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In this role, you will develop security strategies in the GRC domain of a regulated fintech environment, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, and advise leadership on risk management and compliance.
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Your role in the team
- As an Information Security Expert, you are a senior individual contributor who sets direction and solves the hardest GRC problems in a regulated fintech environment.
- You shape our security governance strategy, ensure our control framework remains effective as the business scales, and act as a key advisor to security leadership and senior business stakeholders on risk and compliance decisions.
- You will lead complex, high-impact initiatives (multi-entity, multi-region, regulator/customer-facing), influence across the organization, and raise the bar for how we design, test, and demonstrate security controls.
- Define multi-year GRC roadmap aligned to business strategy, risk appetite, and regulatory expectations (e.g., DORA readiness, audit strategy, control maturity targets).
- Drive control framework evolution: rationalize controls, reduce duplication, and ensure proportionality based on criticality, data sensitivity, and business impact.
- Establish 'north star' principles for governance (e.g., minimum control baselines, exception governance, evidence-by-design).
- Advise leadership on material risk decisions: risk acceptance, remediation prioritization, control investments, and scope decisions.
- Produce executive-grade outputs: risk narratives, board/committee materials, and regulator/customer responses with defensible rationale.
- Facilitate senior stakeholder alignment when priorities conflict (delivery speed vs control rigor; cost vs assurance depth).
- Own strategy and approach for major audits/assurance activities (ISO 27001, SOC 2, regulatory examinations, key client due diligence), including scope, positioning, and negotiation.
- Lead responses to complex audit/regulatory issues: root-cause analysis, corrective action programs, and sustained effectiveness verification.
- You may be the SME for one or more of: ISMS/ISO 27001 at scale (multi-entity scope, continuous compliance); DORA / operational resilience governance (control mapping, ICT risk integration, testing oversight); Third-party risk for critical ICT providers (oversight model, ongoing monitoring, exit/continuity governance); Security control assurance (testing program design, evidence standards, control health metrics).
- Set standards and reusable artifacts: control narratives, evidence templates, testing methodologies, and playbooks.
- Mentor specialists and associates; raise organisation-wide capability through coaching and review.
- Partner with Security Engineering/IT/Compliance to embed controls into workflows (policy-to-automation where possible).
Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ownership of complex, multi-stakeholder GRC programs and successful navigation of audits/regulatory scrutiny.
- Deep working knowledge of ISO 27001, DORA and strong familiarity with adjacent frameworks (SOC 2, NIST CSF, BaIT, COBIT), including how to test and evidence controls.
- Strong technology risk understanding across cloud, IAM, SDLC governance, incident management, vulnerability management, logging/monitoring, crypto/fintech operational processes (as relevant).
- You are able to influence across the organisation and resolve conflicts with a risk-based, outcome-oriented approach.
Experience
- Typically 7-10+ years of experience in information security GRC, audit/assurance, security risk, compliance, software engineering and/or financial services risk roles.
What we offer
- Flexibility to work where you thrive - Enjoy the freedom of our Hybrid working model, combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
- Receive a competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda's pay-for-impact policy, including participation in our stock option plan.
- Access confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources whenever you need them through OpenUP.
- Neben Ihrem regulären Jahresurlaub priorisieren Sie im Jahr 2027 Ihr Wohlbefinden mit 3 zusätzlichen Tagen bezahlter Freizeit, um sich zu erholen, neu zu starten und Energie zu tanken. Diese sind nach einer Betriebszugehörigkeit von 6 Monaten verfügbar.
- Grow your skills and stay ahead in your career with unlimited access to Udemy's library of online courses at your own pace.
- Enjoy discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel.
- Nutzen Sie bis zu 8 zusätzliche Wochen geschlechtsneutrale Elternzeit, um Ihr neues Familienmitglied willkommen zu heißen und eine Bindung aufzubauen.
- Pandas in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin can enjoy free onsite dining, with freshly prepared lunches and snacks to keep you fueled and focused all day long.
- Celebrate milestones and achievements with recognition and rewards for your Tenure at Bitpanda.
- Access exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise and gear to represent.
- Participate in unforgettable company events, from our Winter Party in Vienna to gatherings worldwide, fostering fun, connection, and celebration.
Benefits
Health, fitness & fun
Food & drink
Work-Life-Integration
Higher take-home pay
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About your employer
Wien
At Bitpanda, we strongly believe in the innovative power of cryptocurrencies, digital assets and blockchain technology. Our mission is to remove barriers to personal finance and bring traditional financial products into the 21st century. With 1.2 million users and more than 270 team members from over 44 different countries, Bitpanda is leading the way in inclusive finance.
- 250+ Employees
- 2014
- English
- Startup
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Banking, Finance, Insurance · Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Employer reviews
- Team culture
- 3.8
- Career growth
- 3.2
- Working conditions
- 3.6
- Engineering
- 2.6
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