Senior Security Operations Manager

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PPRO .At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth. Our diverse global team includes 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations, united to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. We operate with a few internal principles: #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether.The Purpose:

We’re looking for a dynamic, experienced Security Operations Lead to lead a transformation of our Security Operations Center (SOC). This is a pivotal role where you’ll drive strategic improvements and also contribute hands-on to address critical security challenges. You’ll be a force-multiplier, collaborating across teams and leveraging your technical expertise to optimise our security posture, detection and response capabilities. If you’re interested in how security and counter-fraud controls can work together to support robust financial services and safeguard customers, this role offers an opportunity to positively impact the payments ecosystem at scale.

Lead SOC transformation: Drive the evolution of our SOC and SIEM, integrating security domains (endpoint security, access control, DLP), ensuring seamless operations and supporting growth across new verticals.

Hands-on optimisation: Pragmatic, hands-on optimisation of security alerts, refine logging, monitoring, and alerting strategies; tune throughputs to reduce noise and improve efficiency.

End-user security: Partner with IT teams to ensure ongoing security and oversight of end-user environments (e.g., access management, vulnerability management, data leakage, laptop security).

Incident response: Enhance incident detection and response capabilities, ensuring rapid and compliant handling of security events (e.g., ISO27001, PCI DSS, GDPR, DORA).

Collaboration: Work with teams across the business and SREs to stabilise security operations, triage, and build out 24x7 support requirements. Act as a subject matter expert and provide guidance across the organisation.

Technology and innovation: Leverage SIEM, EDR, SOAR and other technologies to automate processes, improve efficiency and mitigate security risks.

Operational excellence: Ensure smooth operation of security tools and processes, address immediate capacity gaps, and drive longer-term strategic planning.

Problem solving: Tackle current and upcoming security challenges with practical solutions to optimise the efficiency of a lean, ambitious team.

Threat intelligence: Integrate relevant threat intelligence and drive a threat-led approach to security operations.

What you’ll bring:

Proven experience in security operations, ideally within FinTech.

Strong hands-on experience with security technologies (SIEM, EDR, SOAR, firewalls, AWS, GCP, IDS/IPS, vulnerability management) and alert optimisation.

Good understanding of endpoint security integrated into security operations.

Practical experience with security frameworks such as the Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATTandCK and D3FEND.

Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Terraform).

Experience with incident response and management, understanding regulatory requirements.

Engineering-led mindset to drive automation, innovation and efficiency.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams.

Proactive, hands-on attitude and willingness to get involved.

Experience setting up a SOC from scratch or significantly improving lean SOC functions.

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent are preferred but not essential.

What’s in it for you

Hybrid working:

3 days per week on-site with remote options available. 28 days holiday; work-from-abroad policy enabling up to 30 additional days per year.

Learning and Development:

GBP 1,000 yearly budget for professional development; leadership cafés and on-the-job training.

Insurance:

Medical insurance (BUPA) and a 5% matching pension plan with Now Pensions.

Enhanced Family Leave:

Enhanced family leave to support key life moments.

Workplace Nursery Scheme:

Salary exchange to save on childcare.

Gym membership:

Company contribution to gym memberships.

Mental Health Platform:

Access to well-being resources including therapy and courses.

HQ location:

Procter Street, near Holborn/Farringdon/Covent Garden, designed for collaboration.

Our Principles

We get things done, act with trust and integrity, put the customer first, make things better, and work as a team.

Seniority level:

Mid-Senior level

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:

Other, Information Technology, and Management

London, England, United Kingdom

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