Head of InfoSec & ICT Risk - LemFi Europe

LemFi; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LemFi in Dublin, Ireland is seeking a Head of InfoSec & ICT Risk Europe to own the ICT risk control function and the DORA framework across the region. You will shape policies, evidence, and resilience with a focus on automation and continuous monitoring.

Based in Dublin with one day a week in the office, reporting to the CTO, you will partner with engineering and the business to align security with regulatory expectations, manage third-party risk, and drive incident classification and

Qualifications

• Owned information security or ICT risk governance at a regulated financial firm.
• Deep experience with DORA and Irish Central Bank expectations.
• Built or improved ISMS aligned to ISO 27001.
• Experience with GRC automation platforms like Vanta or Drata.
• Strong ability to translate regulatory requirements into controls.

Responsibilities

• Own the DORA ICT risk management framework end to end: policies, risk appetite, control library and annual board review.
• Act as independent ICT risk control function, challenging engineering and business.
• Be Central Bank of Ireland's point of contact on information security and resilience.
• Run ICT incident classification and reporting within DORA timelines with root-cause analysis.
• Own ICT third-party risk: due diligence, contract terms, exit plans.
• Run digital operational resilience testing from scoping to closure.
• Automate compliance by integrating GRC tooling with cloud/identity/ticketing systems.
• Own information security policy, awareness training and the ISMS (ISO 27001).
• Turn security posture into board/regulator reporting and risk indicators.
• Partner with security engineers to translate regulatory requirements into testable controls.

Skills

ICT risk governance

DORA knowledge

ISO 27001 ISMS

GRC automation

Cloud security awareness

Tools

Vanta

Drata

Job description

Ambition has no passport.

That belief is why LemFi exists. We're the financial engine for people the world wasn't built to serve, the millions who move countries to build something better and find the financial system hasn't caught up with them yet. We started with remittances: the money people send home to the people they love. Now we run multi-currency accounts, Savings, eSIMs and Credit. Because staying connected to home and building somewhere new are not two separate things. They never were.

The Role

Our Irish entity is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, and that brings DORA with it. We're hiring our Head of InfoSec & ICT Risk Europe to own it: the ICT risk control function, our information security management system, and the relationship with the Central Bank on everything security and resilience.

This is a governance and control seat, not an engineering one. Our security engineers build and break things. You set the framework they build against, prove it works, and have the evidence ready before anyone asks for it.

You'll do it with automation, not spreadsheets. If a control can be monitored by a tool, it should be, and you'll be the one wiring those tools into our stack. Based in Dublin, one day a week in our Dublin office, reporting to our CTO.

How You'll Contribute

• Own our DORA ICT risk management framework end to end: policies, risk appetite, control library and the annual review that goes to the board.
• Act as our independent ICT risk control function, giving engineering and the business real second line challenge rather than sign-off.
• Be the Central Bank of Ireland's point of contact on information security, ICT risk and operational resilience, from information requests and inspections to remediation plans.
• Run major ICT incident classification and reporting within DORA timelines, working with engineering on root cause and making sure fixes land.
• Own ICT third-party risk: the register of information, due diligence and contract terms for critical providers, and exit plans that would actually work.
• Run our digital operational resilience testing programme, from scoping vulnerability assessments and scenario tests to tracking findings to closure.
• Automate compliance. Integrate GRC tooling with our cloud, identity, HR and ticketing systems so controls are monitored continuously, not evidenced once a year.
• Own information security policy, awareness training and the ISMS, aligned to ISO 27001.
• Turn our security and resilience posture into reporting the board, leadership team and regulator can act on: key risk indicators, the risk register and the decisions needed.
• Partner with our security engineers, who own the hands-on build, translating regulatory requirements into clear, testable controls.

Who You Are

• You've owned information security or ICT risk governance at a Central Bank of Ireland regulated firm, ideally in payments, e-money or fintech, and dealt with the Central Bank directly.
• You know DORA from doing it, not from a training course. You've built the register, classified real incidents or stood up the framework yourself.
• You're a builder at a scaling company, not a maintainer in an enterprise. You'd rather automate a control than add a process step.
• You're technically credible. You understand cloud, identity and software delivery well enough to challenge engineers and spot evidence that doesn't stack up, without needing to be hands-on.
• You write for boards and regulators the way they want to read: short, specific and decision-led.
• You take ownership. A Central Bank finding is yours to close, not someone else's problem.
• You have grit. You keep moving when the regulation is ambiguous and the deadline isn't.
• You use AI tools daily and you're always looking for ways to apply them to GRC work.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years in information security, ICT risk or technology risk, with at least 3 in a regulated financial services firm.
• Working knowledge of DORA and its technical standards, plus Central Bank of Ireland expectations on operational resilience and outsourcing.
• Experience building or running an ISMS aligned to ISO 27001.
• Experience with GRC automation platforms such as Vanta or Drata, and integrating them with cloud, identity and ticketing tools.
• A track record managing ICT third-party risk and incident reporting in a regulated environment.
• Nice to have: NIS2, PCI DSS or GDPR experience, AWS familiarity, and a CISM, CISSP, CRISC or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Auditor certification.

Why join LemFi?

Your work here puts money back into families' pockets. That's the reward, and the weight of it. You'll take on some of the hardest problems in finance alongside people who do their best work when the stakes are real. We move fast and we expect a lot, because our customers can't afford for us to do otherwise. In return you get room to own real problems, global impact you can see, and a team that won't slow you down.

Bring grit and ownership and there's a place for them here. Ambition belongs here, come and show us yours.

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