation, and managed services to deflect volume and free the team for higher-leverage work.
- Serve as the primary IT point of contact for the business — build strong relationships with Engineering, GTM, and G&A teams, understand their day-to-day technology needs, and proactively surface opportunities to improve how they work.
What we're looking for
- You know what "good" looks like because you've run an IT or corporate technology function at a high-growth startup and you've seen it firsthand.
- Service delivery mindset — you think in SLOs, not tickets. Success means the rest of the company doesn't have to think about IT.
- Deep Google Workspace and Slack expertise — not casual familiarity, but the configuration nuances a power user would never know.
- Security-conversant — you understand the security implications of the tools you manage and can tighten things up without disrupting users.
- Player-coach — you set strategy and you do the work. Comfortable in the weeds and in the staff meeting.
- SaaS rationalization experience — you've cut a bloated stack before and driven adoption of fewer, better tools.
- Genuine optimism and builder energy — this team needs a leader who's excited to build something, not someone here to triage indefinitely.
- Irrational frustration with mediocre work — you set a high bar and you hold it.
We live and breathe our company values:
- We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
- We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
- We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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Skills Required
- Experience running an IT or corporate technology function at a high-growth startup
- Deep Google Workspace and Slack expertise
- SaaS rationalization experience
Chainguard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Chainguard and has not been reviewed or approved by Chainguard.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as fully paid for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, and vision. This reduces out-of-pocket costs and materially elevates total compensation.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave policies and family-planning support (adoption, IVF, egg freezing, surrogacy) are presented as generous and flexible. This breadth supports different family needs and enhances perceived rewards beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options are granted at hire and promotion with a long exercise window, improving flexibility and usability. This design can make equity more accessible and valuable over time.
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What We Do
Chainguard is the secure foundation for building with open source software. The company's portfolio of secure, minimal container images helps organizations embrace a new culture of software development where starting left with security, not shifting left, is the reality. Chainguard was founded by the industry's leading experts on software supply chain security, open source, software, and cloud-native development. We aren't a traditional security vendor. It's container images provide secure-by-default infrastructure that introduces zero friction to developer workflows. That's why developers love and CISOS trust Chainguard. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading technology and security companies, including Anduril, Canva, Domino Data Lab, Checkmarx, HPE, GitLab, Snowflake, and Wiz. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Spark Capital.
Why Work With Us
Security is our mission, but having fun is our mantra. Since our founding, we've increased +1M memes, sung 900+ hours of Kubernetes-themed karaoke, and created 774+ whacky Slack emojis. Beyond this, Chainguard's innovation and leadership in open source and software supply chain security has been recognized by industry leaders.
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