Head of Cyber

We are IMMO, a real estate fintech disrupting the $40 trillion industry in Europe.

We make buying, selling, and renting a fast and easy experience using a data-driven platform that allows large investors to programmatically deploy capital into residential homes. We unlock 98% of the market overlooked by institutions, saving the environment from unnecessary construction emissions, and retrofitting rundown properties into modern, sustainable, and beautiful homes for happy residents (not tenants!).

We already have $2.5 billion in capital commitments to deploy strategically across Europe, and we raised €72 million in Series B funding in December 2021. Following all of this, we are looking to grow!!

The Role:

As the Head of Cyber you will work with the VP of Engineering and the CTO to build our Cyber Security strategy. You will be responsible for the formation of the Cyber team which will ensure all relevant standards and outcomes are met with high performance and quality. You will lead Cyber Security initiatives across our organisation to drive up standards throughout and instil a DevSecOps mentality in our engineering teams.

You Will:

• Work with the CTO and VP of Engineering to formulate and execute the security strategy. Including:
  • AWS Security
  • DevSecOps culture - “Pushing security left”
  • Secure SDLC
  • Security awareness and education throughout IMMO
  • All aspects of End user security
  • Physical security
  • All relevant standards
• Work with the VP of Engineering to ensure that the Security Strategy is aligned to our wider technology strategy
• Identify and lead cross team initiatives to deliver Cyber Security focused outcomes.
• Form, grow and lead the Security Team
• Take ownership of OKRs relating to security and suggest innovative ways to meet those OKRs.
• Work with the DevOps teams to understand how to push security left
• Be focused on continual improvement within the Security team.
• Be responsible for education and Security culture in IMMO.
• Be an advocate for best practice around all aspects of cyber security in the whole technology organisation.
• Work with the VP Engineering to ensure that all relevant security standards are adhered to while minimising the impact of governance on day to day delivery.
• Help shift the mindset of governance of security from what you can’t do to what we can help you to do.

Requirements

• Experience working as Head of Security or similar in a heavily regulated environment
• Demonstrable leadership experience
• Experience in providing strategic solutions to Security Vulnerabilities
• Demonstrable experience of security governance through education and ownership
• Experience of dealing with relevant security standards in different jurisdictions.
• Extensive experience of AWS and AWS Security Hub or similar technologies
• Experience working with an Agile mindset
• Ability to think both strategically to identify the right solutions to large problems
• Experience of having specified and implemented a S-SDLC
• Experience of techniques, such as threat modelling workshops, to drive security awareness and understand work to be done.
• Experience of managing relationships with large vendors and consultants
• Experience in creating and executing technology strategies
• Demonstrable thought leadership experience around security
• Experience in evolving ways of working in a highly regulated environment such as FCA or HIPAA regulated entities that drive security outcomes without compromising Agile values

Benefits

• Unlimited leave policy
• Flexible working policy (we believe that work is something you do not when you have to do it)
• Mental Health Assistance
• Private Healthcare
• Performance Reviews twice a year
• Equity within the business
• A truly collaborative culture where the best ideas win, not the person with the most senior title
• The ability to figure out your own solutions, and the responsibility to implement them
• A culture that is devoid of egos, where People > Product > Profits