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Head of Security Operations, Corporate IT
EPI CompanyHead of Security Operations leading a multidisciplinary team in Cybersecurity for a European digital payments initiative. Driving operational improvements, security strategies, and corporate IT transformations.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCyber Security
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and evolve the Security Operations strategy and operating model, ensuring high-quality monitoring, triage, incident response, and continuous improvement.
- Continue building a dependable security incident response capability with clear escalation, playbooks/runbooks, operational readiness practices, and strong post-incident learning.
- Mature threat intelligence and security validation practices (e.g., threat-informed exercises / adversarial testing approaches) to strengthen detection coverage and organisational resilience.
- Establish key, secrets, and certificate lifecycle management (ownership, lifecycle processes, monitoring, auditability), enabling predictable and controlled operations.
- Lead and evolve Corporate IT strategy and operating model and transform Corporate IT into a trusted, service-oriented function with measurable performance, and an excellent internal stakeholder experience.
- Drive operational transparency through dashboards and KPIs across Security Operations and Corporate IT, proactively identifying, documenting, and escalating risks/issues with practical mitigation plans.
- Own vendor performance and budget stewardship across managed service providers and tooling partners, ensuring value, accountability, and scalable outcomes.
- Strengthen audit readiness and operating controls (e.g., for ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS and similar assurance expectations) through disciplined documentation, evidence, and remediation follow-through.
- Engage actively with external stakeholders and keep up to date with latest trends.
Requirements
What you’ll need- +10 years of professional experience in Cybersecurity in one of the relevant fields, including at least 5 years managing and leading Security Operations
- Significant professional experience across Security Operations and/or Corporate IT Operations, ideally in a regulated or high-availability context
- Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams, with a track record of improving services through people, process and technology
- Fluent in English (CEFR C1 or C2); additional European languages are a plus
- Comfortable working remotely in a pan-European, multicultural environment
- Strong incident response leadership skills: calm under pressure, structured decision-making, and able to drive measurable improvements over time
- Experience building scalable operational practices: on-call/coverage models, escalation paths, runbooks, post-incident reviews, and operational KPIs
- Ability to design and implement pragmatic governance frameworks, including familiarity with enterprise cryptography/key management/certificates from an organisational perspective
- Demonstrated capability improving Corporate IT service delivery (service orientation, intake models, transparency, stakeholder satisfaction)
- Experience managing vendors/partners and budgets, including performance governance (SLAs, regular reviews, escalations, value realisation)
- Experience supporting control assurance/audit activities (ISO 27001, DORA, PCI DSS, SOC 2 or similar), including evidence discipline and remediation management
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remote-first culture with quarterly and annual all-staff in-person meetups to keep teams connected and collaborative
- Possibility to work from another EU country for up to 3 months per year
- Competitive compensation package, featuring salary, performance-based bonus, and a thoughtfully designed, high-quality benefits program
- Learning & development budget : €5,000 training budget per year
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Hard Skills & Tools
CybersecuritySecurity OperationsIncident ResponseThreat IntelligenceGovernance FrameworksOperational KPIsEnterprise CryptographyKey ManagementAudit ReadinessPerformance Governance
Soft Skills
LeadershipStructured Decision-MakingCalm Under PressureStakeholder SatisfactionOperational TransparencyMultidisciplinary Team ManagementService OrientationCommunicationProblem-SolvingContinuous Improvement
Certifications
ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2