Security Strategist

Gong.io•Chicago, NY

10d•$130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world’s most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit www.gong.io. At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career. The Security Strategist is a highly visible customer-facing role responsible for assisting the sales, marketing, engineering, and customer success teams to accelerate opportunity closure by establishing Gong as a leader in protection, trust, and assurance through customer advising & development of internal product security strategy. You have a background in cyber security, privacy, compliance and experience working directly with customers in navigating the security landscape across their complex organizations. Candidates for this role must have a strong understanding of AI technologies and a desire to utilize AI. Reporting to the Senior Director of the Office of the CISO, our global team’s mission is to promote Gong’s security and drive customer success, under the direction of Gong’s Chief Information Security Officer.

Requirements

5+ Years of experience across multiple technologies and organizations
3+ Years of cloud technology experience
3+ Years within the financial service, FinTech, or healthcare sectors
Exposure to integrations with Salesforce, Zoom, G-suite, and Microsoft Azure
Strong knowledge of cloud & product security, compliance, & security operations
Implementation experience with a broader ecosystem of multiple tools - defining technical integrations, APIs and other connection methods.
Hands-on experience with 1 technical security tools (ie. data loss prevention, logging, SIEM, CASB, Application security, vulnerability scanning, EDR)

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Security specialization & relevant Security or Privacy Certifications (ie. CISSP, CISM and CIPT Certified Information Privacy Technologist / Privacy in Tech, AI certifications etc.)
5+ years in customer facing and revenue impacting roles (ie, sales, customer success)

Responsibilities

Act as a security liaison that will ensure the Gong Sales Team is supported in Pre-sales efforts
Collaborate with Account Executives on timing and requirements for security reviews of Gong prospects
Provide security information that will ensure the Gong Customer Success Team is supported in post-sales and implementation efforts
Complete customer questionnaires while adapting their process to Gong security collateral
Able to handle moderate to deep technical security questions (CRM, Email, Cloud, Collaboration tools, Artificial Intelligence)
Maintain an active pulse on Gong’s customers’ problems and needs to inform our product & security strategy
Drive cross-functional efforts & thought leadership across marketing, sales, and strategy to address customer security needs & security-centric content development related to the Gong platform
Develop and advise on the creation and upkeep of customer-facing, security-centric collateral for use throughout all phases of the selling cycle.
Promote voice-of-the-customer for security product enhancements and requests to teams across marketing, product management and security.

Benefits

We offer Gongsters a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family’s needs.
Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend to support a healthy lifestyle.
Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching.
401(k) program to help you invest in your future.
Education & learning stipend for personal growth and development.
Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend.
Paid parental leave to support you and your family.
Company-wide recharge days each quarter.
Work from home stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment.

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