Head of Information Security
Build a security function from the ground up at a fast-growing fintech, with real budget, real authority and an executive who backs you.
- Newly created leadership role, backed by a C-level exec with a sizeable budge
- Hundreds of thousands of retail customers and billions under administration
- Hybrid working, 3 days in the Sydney CBD
The role
This Australian investing platform gives 750,000+ customers access to ASX and Wall St, with A$8B+ under administration.
You will lead Information Security and IT, reporting to the CTO. Expect to be 30 to 40% hands-on, working with an external security partner and auditors, with the rest of your time spent bringing Product, Engineering, Risk and Operations along with you. Stepping up into your first Head of role is fine if the influencing skills are there.
The role
This well-funded Australian fintech gives retail customers access to local and global markets, and it is scaling fast.
You will lead Information Security and IT, reporting directly to a C-level technology and operations executive. Expect to be 30 to 40% hands-on, working with an external security partner and auditors, with the rest of your time spent bringing Product, Engineering, Risk and Operations along with you. Stepping up into your first Head of role is fine if the influencing skills are there.
About you
- You have personally led an organisation through ISO 27001 or SOC 2 (not as a consultant and not as one part of a large team)
- Technical origin (software, security or DevOps engineering) or a track record inside a strong engineering culture, so you can weigh architecture-level risk
- You can give a specific, first-person example of influencing a stakeholder, and you build trust through relationships rather than just presenting evidence
- Experience in a product-led, customer-facing business where you built the function rather than inherited a mature one
- Strong opinions held loosely: you advocate hard, compromise when it makes sense and own it when you are wrong
- Energy and presence: you make security engaging for founders, the board and engineers alike
The offer
- Hybrid, 3 days a week in Sydney CBD office
- Real authority backed by a senior executive, and a budget that is ready to spend
- Generous paid parental leave, childcare allowance and a professional development allowance
- Discretionary performance bonus, annual leave swap days and wellbeing support
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