Cyber Security Lead

The Customization Group; Szczecin; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of security strategy

International exposure

AI tooling access

Local health coverage

Job summary

The Customization Group is hiring a Cyber Security Lead to drive senior ownership of security across our global shops, production sites and platforms. You will set strategy, lead incident response, and govern risk for on-site and mixed environments across multiple countries.

You will partner with IT, development, legal and leadership to translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, advance our security maturity, and build a culture of secure, scalable operations with AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cyber security with hands-on incident response or security operations.
• Experience across cloud and on-prem environments and networks.
• Regulatory fluency with GDPR and NIS2; ISO 27001 familiarity is a plus.
• Ability to communicate risk to non-technical leaders and drive improvements.
• Professional English, German a plus; willingness to learn and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Lead cyber security across the group, including online shops, platforms, and production sites.
• Develop and execute the security roadmap with IT, development and management.
• Strengthen detection, incident response, containment and lessons learned.
• Ensure GDPR, NIS2 compliance and support security audits.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to reduce risk and improve controls.
• Promote security awareness and responsible use through policies and training.
• Leverage AI/tools to automate monitoring, reporting and checks.

Skills

Cyber security

Incident response

Security operations

Regulatory knowledge

English proficiency

Risk judgement

German language (nice to have)

Tools

Cloud & on-prem infrastructure

Identity & web security

Job description

NOW HIRING · FULL-TIME · Szczecin

Cyber Security Lead

Take our cyber security to the next level across a global, AI-first e-commerce and production group.

Szczecin ● Full-time ● Start: asap

Security is already a priority at TCG, and we are investing to take it further. We are looking for a Cyber Security Lead to strengthen and lead our information security across the group: our shops, our production sites, and the platforms that connect them.

About TCG

In 2004, our founders flew to China for the Canton Fair. No plan B, no investors. The Customization Group is now a global leader in mass customization and print-on-demand e-commerce, manufacturing personalised products in Germany, Poland, the USA and Latvia and selling through 20+ own shops and 1,000+ partner stores. 750+ people, 40+ nationalities.

The Role

You lead cyber security across the group, building on the processes and controls already in place and raising the bar further. The scope covers our own online shops, internal platforms, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and the production sites across several countries. You work closely with IT, development, legal and management as the central point for all things security.

In short: Senior ownership of cyber security for a multi-country group, with a direct line to leadership and a clear mandate to strengthen it further.

What You Will Do

• Drive the security roadmap. Review our current setup, sharpen priorities, and keep the plan moving with the business.
• Strengthen detection and response. Further develop our incident response process, from monitoring and triage through to containment, recovery and lessons learned.
• Harden our platforms. Work with development and infrastructure teams on secure architecture, access management, vulnerability management and penetration testing.
• Manage third-party risk. Review vendors, partners and integrations, and make sure the people we work with meet our standards.
• Keep us compliant. Translate GDPR, NIS2 and customer requirements into practical controls, and support audits and customer security questionnaires.
• Build awareness. Make security part of how 750+ people work, through training, clear policies and being approachable.
• Use automation and AI. We are an AI-first company that builds its own internal tools, so there is room to automate monitoring, reporting and routine checks.

Who We're Looking For

Sounds like you?

• 5+ years in cyber security, with hands-on experience in incident response, security operations or security consulting.
• Broad technical grounding across cloud and on-premise environments, networks, identity and web application security.
• Incident experience. You have been in the room when something went wrong and know how to lead calmly through it.
• Regulatory fluency. Comfortable with GDPR and NIS2; familiarity with ISO 27001 or similar frameworks.
• Pragmatic judgement. You can tell the difference between a real risk and a theoretical one, and explain both to non-technical leaders.
• Continuous improvement mindset. You take what works, find what can be better, and make it happen.
• English at a professional level; German is a plus.

Probably not a fit if...

• you want a purely advisory role, here you own outcomes
• you only want to work on greenfield projects, here you build on and improve what is already running
• you see security mainly as saying no, here the job is making it safe to say yes

Nice to have: a certification such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor · experience in e-commerce or manufacturing environments · a forensics background

What We Offer

• Real ownership — you lead and further develop security for a global group, with direct access to leadership
• International exposure — teams across Germany, Poland, Latvia, the USA, the UAE and Vietnam
• Latest tooling — including the internal AI tools we build in-house
• Local benefits — health coverage, paid leave & local perks

The Customization Group · Columbus · Cologne · Leipzig · Berlin · Munich · Szczecin · Riga · Dubai · Saigon · thecustomizationgroup.com
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. What matters is your foundation and your willingness to learn.