Senior Tech & Security Regulatory Officer

Overview

Senior Tech & Security Regulatory Officer on the tech regulatory team within Platform Engineering, ensuring products and services comply with APAC technology and security regulations and laws.

What you'll do

• Represent the company in technology and cybersecurity discussions with APAC regulators, and manage requests from regulators and auditors to ensure successful audit cycles and certifications (e.g. RBI audits, MAS audits, BNM audits, system audits (SAR), ISO audits, PCI-DSS, SOC 1 & 2 audits, banking partner audits, network audits, statutory auditors).
• Ensure processes (such as network access management, admin account management, key management, security detection and monitoring, incident management, business continuity management) comply with regulatory requirements and technology risks are mitigated.
• Represent the company in discussions with regulators and other external stakeholders, including customers, on cybersecurity.
• Coordinate and evaluate business continuity testing/drills and incident management tabletops/trainings with board members and incident response teams for India/APAC.
• Adopt tech and security procedures/directives as required.
• Conduct research and provide guidance on regulatory requirements to global teams, executives and board members, and guide the business on how to comply.
• Implement new security/tech requirements if and when the company applies for additional licenses in APAC.
• Prepare technology and security monitoring reports for external and internal stakeholders (and IT/Executive committees).

What you'll need

• A strong understanding of APAC technical and security regulations and laws.
• Experience working in a regulatory role, preferably within a financial services and/or technical environment.
• Affinity and hands-on experience with engineering, and the ability to understand complex financial products and services.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously that may span across teams and time zones.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• A minimum of 8-10 years of relevant working experience as a technology auditor/advisor or within a cyber security role for a fintech/bank/financial institution.
• Experience communicating complex technical and non-technical information in an understandable way to a wide audience, including internal and external teams.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to work independently.
• A team player who enjoys collaborating with others and contributing to the success of the business.

Nice to have

• Experience leading, growing, and mentoring Tech/Security regulatory teams (strongly preferred).
• Experience within the payments industry is not required; experience within a technology environment is a huge plus.
• Experience within a regulatory role preferably in financial services and/or technical environment.

Details

• Based out of the Bengaluru office.
• Office-first company; remote-only roles are not offered.