Cybersecurity Innovation & Agile Specialist (f/m/d)

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Company

hirify.global operates financial market infrastructure, with the Chief ICT Risk Office serving as the second line of defence for hirify.global Group.

What you will do

• Prepare, facilitate, and follow up on PI Planning, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Inspect & Adapt sessions.
• Manage Jira boards, Confluence structures, backlog hygiene, and OKR tracking across unit workstreams.
• Identify and present information security innovations, coordinate sandbox and garage initiatives, and document pilot outcomes.
• Coordinate evaluations, requestor alignment, escalations, communication formats, metrics, and KPI reporting.
• Help develop internal tools into valuable products with clear KPIs and actionable outputs for governance bodies and the Group ICT Risk community.
• Represent the unit at conferences and manage strategic partnerships, translating external developments into unit initiatives.

Requirements

• Software engineering background with experience developing and shipping software and understanding how systems are built and deployed.
• Genuine interest in cybersecurity and financial market regulation, including why security matters for a stock exchange operating under DORA.
• At least 2–3 years of proven experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Lead, with a recognised PSM, CSM, or equivalent certification, or demonstrable team-level responsibility in an engineering context.
• Confident communication skills and proven ability to present work and engage with senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to translate technical topics for non-technical audiences, facilitate decision-oriented formats, and write clearly for CISO-level audiences.
• Written and spoken English proficiency is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with application security, cloud, or DevSecOps.
• Familiarity with GCP or agile at scale, including SAFe and PI Planning in larger organisations.
• German proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the Chief ICT Risk Office at the intersection of cybersecurity, innovation, and financial market infrastructure.
• Contribute to initiatives involving post-quantum cryptography, cloud-native security governance, AI control mapping, and other emerging security topics.
• Collaborate with L2.tech, the Head of ICT Risk, governance bodies, and the broader Group ICT Risk community.