CISO

At Varo Bank we are on a mission to democratize access to high-quality affordable financial services for everyday people. We combine the rapid-fire innovation of a tech startup with the trust and stability of an FDIC-insured national bank. We are seeking a highly collaborative hands-on Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who wants to build protect and scale a digital banking infrastructure that serves millions of customers.

This is not a purely administrative or hands-off high-level advisory role. You will be a player-coach who is deeply passionate about protecting our customers hard-earned money and personal this critical executive seat you will roll up your sleeves to lead our cybersecurity strategy directly shaping our defensive posture by bridging the gap between sophisticated threat intelligence robust cloud infrastructure security and rigorous banking regulatory standards

• Lead Hands-on Defense: Actively design implement and monitor Varos comprehensive information security program shifting comfortably between executive strategy sessions and technical architecture reviews.

• Secure Modern Infrastructure: Build and safeguard our fully digital cloud-native banking infrastructure ensuring modern security practices (like zero-trust architecture and automated threat protection) are baked into our hyper-efficient tech stack.

• Drive Threat Intelligence: Oversee our proactive threat-monitoring and incident-response capabilities utilizing real-time threat intelligence to identify mitigate and neutralize emerging risks before they impact our customers.

• Navigate Banking Compliance: Align our security systems with the strict compliance frameworks of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) FDIC and other relevant federal banking regulators.

• Mentor and Empower: Cultivate an inclusive high-performing and collaborative security team while embedding a security-first mindset across Varos product and engineering organizations.

• Banking & Fintech Expertise: Extensive experience managing information security within a regulated bank or financial services institution with a solid grasp of OCC/FDIC compliance expectations.

• Hands-on Technical Background: Proven experience as a practitioner who understands the how-to of security specifically cloud security architectures modern infrastructure and automated DevSecOps pipelines.

• Threat Intelligence Capability: Deep knowledge of modern threat landscapes security operations center (SOC) management and proactive threat hunting methodologies.

• Inclusive Leadership: Strong track record of building mentoring and leading diverse security teams with empathy candor and transparency.

• Strategic Communication: Ability to translate complex technical vulnerabilities and risk-based metrics into actionable business contexts for the CEO executive leadership and the Board of Directors.

For cash compensation we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function level and geographic location benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors as well as candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the identified range.

Varo is an equal opportunity employer. Varo embraces diversity and we are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status.

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