stellar-health - Vice President, Information Security
Requirements
• 13+ years of progressive experience in information security, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Senior Director or above) owning security strategy and/or operations in a software product organization • Deep expertise in healthcare or health-tech security, with hands-on experience navigating HIPAA, HITRUST, and the regulatory dynamics unique to companies that handle PHI and payor data • Demonstrated experience with threat-based or risk-based security frameworks, with a philosophy grounded in risk mitigation rather than risk elimination • Proven people-management experience hiring, developing, and leading a small, high-performing security team in a high-growth software product environment, and scaling it in line with business needs • Strong executive presence with a track record of influencing peers, presenting to boards of directors, and speaking with existing and potential customers • Experience managing security in SaaS-first, cloud-native environments (AWS preferred) • Demonstrated ability to personally adopt AI tools and lead AI adoption across a team, with measurable productivity gains and a mindset toward leveraging emerging technology to scale security operations • Depth in AI/ML security, including data governance, model security, and third-party AI risk assessment • Strong problem-solving skills and the credibility to disagree with senior executives, hold the line on risk, and still reach alignment • Ability to lead through influence and manage key senior stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Finance, Legal, People, and Compliance • Experience owning a security budget and making resource allocation decisions that balance risk reduction with business investment • Demonstrated ability to lead security due diligence for M&A, strategic partnerships, and new business line launches. Experience recommending remediation paths and explaining the business impact of risks discovered • CISSP, CISM, or similar certifications • HITRUST Certified CSF Practitioner (CCSFP) • Experience with CMS data handling requirements and government payor security expectations
Responsibilities
• Own Stellar’s enterprise security strategy, aligning it with business objectives, regulatory obligations, and customer expectations • Serve as the senior security voice, providing regular reporting to the CCO and executive leadership on AI and traditional risk postures, program maturity, investment priorities, and emerging threats. Provide the security expertise behind the CCO’s reporting to the Board • Lead the continued evolution of Stellar’s threat-based risk model • Own the security budget and resource allocation, ensuring investments are prioritized against Stellar’s threat landscape and aligned with the company’s multi-year growth plan. Build and defend the investment case to executive leadership, tying spend to risk reduction and to the revenue that security enables • Set the security standards Stellar must meet across cloud security, application security, endpoint protection, and identity and access management, and be accountable for meeting them. Stay hands-on given the size of the team, including security architecture reviews, risk assessments, incident response, and customer security reviews • Own Stellar’s third-party and cyber risk management. This includes setting the security standard for vendors with access to PHI, with authority to approve, condition, or block them, and managing Stellar’s cyber insurance program in coordination with Finance and Legal • Own Stellar’s incident response and business continuity readiness, including regular testing, and lead the security response when an incident occurs • Lead security due diligence for strategic partnerships, new payor relationships, and potential acquisitions, ensuring security risk is evaluated as part of corporate development and growth decisions • Serve as Stellar’s security counterpart in customer relationships, leading security reviews, responding to enterprise due diligence requests, and representing Stellar’s security posture to health plan CISOs and procurement teams • Ensure Stellar’s security program satisfies the requirements of federal and state security and privacy laws • Lead security-side preparation for HITRUST audits and manage remediation of findings; maintain readiness for customer-driven security assessments and due diligence • Stay ahead of evolving regulatory requirements, including AI governance frameworks and state-level health data privacy laws. Bring threat and industry perspective to executive leadership, including when the message is unwelcome • Develop Stellar’s position on responsible AI security practices in a way that enables innovation while honoring upstream contractual restrictions on data use and processing. Partner with Engineering and Product to establish and enforce security guardrails for Stellar’s AI initiatives • Set and enforce the security standard for AI tools adopted across the organization, with authority to approve or restrict tools that don’t meet Stellar’s PHI handling and data classification standards or its contractual and legal commitments • Design the security function’s operating model and organizational structure to support Stellar’s growth. Hire, develop, and lead a team with depth in cloud security, application security, and healthcare-specific compliance • Build a security-aware culture across the organization through training and embedded partnerships with Engineering and Product teams. Set the standard for how Stellar builds and operates securely • Define what success looks like for the security function and report measurable progress against it
Benefits
• Stellar offers a carefully curated selection of wellness benefits and perks to our employees: • Universal Paid Family and Caregiver Leave • Wellhub+ Gym Memberships • Pre-tax commuter benefits, HA, FSA plans • Company sponsored One Medical memberships and Citibike memberships • JOON, a flexible lifestyle spending account that gives our team a monthly stipend to spend on what matters most to them • Stock Options & a 401k matching program • A broad calendar of company sponsored social events that for our in-office and remote employees • Company sponsored lunch for all NY HQ employees
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