Senior Information Security Specialist (in Minneapolis–Saint Paul)
About Staffbase
We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication. Our industry-leading and award-winning communications channels – intranet, employee app and email solutions – create engaging experiences that connect and empower employees.
Headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in Berlin, New York, London, and Minneapolis–St. Paul, our diverse team of 750+ employees supports 2,000+ customers—reaching over 16.4 million employees—in transforming their employee experience.
We are proud to be a Unicorn company—privately valued at over $1 billion—demonstrating strong growth, innovation, and lasting impact in our industry. Together, we’re shaping the future of workplace communication.
As an Information Security Specialist you support, together with the Information Security Team our organization's digital assets and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information. As an individual contributor, this role involves developing and implementing security policies, and procedures, and supporting our go-to marked teams with answering security questionnaires. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of security awareness and compliance, conduct risk assessments, and oversee incident response protocols to minimize cybersecurity risks and protect the organization's data assets.
Important: This is a hybrid role. Core in-office days in our Minneapolis-Saint Paul office are Tuesdays-Thursdays, and it is expected that folks will be in the office a minimum of 2 day per week during core days.
What you’ll be doing
- Support our Sales and Customer teams to explain how information security is established at Staffbase
- Work with our Information Security Team to improve Staffbase’s security level.
- Providing support with answering security questionnaires from our prospects and customers.
- Manage and mitigate information security risks and identified non-conformities by implementing adequate treatment measures.
- Support the Information Security Management team to continuously improve the Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- With your security knowledge, you’ll help define new processes or improve existing processes.
- Learning how to work in a full SaaS company as an Information Security Manager.
What you need to be successful
- Bachelors / Masters Degree in Information Science or demonstrable Information Security experience.
- In-depth knowledge of information security frameworks, standards, and best practices (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, etc.).
- Business fluency in English is desired.
- You enjoy communicating and working with internal and external customers.
- You bring the ability to understand technical concepts and effectively communicate them to technical and non-technical people.
What you'll get
- Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including an Employee Stock Option Plan.
- Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of $1608.
- Growth Budget - all employees get a yearly budget for external training of $1100.
- Recharge - 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August to enjoy a summer break (Recharge Fridays).
- Wellbeing - Monthly Wellbeing Allowance ($40 USD), from fitness to mental health, hobbies to relaxation.
- Support - we’re offering a 401(k) plan with company match and health plans, including dental & vision. Parents can get 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Team Building - Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp
- Volunteer Day - you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project.
- Employee Referral Program - one of your friends is a fit for one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid.