Cyber Security Lead

Kato; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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25 days leave

Parental leave

Healthcare

Training & support

Pension plan

Casual dress

Soho discounts

Social events

Job summary

Kato is a fast-growing PropTech company seeking a Security Lead to own security for our product and corporate estate. You will balance hands-on technical work with scalable security programs and help shape a security-first culture as we scale.

You’ll design initiatives, drive ISO 27001 readiness, and improve incident response while collaborating with Data, Infra, and People teams. London-based role with 1 day in the office.

Qualifications

• Experience securing product-led SaaS in startups or scaleups.
• Ability to balance security controls with business needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort working in a fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own security across product and corporate estate.
• Design and lead security initiatives to scale with the business.
• Embed security throughout SDLC: threat modelling, design reviews, CI/CD tooling.
• Manage protective and detective controls across endpoints, identity, network and data.

Skills

Security leadership

Threat modelling

CI/CD security

ISO 27001

Incident response

Security tooling

Executive communication

Tools

GRC platforms

Job description

Kato is a fast-growing PropTech company, backed by top-tier VCs, investors, and industry experts. Our mission is to revolutionise commercial property through our all-in-one online platform and extensive industry data. We’re just getting started and are seeking dynamic, confident individuals to join our journey and help shape the future of commercial property.

Location: London, 1 day/week in office

Salary: £80-95k

Who are we?

Kato is a fast-growing PropTech company, backed by top-tier VCs, investors, and industry experts. Our mission is to revolutionise commercial property through our all-in-one online platform and extensive industry data. We’re just getting started and are seeking dynamic, confident individuals to join our journey and help shape the future of commercial property.

Role overview

As Security Lead you will join as Kato’s first dedicated security hire, owning security across our product and corporate estate. You'll bring a balance of hands-on technical capability, experience applying security best practices in product-led scale-ups, and the pragmatism to build the right-sized solutions our stage demands. You'll design and lead on security initiatives with the ambition and potential to grow a team around you as Kato scales.

Responsibilities & expectations

• Responsible for performance of security health indicators.
• Expected to execute our business aligned security strategy.
• Responsible for embedding security throughout the SDLC - from threat modelling and design review contributions to applying security tooling to CI/CD pipelines.
• Responsible for our protective and detective controls across endpoint, identity, network and data security, collaborating closely with Data, Infrastructure and People teams.
• Responsible for risk-based vulnerability management - prioritising and driving remediation with the engineering team.
• Expected to coach across departments on security - from pairing with engineers on secure development best practices to evangelising security awareness across the business.
• Expected to execute on our ISO 27001 plan - scoping, controls, evidence and auditor liaison - owning a successful certification outcome.
• Expected to automate security workflows and compliance evidence wherever possible, assessing GRC platform requirements to support this.
• Responsible for leading and continuously improving our security incident response process.
• Expected to embrace AI assistance throughout your workflow, staying current with developments and experimenting with new technologies as they become available.
  

Experience & skills

We’re committed to building a diverse team with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. The following skills and experiences will help you succeed in this role:

• You have worked in a SaaS start up or scale up environment before and are used to identifying and removing ambiguity.
• You are able to balance competing priorities and manage expectations of your work.
• You can work under pressure and multi-task alongside managing expectations of your work.
• You are an effective communicator and pro-actively share your knowledge and skills.
  

Qualities & traits

We want to ensure a great fit for both you and us, so we look for a few key qualities in all our team members:

• Excited for each step of the journey you are about to embark on
• Up for the challenge of a startup environment which is on a growth trajectory
• Strong work ethic and the ability to lead and work as part of a team
• Adaptable to new and different challenges and ways of working
• Pro‑active, keen to take ownership of your work and responsibilities
• Bring a positive attitude and show empathy to your colleagues and customers
• Can operate in an incomplete environment, addressing tooling gaps as you go
• Tech-forward; your instinct is to use technology to solve problems wherever you see them
• Keep it simple; right sizing your solutions to fit the business context
  

Compensation & benefits

We’re asking a lot of you, so it’s only fair that we give something back:

• A competitive salary and bonus
• Employee share option scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus extra “life” days; a duvet day, a life-event day, your birthday off
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policy
• Healthcare package (including Dental & Optical care)
• Training & support provided
• Enrolment in our company pension plan
• Casual dress code
• Snazzy offices with free snacks and drinks
• Summer & Christmas parties, plus ad hoc social events
• Discounts at local businesses in Soho