Senior IT Incident Response Manager / Fractional CISO, Security Leadership

San Carlos, CA (on-site)

About 1X

We build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.

The Role

As the Senior IT Incident Response Manager / Fractional CISO, you will own 1X’s incident response program end-to-end and help establish the security operating rhythm across the business. You will design practical plans, lead real-world exercises, and command incidents when they occur. In a fractional CISO capacity, you will partner cross-functionally to align security priorities with business risk. This is a hands-on senior leadership role focused on readiness, clarity, and measurable improvement under pressure.

You Will

• Own the incident response lifecycle: prepare, detect, respond, recover, and continuously improve

• Design and run executive and technical tabletop exercises and live drills, driving follow-through on identified gaps

• Create and maintain practical playbooks covering account compromise, ransomware, lost devices, insider risk, vendor breaches, and cloud exposure

• Lead incidents in real time, establishing command structure, managing communications, maintaining decision logs, preserving evidence, and driving postmortems

• Define escalation paths, on-call expectations, and coordination models with SOC/MDR partners, incident response firms, and cyber insurance providers

• Partner with IT, Security, Legal, People Operations, Finance, and Engineering on crisis communications and business continuity

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and communication norms so teams operate effectively during high-pressure events

• Translate security risks into business decisions and prioritized action plans at the executive level

Must Have

• 10+ years of experience in security leadership, incident response, or security operations with direct program ownership

• Proven experience leading real-world security incidents and facilitating tabletop exercises with executive and technical stakeholders

• Strong judgment under pressure with excellent communication skills and calm, decisive leadership

• Demonstrated ability to build and operationalize incident command structures that teams consistently follow

• Experience driving measurable improvements in detection, response, documentation, and control maturity

• Ability to operate effectively across IT, Security, and Engineering in a fast-growing environment

• Experience aligning security programs with business priorities and risk management frameworks

Benefits & Compensation

• Salary Range: $180,000 – $235000 + Equity (pro-rated if fractional)

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) with company match

• Paid time off and holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer

1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.