Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Ready to get shit done?

Every user, system, and transaction at bunq deserves to be secure by design. As our Chief Information Security Officer your mission is twofold: safeguard bunq’s platforms against evolving threats and ensure compliance with the world’s most demanding regulations—without slowing down innovation. You’ll combine strategic oversight, hands-on engineering insight, and cross-team coordination to close security gaps before they become incidents.

Take Ownership:

• Aligning bunq’s strategy with applicable security regulations, assessing security risks (including vulnerabilities), and deciding which to remediate, mitigate, or accept.
• Security engineering within SecOps, ensuring secure system and application design that is resilient, up-to-date with evolving threats, and compliant with relevant standards.
• Continuous security assurance through regular audits, penetration tests, configuration reviews, and coordinated IT security operations with IT Risk, Compliance, and the management board.
• Closing control gaps by monitoring regulatory developments, threat intelligence, and best practices; directing remediation, maintaining the Information Security Policy, and engaging auditors and regulators.

This challenge is perfect for you if

• Safeguard bunq’s users and data — Ensure complete protection of personal and financial information against unauthorized access, breaches, and other threats, delivering a secure, reliable, and seamless banking experience.

• Align strategy with regulations — Keep bunq’s security approach in sync with all relevant laws, standards, and best practices, using the Information Security Policy and security risk dashboard to assess risks and decide whether to remediate, mitigate, or accept them.

• Lead secure engineering — Oversee SecOps security capabilities to ensure systems and applications are robust, compliant, and continuously adapted to evolving threats.

• Maintain assurance and governance — Run regular internal audits, coordinate IT security operations with Compliance, Risk, and the management board, and ensure a unified, effective security posture.

• Monitor, adapt, and prescribe actions — Track regulatory changes, threat intelligence, and industry trends; identify control gaps; and direct remediation efforts to keep bunq ahead of attackers.

Your space to perform

We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼

• Gross monthly salary between €12,191 - €12,654
• 🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset
• 👩‍💻 Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.
• 🧳 Digital Nomad program: work remotely 1 week per quarter after 1 year and 3 weeks per quarter after 2 years
• 📚 We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget
• 🚴 A massive discount with UrbanSports for your wellbeing
• 🚌 Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices 🌳)
• 💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us
• 🥦 Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options
• 💰 An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq
• 💸 Monthly contribution to your phone and internet bills
• 🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style