Field CISO - Healthcare West

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

The Zscaler Sales and Go-to-Market team is a global group of professionals who are passionate about delighting our customers, nurturing trusted partnerships, and sharing their expertise to drive a secure, cloud-enabled digital future and further cement our position as the world leader in cloud security. Sales, Customer Success, Sales Enablement, Solution Architects, Business Development, Transformation, and Technology Partnerships all work together to demonstrate the power and agility of Zscaler cloud transformation to the world.

We're looking for an experienced Healthcare CISO/CTO to join our team sitting in the West region. Reporting to our Healthcare Strategic Leader, you'll manage the following:

• You will be Zscaler's technical executive sponsor with the largest healthcare providers and make technology decisions on behalf of the organization


• You will provide technical leadership and serve a necessary role within the Healthcare GTM team in a customer-facing capacity


• You will oversee all technology, technological resources and establish the technology vision, strategies, and growth plans. For this role, we are looking for expertise supporting a growth strategy by expanding existing customer relationships, acquiring new logos, developing new business opportunities, and cultivating partner relationships


• You will conduct research to remain up-to-date and knowledgeable regarding industry trends and latest technologies in anticipation of new and system alterations and analyze and improve technology standards across the organization

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10 years experience in leadership roles demonstrating expertise in technology improvement and development within healthcare


• BS or BA degree required


• Must be expert in supporting GTM teams within the healthcare provider community

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• You will have financial acumen, successes leading complex contractual relationships and excellent understanding of customer behavior


• You will have expertise delivering customer-centric tools adding value to the end-users while also anticipating internal operational needs and deliver tools that result in value-added services to our organization


• This role is remote friendly based in the West region

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