Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software support products and services, seeks a Vice President, Global Security Services. This is a remote position located anywhere in the US.

Position Summary

Leadership role in a Global Security Services Team that advises and assists clients in matters related to the security of ERP, middleware, and database environments. This team is responsible for security product implementations and the development of client facing security architecture, strategies, solutions, and collateral.

The candidate is responsible for being the security spokesperson, supporting the sales team on deals where security is engaged: and for the generation of security related marketing and sales collateral. The ideal candidate has experience in running security, audit and compliance consulting practices, and/or serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at a Fortune 2000 organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Be the spokesperson for Rimini Street on Security
• Work as a part of a thought leadership team on security best-practices for the protection of enterprise systems
• Stay abreast of the latest industry trends, threats, solutions, and activities that could affect the products supported by Rimini Street
• Identify security solutions and providers with the best solutions for client specific security vulnerabilities, concerns and risks
• Take ownership of and resolve security and compliance challenges that arise during the sales, account management, and support cycles where vendor provided security vulnerability patches are no longer available to the client
• Work with prospects and clients to develop security and compliance strategies that follow best practices in the mitigation of security threats, vulnerabilities, and risk, while comprehensively securing the supported enterprise systems and adhering to the clientsgulatory requirements
• Work closely with sales to establish deal strategies, track engagements, and ensure the delivery of all resources required to support sales and renewals
• Guide the sales and marketing efforts to generate client facing collateral that addresses concepts and topics that are encountered during the sales cycle
• Assist client onboarding team with documenting and articulating to prospects, the processes and controls utilized to securely establish remote access for the delivery of client services
• Provide basic training to sales and marketing, account management, and support personnel on applicable security concepts and topics and educate them on Rimini Street and security solution provider capabilities
• Develop relationships with security companies and research firms to ensure the delivery of security services and solutions to Rimini Street clients
• Assist clients in the selection of controls and the development of control statements and practices to support their compliance requirements
• Successfully engage RSI client to manage and cultivate relationships with both clients and colleagues
• Experience in project leadership for security implications of an ERP project
• Demonstrate responsive and excellent verbal and written communication skills with internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications/Skills/Experience

Minimal Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, MBA or related field or equivalent experience
• Continued education on current security topics and solutions

Experience

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing security and security consulting teams
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of experience in security industry
• Extensive experience securing Oracle and SAP environments
• Extensive experience working with third party auditors

Skills

• Industry recognized thought leader, active in security community
• Ability to secure the confidence and credibility with clients on sensitive security matters
• Comprehensive Understanding of and experience with domestic and international compliance programs (SOX, HIPAA, PCI, FDA, NIST, ITAR, GDPR, etc.li>
• Experience running security, audit and compliance programs and consulting practices
• The ability to resolve and address client issues and problems in a timely and effective manner, involving project management as appropriate.
• Ability to work closely with, support, and train the sales and marketing organizations
• Passionate focus on customer support and the ability to build long term, successful working relationships with clients, prospects and partners
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work calmly and professionally in high pressure situations
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills demonstrated by the ability to quickly assimilate new information, understand complex topics sometimes with incomplete data, and arrive at sound analysis and judgment
• Excellent project and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Desired Qualifications

• CISO or similar role at Fortune 2000 company
• Ability to work, scale and drive results in a dynamic, evolving environment
• Experience with modern security approaches for enterprise software including virtual patching
• Certification in Information Systems Security preferred (examples include CISA or CISSP)

Company Description

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI) is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products. The company has redefined enterprise software support services since 2005 with an innovative, award-winning program that enables licensees of IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and other enterprise software vendors to save up to 90 percent on total support costs. Clients can remain on their current software release without any required upgrades for a minimum of 15 years. Over 1,330 global Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and other organizations from a broad range of industries currently rely on Rimini Street as their trusted, third-party support provider.

The company is widely recognized by clients, leading industry analysts (including Gartner, Forrester, Constellation Research and Nucleus), and financial analysts as the leader in a large, fast growing market with tremendous upside and an extremely strong value proposition that resonates with CIOs and CFOs. With tight IT budgets and flat global economic growth, IT and procurement professionals are actively looking for proven methods to cut costs while improving service. Rimini Street enables organizations to free up budget for strategic business initiatives by delivering savings of up to 90 percent on total maintenance and support costs.

Be Treated Like the Best

• Rimini Street hires only the best d provides the compensation, bonus and benefit programs appropriate for proven top-performing professionals. We want our employees to have an opportunity to share in the financial success that results from our dedication to service excellence, high-quality deliverables and an unparalleled client experience
• No bureaucracy, thousand-page rule books or politics st everyone working together to build a great company through service excellence and client success
• Work hard, play hard environment mini Street is a group of hard-working professionals who are passionate about achieving success, but we also enjoy opportunities to meet up at fun company events
• We are also passionate about giving back to our communities around the world, with plenty of opportunities for volunteering and charity through the Rimini Street Foundation
• All Rimini Street professionals are encouraged to grow and learn new skills

Accelerating Company Growth

• Trading on Nasdaq: RMNI
• Over 1,450 active clients, including 85 of the Fortune 500 and Global 100
• 47 consecutive quarters of sequential revenue growth
• 2017 Q3 revenue results of $53.6 million, a quarterly increase of 32% year over year

Recent Industry Recognition

• Listed as a 2017 Top Workplace in the Bay Area by the Bay Area News Group
• Named an Inc. 5000 company for the seventh consecutive year, and recognized as one of Americaastest-growing private companies with three-year revenue growth of 172%
• Honored with 11 Stevie Awards in 2017, including 5 awards for delivering excellence in customer service
• Received 7 Golden Bridge awards including Technology Company of the Year

To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com

Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please Note: Rimini Street does not accept resumes submitted by recruiting/staffing firms unless specifically requested by Human Resources. Unsolicited resumes will be ineligible for referral fees.