The posting
As the Principal Business Information Security Officer, you will translate enterprise security requirements into practical guidance that reflects how Redfin operates—from real estate agent workflows to AWS infrastructure to emerging AI use cases. This senior individual contributor role requires strong security judgment, technical credibility, business acumen, and the ability to communicate complex risk to executives. As the BISO, you will help leadership understand Redfin's risk profile while helping teams implement security controls that work within their actual business context.
About the role
- Serve as Redfin's primary security liaison to Rocket Companies' Information Security organization and enterprise governance forums
- Develop deep expertise in how Redfin operates, including real estate agent workflows, customer-facing products, internal tools, AWS infrastructure, data usage, and engineering delivery
- Translate security, compliance, and policy requirements into clear implementation guidance for engineering, product, and business teams
- Represent Redfin's business and technology risk profile to Redfin and Rocket leadership
- Identify gaps between enterprise security expectations and Redfin's current architecture, practices, tooling, or processes
- Maintain visibility into material Redfin security risks, remediation plans, owners, timelines, compensating controls, and risk acceptance decisions
- Partner with engineering teams on secure architecture, AWS security controls, identity and access management, data protection, vulnerability management, logging, incident readiness, and operational resilience
- Participate in architecture reviews, AI adoption reviews, technology evaluations, major platform decisions, and integration planning where security risk is material
- Communicate risk in business terms, including potential impact to customers, agents, operations, engineering delivery, regulatory exposure, public-company obligations, and company reputation
- Streamline operating rhythms for security reviews, risk reporting, remediation tracking, policy adoption, and escalation management
About you
Minimum qualifications
- 10 years of experience in information security, security architecture, cloud security, technology risk management, compliance, or related technical leadership roles
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, cybersecurity, business administration, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Preferred qualifications
- Experience as a Business Information Security Officer (BISO), security business partner, principal security architect, security risk leader, or similar embedded security leadership role
- Experience in a publicly traded company, regulated environment, consumer technology, fintech, mortgage, real estate, or other data-sensitive business
- Deep familiarity with AWS-native security controls, cloud governance, infrastructure security, and modern software engineering practices
- Experience supporting enterprise integrations, mergers, acquisitions, or subsidiary operating models
- Familiarity with AI security, responsible AI governance, data governance, privacy, and emerging technology risk
- Familiarity with common security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOX, PCI, or similar
What you’ll get
Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We’ve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.
About us
Redfin is a technology-driven real estate company with the country's most-visited real estate brokerage website. As part of Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), Redfin is creating an integrated homeownership platform from search to close to make the dream of homeownership more affordable and accessible for everyone. Redfin’s clients can see homes first with on-demand tours, easily apply for a home loan with Rocket Mortgage, and save thousands in fees while working with a top local agent.
This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team, at [email protected].
The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements. The compensation for this position is $238,300.00-$356,800.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid-time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here. The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company’s current, good faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position, that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
