Information Security Manager

Octopus Money; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive fintech firm in London is seeking an Information Security Manager to define and implement security strategies. This role offers a salary of £60k - £75k, requiring expertise in security frameworks and collaborative skills. Ideal candidates will be both strategic and hands-on, and enthusiastic about making a positive impact on people's lives.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Inclusive work environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Comfortable with both strategic tasks and hands-on configuration.
• Experience in a regulated environment is a plus.
• Familiar with frameworks like NIST CSF and OWASP.
• Strong collaborator across various teams.
• Proactive attitude in a growing company.

Responsibilities

• Configure tools and manage security incidents.
• Develop security baselines for infrastructure.
• Own identity and device management.
• Assist in drafting and implementing security policies.
• Train colleagues in security best practices.
• Support security initiatives as the business grows.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Hands-on technical skills

Experience in fintech

Understanding of security frameworks

Collaboration skills

Desire to help others

Job description

We’re looking for an Information Security Manager who doesn’t just want to own policies - they want to build, configure, investigate, and make security part of how we work. You’ll be our first dedicated security professional, shaping our approach while being close to the technology and people who make it happen.

About Octopus Money

At Octopus Money, we’re on a mission to make money advice accessible to all – because the right advice can turn your life dreams into reality.

The facts are alarming: half of Brits reach retirement age without enough money to live the life they want, financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health and only 8% of us have access to 1-to-1 advice.

With Octopus, you get a personalised plan and a friendly expert to help you make it happen. We combine advisers, coaches and technology to understand your situation and recommend the right steps for your savings, investments, pensions and more.

We believe everyone deserves personal, 1-to-1 advice with their money.

The Role and Opportunity

This is an ideal opportunity for an ambitious self-starter to accelerate your development taking a broad and varied role, within a rapidly growing company. You will be instrumental in defining and delivering our security strategy and operations from the ground up.

What You’ll Do

• Security hands-on: Configure tools, manage incidents, and partner with engineers and IT to keep our environment secure.
• Develop security baselines: Ensure every component of our core infrastructure has documented standards for configuration, monitoring, and access.
• Own the essentials: Identity management, device management (MDM), endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, and cloud security guardrails.
• Policy & practice: Support the draft of pragmatic policies and procedures, but also help teams put them into practice without slowing delivery.
• Build a culture of security: Train, coach, and enable colleagues to take ownership of security in their daily work.
• Plan for growth: Support the risk and technology teams with security as the business grows, including vendor management, compliance readiness (ISO 27001, FCA expectations), and future team building.

About You

• Comfortable being both strategic and hands-on: you can define frameworks but also configure a SIEM or troubleshoot IAM policies.
• Experience in fin tech or another regulated environment (bonus if you’ve worked with FCA or ISO requirements).
• Familiar with security frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS Controls, OWASP) and how to apply them pragmatically.
• Strong collaborator: able to work with engineers, risk, devops, and leadership to balance speed, quality, and security.
• Excited by building things in a growing company—comfortable with ambiguity, proactive, and keen to have real impact.
• A genuine desire to help people and improve their lives, aligning with our mission-driven business.

In return for your contribution we offer a base salary of £60k - £75k DOE + benefits

Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions.

We believe in equal financial education for everybody, no matter their background. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated.

We do not and never will discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.