CISO (m/f/d)

Redcare Pharmacy; Venlo; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from Home

Personal development

Team events

Corporate pension plan

Mental Health support

Job summary

A leading e-pharmacy in Venlo is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead and develop their security organization. In this role, you will integrate security in product development, overseeing a team of 8 while driving strategic risk management. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in DevSecOps and a pragmatic approach to balancing security with innovation. This position offers flexible working options and a supportive environment for personal development.

Qualifications

• Experience leading security in digital platforms or product-centric environments.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and product security integration.
• Ability to balance risk awareness with commercial reality.

Responsibilities

• Integrate security into product lifecycle and development processes.
• Build a platform security mindset in cloud-native architecture.
• Drive risk management aligned with business growth.

Skills

Security leadership

DevSecOps

Cloud-native environments

Security engineering

Risk management

Strategic thinking

Job description

As Europe’s No.1 e-pharmacy Redcare Pharmacy is powered by passionate teams andcutting-edgeinnovation. We strive to create a healthy collaborative work environment where every employee feels valued and inspired to contribute to our vision “Until every human has their health”.Ifyou’reseeking a career that offers purpose and aligns with your values join us and start your #Redcareer today.

As an AI-first, app-driven, multi-country e-commerce platform, we are scaling fast and continuously modernising our technology landscape with strong ambitions around AI integration and cloud-native architecture. In this environment, we are looking for a security leader who integrates security deeply into product and engineering — and ensures that security goes hand in hand with speed,scalabilityand customer trust.

As CISO, you will lead our security organisation and report directly to the CIO. Together, you will shape a modern platform and security strategy that supports innovation whilemaintaininga resilient and future-ready foundation.

Job Description

Aboutyourtasks:

• Integrate security across the entire product lifecycle by embedding it into product discovery, development, and release processes, whileestablishingand strengthening aDevSecOps-driven Secure SDLC that incorporates threat modelling, security engineering, and automated controls.
• Build aplatform security mindset, ensuring cloud-native architecture, app-first thinking and AI initiatives are secure by design.
• Reduce friction for engineering teams throughautomation, smartguardrailsand scalable security patterns.
• Drive pragmatic risk management aligned with business growth — ensuring security accelerates innovation rather than creating bureaucracy.
• Ensureregulatory and compliance requirementsare met through scalable, well-designed security capabilities.
• Act as the owner of enterprise security,advisingthe CIO, IT leadership team and Boardon risk,resilienceand strategic investments.
• Lead and develop a high-performing security team of 8, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and collaboration across engineering and business functions.

Qualifications

Aboutyou:

• You have led security in adigital platform or product-centric environment,and in traditional GRC structures.
• You have a strong understanding ofDevSecOps, cloud-native environments, security engineering and product security integration and youare able tolead these workstreams.
• You combinestrategic thinking with hands-on depthand understand how to balance risk awareness with commercial reality.
• You are apragmatic, solution-oriented leaderwho believes security should empower teams and protect customers at the same time.
• You thinkinplatforms, not in silos. You build scalable systems, not control towers.
• Shape and secure our AI-driven capabilities, including data protection, modelrisksand responsible AI usage.

Additional Information

About your benefits:

In order to provide you with the best possible support for your individual needs - whether it‘s living a healthy life, having enough time for your family, or developing your skills - we offer a wide range of different, site-specific benefits:

• Work from Home: If your job does not require you to be present in the office, we can arrange the place you work from individually - even for up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU.
• Personal development: Grow! We support and encourage your individual development through various in- and external trainings.
• Redcare events: We promote teambuilding through creative team events, and celebrate our successes together at regularly scheduled parties.
• Corporate pension plan: We offer a company pension scheme and have a dedicated external consultant to offer you the best guidance and advice.
• Mental Health: Get quick and professional help from psychologists of nilo if you feel overwhelmed in private or professional life. Anonymous and free of charge.

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