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We're fixing that.\nFounded in 2023 by Antoine and Paul-Adrien, Spiko gives businesses, non-profits, financial advisers, and fintechs access to institutional-grade cash management, via app or API. We are building the full infrastructure: issuing, operating, and distributing the products ourselves.\nTwo years after launch, we serve thousands of organizations across Europe and process hundreds of millions of euros in flows every month.\nOur ambition: become the world's leading treasury management infrastructure in a market worth trillions.\nWe are backed by Index Ventures, the CEO of Revolut, the founder of Kyriba, and the CTO of Wise.\nSpiko runs on excellence, transparency, and straight talk.\nThe role: (Job Title)\nYour core mission is simple: make our customers' data and money safe\nAs head of security, you own security at Spiko end to end: application, infrastructure and cloud security, identity and access, vulnerability management, pentests and AI-driven security testing, detection and incident response, and the security culture of the whole company.\nYou define the roadmap and set the priorities. In return, you get full ownership. This role sits within Spiko’s tech team.\nYour second-order missions are:\nOwn our compliance framework. Bring ISO 27001 certification over the line and keep it, lead our DORA implementation, and put in place the policies, controls and evidence collection that regulators, auditors and partners expect from a company that manages client money. You work hand in hand with our legal & compliance team on this.\n\nSupport the business on security due diligence. Large partners and Spiko Embedded clients run security due diligence on us before they integrate. 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