Director of Security & Privacy

Job description

ABOUT FREETRADE Freetrade’s mission is to become the default place to invest. Investing has been too complicated and expensive for too long, keeping millions from making the most of their savings. We’re changing that. We’re building our team and looking for people who are excited to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth. If you’re driven by solving complex problems and building innovative products, you’ll fit right in. 2026 is a big year for us. Last year, we announced a game changing deal to become part of the IG Group. We’ll continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to the resources and support of an established leader in the space. This year, we’re accelerating our roadmap and taking our products to the next level. We’re building new features like mutual funds, bonds, and family investment tools. We’re also exploring how we can leverage AI to deliver an even better experience for our customers. ABOUT THE ROLE We are searching for a Director of Security & Privacy to define the frontier of trust for our next era of hyper-growth. As a vital member of the IG Group family, you will protect a platform that serves millions of users and safeguards billions in assets under administration. This is a high-stakes senior leadership mandate to serve as the ultimate authority for our security and privacy strategy, with a pioneering focus on architecting the governance of AI. You will orchestrate high-impact, cross-functional synergy with Risk, People, and Legal to cement a sophisticated security posture and a world-class privacy-by-design culture, ensuring our rapid expansion remains resilient and risk-aware on a global scale. WHAT YOU'LL DO Leadership - Set strategy and long-term vision across security, privacy, and IT - Report to and advise senior leadership on risk, security, and privacy posture - Represent security and privacy in company decisions, influencing direction on risk - Build cross-functional relationships with Risk, People, Legal, and other departments - Foster strategic partnerships with IG Group security leadership to drive global consistency - Drive and govern the secure adoption of AI, ensuring alignment with GDPR and FCA regulatory expectations - Grow the team and hire new talented team members Security - Own the application security and cloud security programs, embedding security across the SDLC (shift-left) - Lead Incident Detection & Response, ensuring 24/7 monitoring and alerting coverage - Oversee corporate security and DLP controls to manage insider threat - Manage relationships with auditors and support audits regularly - Govern secure adoption of AI, including native integrations and MCP - Drive a culture of security awareness and embedding security by design principles across Freetrade Privacy - Ensure UK/EU GDPR compliance as the company scales - Act as first line of defense on GDPR across vendor review, onboarding, and engineering/data changes - Report regularly to senior leadership on privacy posture - Handle DSRs from users and employees, and liaise with regulators when required - Govern privacy-by-design adoption of AI IT - Own corporate IT and workplace technology across London and Budapest - Ensure secure site and remote connectivity (network, VPN/ZTNA) across both office sites - Ensure smooth management for the full employee technology lifecycle: onboarding, offboarding, and role changes, including hardware provisioning and access provisioning/deprovisioning - Own identity and access management: SSO, directory services, access reviews, and joiner-mover-leaver processes - Own corporate infrastructure, hardware fleet, and software tooling (procurement, licensing, lifecycle management) ABOUT YOU - 10+ years in the tech industry - 5+ years in a security leadership role influencing organizational direction - 5+ years of people management experience, managing a team of similar size - Solid understanding of GDPR core principles and expectations - Experience managing multiple functions or a diverse remit is a plus - Fintech or regulated industry experience is a plus - IT/workplace tech experience is a plus OUR HYBRID MODEL We work from our central London and Budapest offices on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, leaving Wednesday and Friday for dedicated focus time at home. We believe in the power of in-person collaboration to build a strong culture, but we know "life happens." If you have caregiving or personal responsibilities that require extra flexibility, let’s talk about it. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability - we want to hear from you. To find out more about how we look after your personal data when you apply for a job with us, please see our Recruitment Privacy Policy here. https://freetrade.io/legal/privacy-policy Please note we are not accepting agency CVs.