Founder Associate, Office of the CEO

Job Description

Job Description

About Nightfall :

Nightfall is the AI-native, unified data loss prevention and insider risk management platform that protects sensitive data across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, email, endpoint devices, and more. Hundreds of customers, spanning AI innovators to top 10 banks, trust Nightfall to detect and stop data exfiltration at scale. Nightfall enables organizations to innovate freely without the risks of losing intellectual property or exposing customer data. Our agentic platform helps security teams regain their time by putting data loss prevention on autopilot. With automatic remediation, security violations can be resolved automatically before they become incidents, and end-users can be automatically trained and coached in the moment to self-heal violations that they introduce.

Nightfall is backed by leading VC firms including Bain Capital Ventures (Enrique Salem - former CEO of Symantec), Venrock (early investors in Cloudflare), WestBridge Capital, Pear VC (early investors in Dropbox and Doordash), and a cadre of cybersecurity leaders including Frederic Kerrest (founder of Okta), Maynard Webb (former COO of eBay), Ryan Carlson (President of Chainguard), Kevin Mandia (founder of Mandiant), and many others.

About the role :

This is a high-leverage, high-impact role that works directly with our founders and executive team to scale the business and shape the foundation of a world-class AI company. You will have a front-row seat and a very direct role in tackling our highest-priority strategic and operational challenges as we continue to grow. You will drive strategic initiatives across the company, identify key areas for improvement, build processes, and ultimately get things done.

You may be a good fit if you :

Are a past founder, or have ambitions of becoming one in the future

Are a killer operator who thrives in fast-paced environments, has extremely high ownership, and enjoys wearing multiple hats to take on new and ambiguous challenges

Are comfortable owning projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem to implementing scalable solutions

Believe in first-principles thinking : you’re extremely good at analyzing problems and using data to inform decisions, optimize processes, and track performance

Are an excellent communicator who can partner with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Are passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity