About LILT

AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.

We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.

At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.

Role Overview

As LILT’s first Head of Security, you’ll build and lead our information security function from the ground up. This is a high-impact executive role responsible for setting our security vision, driving compliance with global and federal standards, and serving as the hub for all internal and external security matters. You will partner with Engineering, Legal, Go-to-Market, People, IT, and others teams to ensure our platform and operations meet the highest levels of security assurance while enabling rapid enterprise growth.

This role is based in Washington D.C, with a hybrid schedule (Mon–Wed in-office).

What You’ll Do

• Own the company-wide security strategy, roadmap, and execution
• Lead initiatives to achieve and maintain key certifications and regulatory compliance, including:
• HITRUST
• ISO 27001
• Federal regimes such as CMMC Level 2, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP Moderate
• Emerging AI compliance regimes and standards
• Serve as the central point of contact for all security-related inquiries, including:
• Customer security questionnaires and enterprise procurement processes
• Vendor risk assessments and ongoing monitoring
• Internal audits, tabletop exercises, and risk management activities
• Partner with Engineering on secure architecture, incident response, vulnerability management, and encryption/identity controls
• Collaborate closely with Legal, People, Finance, and Operations on risk management, compliance, contracts, and enterprise governance
• Proficiency with common industry tools such as Drata/Vanta, Datadog, Wiz, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
• Manage security operations under tight budgets and aggressive timelines
• Represent LILT externally with customers, regulators, and auditors as our senior-most security leader
• Drive company-wide security awareness and training initiatives

About You

• Experienced security leader with 10+ years in information security, including at least 5 years in senior management or a CISO-equivalent role
• Demonstrated success in achieving certifications such as ISO 27001, HITRUST, or FedRAMP
• Strong working knowledge of federal and enterprise compliance regimes (CMMC, NIST, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR)
• Background working with regulated industries such as government, healthcare, or financial services
• Skilled at collaborating across Engineering, Legal, Go-to-Market, People, Finance, and Operations to align security with business needs
• Comfortable managing budgets, vendor relationships, and certification timelines in resource-constrained environments
• Exceptional communicator who can translate technical risks for executives, customers, and regulators
• Mission-driven leader excited to build a modern, scalable, enterprise-grade security program

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, CCISO, or related certifications
• Prior experience as the first CISO in a scaling SaaS or AI/ML company
• Legal (JD) or engineering/technical background

Our Story

Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. While together at Google, they were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company.The quality just wasn’t there. So they set out to build something better. LILT was born.

LILT has been a machine learning company since its founding in 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, human-in-the-loop systems, and now agentic AI.

With AI innovation accelerating and enterprise demand growing, the next phase of LILT’s journey is just beginning.

Our Tech

What sets our platform apart:

• Brand-aware AI that learns your voice, tone, and terminology to ensure every translation is accurate and consistent
• Agentic AI workflows that automate the entire translation process from content ingestion to quality review to publishing
• 100+ native integrations with systems like Adobe Experience Manager, Webflow, Salesforce, GitHub, and Google Drive to simplify content translation
• Human-in-the-loop reviews via our global network of professional linguists, for high-impact content that requires expert review

LILT in the News

• Featured in The Software Report’s Top 100 Software Companies!
• LILT makes it onto the Inc. 5000 List.
• LILT’s continues to be an intellectual powerhouse, holding numerous patents that help power the most efficient and sophisticated AI and language models in the industry.
• Check out all our news on our website.

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At LILT, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent hiring process. As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis. These tools are designed to support human decision-making and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively. All final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have any concerns, require accommodations, or would like to opt-out of the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at recruiting@lilt.com.

LILT is an equal opportunity employer. We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individual’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, veteran or marital status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.