Chief Information Security Officer

About the role

Campfire is a next-gen core accounting platform built for modern mid-market finance teams. We’re building the future of ERP by replacing outdated systems and manual accounting processes with an AI-native platform that helps finance teams move faster and operate more efficiently. Campfire is hiring its first full-time CISO to own security, compliance and customer trust as we sell to larger enterprises. Campfire is an AI-native ERP and financial automation platform. We raised a $65M Series B led by Accel and Ribbit Capital. Customers trust us with their general ledger, bank details, payroll and vendor data. Today, security is run by a fractional vCISO firm plus a few engineers. Deals are increasingly gated on security reviews. You will turn that into an in-house program that closes deals faster and keeps us safe.

Responsibilities

• Customer security reviews and deal support: answer security questionnaires, TPRMs and RFPs (SIG, CAIQ, custom) with fast, predictable turnaround; join customer and prospect calls with CIOs and IT security teams, including implementation kickoffs; maintain a trust center and security collateral pack: policies, pentest reports, network architecture, insurance certificate.
• Compliance and audits: own SOC 1 and SOC 2 (Type I and II): scope, auditor management, bridge letters, and customer follow-up questions; decide and lead the path to ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and other frameworks customers ask about; run Vanta as the system of record for controls and evidence.
• Privacy and contracts: partner with Legal on DPAs, BAAs, GDPR transfer mechanisms (SCCs / DPF), DORA and non-US privacy laws; review security and audit-cooperation clauses in customer contracts; own data retention, export and residency answers, including new-region or GovCloud requests.
• Security operations and incident response: own the incident response plan, run tabletop tests, and lead response when incidents happen; own customer breach notification decisions and post-incident write-ups; own detection and email security: SIEM, EDR, email protection, identity alerting.
• Identity and access: own Okta (SSO, phishing-resistant MFA, SCIM), MDM and least-privilege access to production; support customer-facing SSO/SCIM setups.
• Resilience and policy: own BCDR plans, RTO/RPO targets, backup and restore testing; maintain information security, responsible AI and vendor management policies; run background and sanctions screening for employees and vendors.
• AI security: answer customer questions on our AI assistant: underlying models, prompt and response retention, logging, and opt-out; govern AI vendors and subprocessors.
• First 90 days: take over customer security reviews from the vCISO firm and set a clear intake and turnaround process for Sales; finish the Vanta migration and publish a trust center with standard collateral; finalize and test the BCDR and incident response plans; close out post-incident hardening: email security, Okta alerting, MDM and EDR coverage; present a 12-month security and certification roadmap to the CTO.

Requirements

• 10+ years in security, with 3+ leading a program at a B2B SaaS company.
• Has owned SOC 1 / SOC 2 audits end to end.
• ISO 27001 experience a plus.
• Comfortable on calls with enterprise CIOs and auditors, and enjoys helping close deals.
• Hands-on with AWS, Okta, Google Workspace, EDR and SIEM tooling.
• Working knowledge of GDPR, DPAs and contract security terms.
• Has led real incident response, including customer communication.
• Fintech, ERP or accounting software background a strong plus.
• Pragmatic builder: starts as a team of one, hires as we grow.