VP Information Security (Fintech)

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania; hybrid with 2–3 days per week in the Vilnius office

Salary: €5,500–€6,600 per month before tax, plus other benefits

Company

hirify.global is building a fintech and digital-asset platform that enables institutions and individuals to move capital into the onchain economy.

What you will do

• Lead the Group’s cybersecurity strategy, policies, risk register, controls, and security framework.
• Act as the appointed CISO for a regulated entity and represent it in security matters with the regulator and Board.
• Manage the cyber risk lifecycle, including asset inventories, risk assessments, ongoing monitoring, and Board reporting.
• Own SIEM design, tuning, operation, detection engineering, and incident response across the Group.
• Lead regulatory incident notifications, coordinate with the Data Protection Officer, and oversee vendor and cloud security due diligence.
• Set security standards, commission vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, build security awareness, and support independent assurance reviews.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in information security or similar roles, combining hands-on SOC and detection-engineering work with governance or senior-management accountability.
• Experience owning a cybersecurity framework in a regulated environment such as financial services, VASP, or e-money.
• Practical experience designing, tuning, and operating a SIEM and leading incident response.
• Readiness to serve as a named, accountable CISO subject to fit-and-proper assessment and to present directly to a Board.
• Demonstrable security experience and a clean regulatory and criminal record, with no disqualification from senior management and sound personal finances.
• Availability to work from the Vilnius office 2–3 days per week as part of an in-office local team.

Nice to have

• CISSP, CISM, SANS/GIAC, or equivalent operational security certifications.
• Prior exposure to regulatory regimes.

Culture & Benefits

• Build on an established security foundation as the product and customer base grow.
• Help shape the founding Lithuanian team and security collaboration with engineering, compliance, and risk.
• Work with stakeholders across engineering, compliance, legal, risk, jurisdictions, and regulated entities.
• Receive direct exposure to the Board through unfiltered reporting lines.
• Work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining rigorous regulatory and security standards.