The posting
About Campfire
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 We’re building the future of ERP by replacing outdated systems and manual accounting processes with an AI-native platform that helps finance teams move faster and operate more efficiently.
The role
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.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
Customer security reviews and deal support
- Answer security questionnaires, TPRMs and RFPs (SIG, CAIQ, custom) with a 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
1. Take over customer security reviews from the vCISO firm and set a clear intake and turnaround process for Sales.
2. Finish the Vanta migration and publish a trust center with standard collateral.
3. Finalize and test the BCDR and incident response plans.
4. Close out post-incident hardening: email security, Okta alerting, MDM and EDR coverage.
5. Present a 12-month security and certification roadmap to the CTO.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 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.
REPORTING AND LOGISTICS
- Reports to the CEO. Works closely with Sales, Legal and Engineering.
- Location: Bay Area preferred.
