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TiDB, powered by PingCAP · 1 day ago

Chief Information Security Officer (Part-time)

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time, Part-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityDirector/Executive

TiDB, powered by PingCAP, is a global player in the database market, seeking a part-time Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead their global security strategy. The CISO will be responsible for defining and executing a comprehensive information security, risk management, and compliance program to protect TiDB's products and infrastructure while collaborating with various teams to ensure security is integrated into all operations.

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Responsibilities

Proven experience as a CISO or senior security leader in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment
Strong understanding of cloud security, DevSecOps, zero trust architectures, and modern compliance frameworks
Exceptional communicator with executive presence—comfortable interfacing with CISOs, CIOs, and security decision-makers
Experience supporting GTM motions, including joining sales calls, handling due diligence, and presenting to security-conscious enterprise buyers
Define, implement, and continuously evolve TiDB's global information security strategy and roadmap
Drive adoption of best practices in application security, data security, and infrastructure hardening
Establish and maintain a comprehensive risk management framework aligned with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant standards
Work with legal and compliance teams to monitor evolving regulations in key markets
Engage directly with enterprise customers to build trust in TiDB's security practices
Effectively represent the company through thought leadership, including written contributions and participation in public speaking engagements

Qualification

CISO experienceCloud securityDevSecOpsSecurity frameworksIncident responseCrisis managementExecutive presencePublic speaking

Required

Proven experience as a CISO or senior security leader in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment
Strong understanding of cloud security, DevSecOps, zero trust architectures, and modern compliance frameworks
Exceptional communicator with executive presence—comfortable interfacing with CISOs, CIOs, and security decision-makers
Experience supporting GTM motions, including joining sales calls, handling due diligence, and presenting to security-conscious enterprise buyers
Define, implement, and continuously evolve TiDB's global information security strategy and roadmap
Drive adoption of best practices in application security, data security, and infrastructure hardening
Establish and maintain a comprehensive risk management framework aligned with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant standards
Work with legal and compliance teams to monitor evolving regulations in key markets
Engage directly with enterprise customers to build trust in TiDB's security practices
Effectively represent the company through thought leadership, including written contributions and participation in public speaking engagements
Proven experience leading security at a global SaaS, cloud infrastructure, or database company
Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and DevSecOps practices
Strong knowledge of security frameworks and regulations (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to lead incident response and crisis management
Excellent communication and executive presence; comfortable engaging with boards, regulators, and enterprise customers
Fluent public speaker or participates actively in a public facing security community

Company

TiDB, powered by PingCAP

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Founded in 2015, TiDB was born from the vision of three talented software engineers who set out to build a database system that would be more scalable and reliable than MySQL, while retaining its rich ecosystem of tools and frameworks.
dateFounded in 2015
location
Sunnyvale, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://pingcap.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (2)
2022 (8)
2021 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$641.6M
Key Investors
China Growth CapitalYunqi Partners
2021-05-01Series D· $300M
2020-11-17Series D· $270M
2018-09-11Series C· $50M

Leadership Team

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Dylan Cui
Co-founder
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Edward Huang
Co-Founder | CTO
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