Vice President, Executive Communities

Vacancy Details

The Vice President, Executive Communities will oversee and manage RSAC's portfolio of executive programs, including the Executive Security Action Forum (ESAF), Cyber Leaders Forum (CLF), CISO Boot Camp (CBC), International Cyber Security Forum (ICSF), and Electronic Fraud Group (eFG).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Executive Communities Portfolio
• Oversee all RSAC Executive Communities, including full-time employees and contractors; set vision, structure, operating cadence, and performance standards for the team.
• Partner with the RSAC product team to articulate platform requirements for year-round engagement across distinct executive communities — with confidentiality and trust at the core of every experience.
• Lead eFG into Next Phase
• Further develop business plan for eFG, exploring opportunities for conference-within-a-conference (with sponsors and exhibitors), different pass opportunities, year-round membership motions, and other international offerings.
• Turn Executive Programs Into a Revenue-Generating Line of Business
• Carefully navigate the precedent that RSAC’s executive programs have, to date, been offered free of charge; develop a path forward that preserves trust and exclusivity while building a sustainable financial model.
• Research and recommend monetization options, including individual paid memberships, sponsor-underwritten participation, or hybrid models — with clear point-of-view on tradeoffs to membership composition, candor, and brand.
• Carefully calibrate the role and voice of sponsors in any commercial model so that sponsor presence enhances rather than dilutes the member experience and the confidentiality of the room.
• Build the operating model, pricing, packaging, and forecast for Executive Communities as a defined RSAC line of business, with ties into RSAC Conference as well as international offerings, with clear KPIs around member acquisition, retention, NPS, engagement, and revenue.
• Long-Term Engagement, Loyalty, and Retention
• Drive durable engagement and loyalty across the present and future executive communities, with deliberate retention mechanisms to capture institutional knowledge as members rotate roles.
• Propose advisory councils and groups of key security and fraud leaders to advise RSAC on executive programming as well as corporate strategy and initiatives as a whole.

Application Requirements

• Core Requirements:
• 15+ years of leadership experience spanning executive community building, membership organizations, executive programs, content/editorial leadership, or senior-level event programming — with meaningful exposure to cybersecurity, enterprise technology, or an analogous high-trust executive audience.
• Demonstrated ability to convene and earn the trust of C-suite executives in confidential, peer-only settings.
• Track record of building or scaling a paid membership, executive program, or premium community business; comfort with monetization questions including pricing, sponsor models, and packaging.
• Experience leading and developing teams that include both full-time staff and external contractors, and operating across content, community, product, and commercial functions.
• Strong editorial and curatorial instincts — able to set an agenda, identify the right voices, and shape conversations that senior leaders find genuinely valuable.
• Sophisticated judgment around confidentiality, attribution, and the appropriate role of sponsors in executive settings.
• Excellent executive presence and written/verbal communication; able to represent RSAC credibly to CISOs, fraud executives, sponsors, media, and policymakers.
• Comfortable partnering with product and engineering counterparts to translate community needs into platform requirements.

Preferred

• Direct cybersecurity domain knowledge, or prior operating experience as or alongside a CISO.
• Experience designing alumni, emeritus, or mentorship programs intended to capture institutional knowledge.
• Experience building research, polling, or insights products derived from a senior practitioner community.
• Familiarity with policy or public-affairs surfaces where industry findings can be translated into action.

Personal Attributes

• Trust-first operator. Treats confidentiality and member trust as the irreducible asset of the franchise.
• Builder. Comfortable taking a portfolio of programs and shaping it into a defined business with structure, KPIs, and a roadmap.
• Connector. Has — or can quickly build — the relationships that make a senior community feel small.
• Commercially literate. Can hold a strategic, member-centered point of view while making sound calls on monetization and sponsor involvement.
• Calm in high-stakes rooms. Able to facilitate sensitive conversations among very senior leaders and represent RSAC with poise.

Location & Eligibility

Please be aware that although this is a remote position, to be considered for the vacancy you must have residency in one of the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington.

Benefits

• Salary range: $225 – $250
• Employer-subsidised medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K retirement employer match
• Home office equipment stipend and monthly technology stipend
• Thirteen paid holidays per calendar year
• Flexible personal time off
• Annual employee bonus dependent on company and personal performance
• Annual company-wide offsite

Our Culture

• We believe that our differences make us stronger, and we are committed to fostering a culture of respect, empathy, and understanding.
• We are a fully remote team operating across the United States, giving our employees the flexibility to work from wherever they choose.
• Our team is passionate and results-oriented, striving to achieve excellence in everything we do.
• We strongly believe in creating an inclusive environment that values diversity and encourages our team members to share their unique perspectives.

Equal Opportunity Statement

RSAC is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.