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<div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At BioRender, we’re on a mission to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover, and communicate science — transforming how knowledge is shared and making science open, collaborative, and easily understandable by all.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We’re shaping the future of science communication and are looking for talented individuals to help bring this vision to life! 🚀</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We're hiring a </span><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Director of Security</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to lead our Security team at BioRender. As we integrate AI deeply into both our software development process and products, we need a security leader who understands both traditional information security and the emerging AI threat landscape.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This role is equal parts builder and strategist. You’ll set the security vision and governance model for a company shipping AI-powered features to enterprise customers who handle sensitive research data.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our ideal fit</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Experienced security leader, focused on user experience and thoughtful in building an impactful and efficient security culture</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Strategic builder who thinks long-term but will get in the weeds when needed</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Business-focused and empathetic, someone who earns trust across engineering, product, go-to-market teams, and customers by being a partner, not a bottleneck</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Passionate about the intersection of security and scientific research and understands why enterprise customers in pharma, biotech, and academia have heightened data sensitivity</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What you'll be doing</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Partner with engineering to evolve our approach for secure software development using AI coding tools and the security of our customer-facing products</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Maintain and advance our security and compliance posture; evaluate other certifications as a competitive differentiator for enterprise deals</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Scale our security function through automation as much as possible</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Lead our security operations function: auditing, internal documentation, incident response, and company-wide security awareness</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Own BioRender’s security narrative for enterprise customers, including our Trust Center, security documentation, and customer-facing security reviews</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Instill a culture of security across the company, and integrate security and data privacy into processes and decision making</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What you bring to the table</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">7+ years in security leadership, including experience building or significantly scaling a security program at a fast-growing SaaS company</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Deep experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar compliance certifications</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Demonstrated understanding of appsec, AI product, and AI software development security risks and how to mitigate them</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">A preference for automation over manual scaling</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Strong track record partnering with product and engineering teams in a governance / oversight model, setting policy and guardrails while engineering executes</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Experience with enterprise security requirements in regulated or research-intensive industries</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Excellent at rolling out organizational change and getting buy-in across technical and non-technical teams</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Why join us?</strong></div><ul><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">We are mission-driven</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications! </span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">BioRender is loved by millions!</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!</span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Our company is backed by top investors</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top-performing SaaS companies </span></li><li class=""><strong style="background-color: transparent;">We’re remote-first</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;"> with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere. </span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BioRender is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.</span></div>

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