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Mollie, a European payments and money management platform serving 250,000+ businesses, is seeking a Senior Security Risk Officer to support its continued growth. Reporting to the Risk Lead, you will own a broad spectrum of risk areas including IT security, working at the intersection of regulation, technology, and business priorities to deliver practical guidance for product development and AI enablement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with colleagues to build new or updated products, manage and deploy IT assets, and implement risk and security controls while ensuring adherence to relevant regulations (DORA, PSD2, GDPR, AI Act, CRA, NIS2, etc.). Drive efficiencies and champion governance across the organization.
- Work with senior Risk and Compliance stakeholders to set second-line risk priorities and initiatives.
- Foster a strong risk culture across the entire organization and support a growing team in all relevant areas.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes in internal and external audits and certifications (PCI-DSS, SOC2, etc.).
- Translate complex regulations into actionable guidance, championing a risk culture that balances commercial success with compliance.
Mollie operates with a philosophy of autonomy and craft, working in small teams with real ownership and trust. The company emphasizes long-term thinking, providing tools, reliable processes, and a balanced work environment. Growth is personal at Mollie, with regular feedback, transparent salary reviews, and opportunities to move into new roles or projects.
Requirements:
- 7-10 years of relevant experience in security risk, compliance, or related fields.
- Technical comfort: at ease with different technology platforms, able to dive into technical documentation and system architectures. Working understanding of engineering, security technologies, culture, tools, and best practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to explain risk decisions to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Can-do attitude and creative problem-solving ability; ability to find solutions for maintaining security in a growing organization.
- Customer focus: always consider customer impact when making security and risk decisions.
- Inquisitive approach: ready to experiment, always looking for better ways to solve problems. Curiosity toward new technologies (AI included) is highly appreciated.
Strong Preferences:
- Payments/fintech experience and understanding of financial or payments-related technical solutions.
- Certified CISSP or CISM, and/or cloud certification (GCP), network, or other relevant security and technical certification.
- Advanced University Degree in Information Technology or another relevant technological study.
