Head of Security

Our mission is to make exceptional healthcare accessible anytime, anywhere, for everyone.

Assort is led by Jon (Founder of Shimmer, former UCSF med student, AI researcher at Stanford) and Jeff (ex-Facebook, first engineer at Cameo, former Head of Product Engineering at Athelas / Commure).

In 2023, we became the first agentic AI to answer patient calls. Since then, we've powered tens of millions of patient interactions, helping health organizations and patients provide better access to care. We're growing fast with millions in ARR every month.

We're well-funded and backed by Quiet Capital, First Round, Chemistry, and strategic angels from Flatiron, Athena Health, Mercury, and PathAI. More funding news coming soon : ).

Join us to build Assort OS — a customizable fleet of genAI agents transforming patient-provider interactions.

About the Role

We are seeking our first-ever Head of Security — an individual contributor who will establish and lead Assort’s entire security function from the ground up. This role requires a hands-on leader who thrives in fast-paced, lean environments and is passionate about safeguarding healthcare data while enabling rapid innovation.

The Head of Security will own the full security lifecycle — from application and infrastructure protection to compliance, risk management, and incident response — with complete autonomy to design and implement a scalable, AI-driven security strategy.

What Youll Own

Security Strategy & Architecture

• Design, implement, and maintain Assort’s security posture across application, infrastructure, cloud, and data environments.
• Develop a long-term security roadmap aligned with company growth and regulatory requirements.

Risk Assessment & Threat Management

Compliance & Governance

Incident Response & Recovery

Security Automation & AI Enablement

Security Culture & Awareness

What Were Looking For

Proven track record of independently managing security functions in startup or high-growth environments .

Strong expertise across cloud, application, infrastructure, and data security domains.

Hands-on experience with incident management and post-incident analysis.

Comfort with leveraging AI tools to enhance security operations.

Ability to balance pragmatic solutions with long-term strategic planning.

Preferred

Direct experience with HIPAA compliance and healthcare data protection.

Familiarity with generative AI systems , voice AI workflows , or healthcare technology platforms .

Broad technical skill set paired with the ability to go deep in priority areas.

Whats In It for You

High impact : Be the sole architect of Assorts security strategy; your fingerprints will be all over our foundation.

Maximum autonomy : No red tape, no layers : just you, your initiative, and room to execute.

AI-friendly environment : Youll work alongside our AI-centric engineering team, embedding security in cutting-edge tooling.

Other Benefits & Perks for Assorties

Competitive Compensation Including salary and employee stock options so you share in our success.

Lifelong Learning Annual budget for professional development, plus training opportunities to help you grow.

Office Setup Stipend Well outfit your in-office workspace so comfy as its productive.

Top-Tier Health Coverage Medical, dental, and vision insurance, because your health comes first.

Unlimited PTO We trust you to take the time you need to recharge and come back ready to crush it.

Meals & Snacks Lunch, dinner, and snack breaks that fuel great ideas.

Wellness Stipend Your physical and mental well-being matters, and weve got a yearly stipend to prove it.

401(k) Let us help you plan for the future. Weve got you covered.

Start-up upside : Shape a foundational function in a company scaling rapidly.

How We Work & What We Value

We have published our operating principles "Raising the BAARS in Healthcare" on our blog - they describe how we work at Assort. They cover how we aim to run projects, spend time and make decisions. Specifically :

Back to basics

Accessibility for all

Always accountable

Relentless resilience

Ship fast, ship often

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