Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

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🔐 CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO)
International Fintech & Payments Company

📍 Limassol, Cyprus|

We are looking for a hands-on CISO to lead cybersecurity across the Group’s fintech products, technology platforms, corporate environment, and AI initiatives.

This is not a compliance-only role. We are looking for a security leader who combines strong technical expertise with a product mindset and can embed security across architecture, SDLC, infrastructure, engineering, and operations.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Group’s cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, budget & security operating model
• Build and lead teams across Product Security, Security Engineering, SOC, Incident Response & GRC
• Own the Secure SDLC, including threat modelling, architecture reviews, security testing and vulnerability management
• Embed SAST, DAST, SCA, API, container & IaC security into engineering workflows
• Strengthen software supply-chain security, SBOMs, dependency governance and artifact integrity
• Secure payment, merchant, onboarding, transaction-processing and settlement workflows
• Establish security standards for APIs, authentication, authorization, privileged access and sensitive data
• Lead security governance for Generative AI, AI-assisted development and agentic systems
• Establish SOC monitoring, detection engineering, incident response and security exercises
• Lead PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, NIS2, DORA and related security requirements
• Oversee penetration testing, audits, third-party assessments and remediation
• Define security standards across Cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, networks, endpoints and SaaS
• Advise executive management and independently escalate unacceptable security risks

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in cybersecurity, technology risk, engineering or related fields
• 5+ years in senior security leadership
• Strong background in Fintech, Payments, Banking, EMI, Acquiring or regulated financial services
• Deep expertise in Application Security, DevSecOps, API Security & Secure SDLC
• Strong knowledge of Cloud, Kubernetes, Microservices, CI/CD & Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with SOC, SIEM, Incident Response, Detection Engineering & Vulnerability Management
• Strong GRC background, including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, risk management & audits
• Practical understanding of AI security, GenAI risks, agentic systems & AI governance
• Experience building security teams and managing budgets, vendors and MSSPs
• Strong product mindset and ability to balance security, compliance, customer experience and delivery speed
• English B2

⭐ Nice to Have

CISSP | CISM | CCSP | CRISC | OSCP | CSSLP | ISO 27001 | PCI | Cloud Security | AI Security certifications

💼 Why join?
🚀 High-impact leadership position
🌍 International fintech environment
🔐 Opportunity to shape cybersecurity strategy across the Group
🤖 Strong focus on modern security, cloud and AI
📍 Based in Limassol, Cyprus

📩 Interested? Send your CV in English.
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