Senior Manager of Information Security
We are looking for a strategic and results-driven Senior Manager of Information Security to protect our business, drive risk reduction, and enable secure growth. In this role, you will lead our information security initiatives, ensuring they enhance business agility, build trust with customers, and meet regulatory requirements. You will be responsible for developing scalable information security programs, managing risk, and fostering a proactive security culture across the organization.
The ideal candidate is an information security leader who goes beyond operations, influencing business strategy through smart, risk-based security decisions.
You will:
- Build and scale information security programs that support business growth and operational excellence
- Ensure compliance with complex regulatory landscapes including PCI DSS, SOC 2, and HIPAA while maintaining business agility
- Lead and develop a high-performing information security team, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities
- Embed information security into product development and business operations, making security a competitive advantage rather than a barrier
- Communicate security risks in business terms, empowering leadership to make informed decisions
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Execution:
- Develop and execute an information security strategy that enables business goals while managing risk effectively
- Lead, mentor, and scale an information security team, fostering professional growth and operational excellence
- Advocate for information security as a business enabler, influencing stakeholders across departments
Information Security Operations & Risk Management:
- Own and scale information security programs that proactively identify, assess, and mitigate threats
- Drive security automation and operational efficiencies, reducing risk while improving business agility and improving predictability
- Implement effective risk management processes, balancing security protections with business needs
Compliance & Risk Mitigation:
- Ensure compliance with key information security standards while maintaining operational flexibility
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of security trends, threats, and emerging technologies to proactively enhance security measures
- Lead technical audit efforts, by coordinating evidence gathering and ensuring security documentation and policies are well-maintained
Incident Management & Response:
- Develop and lead information security incident response programs, ensuring rapid detection, investigation, and resolution
- Conduct security drills, tabletop exercises, and training to strengthen incident preparedness
- Proactively reduce attack surface through continuous monitoring and threat intelligence
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to embed information security into development and operations
- Translate security risks into actionable business insights, ensuring alignment with company objectives
- Foster a security-first culture by developing awareness programs and engaging leadership
Qualifications & Experience
Required:
- 8+ years of information security experience, with 3+ years leading teams in high-growth or regulated industries
- Proven ability to scale information security programs in alignment with business priorities
- Proven ability to manage complex security projects, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business objectives
- Experience managing compliance frameworks while supporting innovation
- Strong risk management mindset, balancing security and business enablement
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Preferred:
- CISSP, CISM, or CISMP certifications
- Experience in security automation, DevSecOps, or cloud security
- Background in financial services, SaaS, or technology-driven businesses
- Experience with PCI (PCI DSS, P2PE, PIN, and 3DS2), SOC, or HIPAA compliance
As well as being a part of something exciting everyday, you will also receive the following benefits:
- Annual bonus scheme dependent on individual and company performance
- Annual salary of £95,000 - £115,000
- 25 days holiday each year (+ bank holidays + 1 day after each year of service with up to a max. of 30 days)
- Workplace pension scheme
- Private medical insurance (upon 30 days of employment)
- 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week
- A remote first culture
- Great work-life balance with our Flexi-time policy
- Family Friendly policies (Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay and Shared Parental Leave).
- A chance to develop with an allocated company training budget
- Bike2Work Scheme
- Lifeworks, an Employee Assistance Programme which offers wellbeing, family and financial support services, such as assessments, resources and even 1:1 counselling sessions. It also offers interesting perks such as discounts on gyms, restaurants, high street retailers and cinema tickets
- A strong commitment to employee wellbeing including mental health first aiders
- Employee referral scheme with generous financial reward
- Bonusly colleague reward scheme
We’re looking for creative and passionate people who share our vision of making payments easy. If that sounds like you and you meet the requirements above, then please click on 'Apply for this job'!
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will provide reasonable support throughout the recruitment process to applicants who have a disability. Please let us know in advance so that any support, aids or adaptations can be put in place to assist you.
Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.
About us
NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realising it. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech start-ups. We’re creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what’s possible so they can think about what’s next. But we’re not just built for the tech savvy. We democratise the latest payments technology so that everyone can realise the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. We’re all about enabling more payments in more ways and more places.
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Salary range, depending on experience:
£95,000 - £115,000 GBP
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