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SESeven Education

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)(m/w/x)

Hamburg, Berlin, Koblenz
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML

Defining group-wide information security, data privacy, and AI governance strategies for an AI-powered EdTech platform. Proven experience standardizing security and privacy across international, multi-entity SaaS environments required. Two paid volunteer days annually, EU workation options.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading information security and data privacy in international, multi-entity software, SaaS, or cloud environment
  • Strong track record of standardizing security and privacy across decentralized organizations
  • Hands-on ISO 27001 implementation, audit readiness, control frameworks, evidence management
  • Strong practical understanding of SaaS and cloud security
  • Experience embedding security into Product, Engineering, and Cloud Operations
  • Solid GDPR/privacy expertise in software or platform businesses
  • Customer-facing communication on privacy, compliance documentation, questionnaires, and DPO-related requests
  • Ability to work credibly and pragmatically with customers, prospects, and internal stakeholders
  • Experience in privacy-sensitive or regulated environments, ideally including public-sector contexts
  • Builder mindset, driving change in lean setups
  • Experience building high-impact teams
  • Influencing senior stakeholders through clarity, prioritization, and execution
  • Excellent English skills

Tasks

  • Define and lead group-wide information security strategy
  • Define and lead group-wide data privacy strategy
  • Define and lead group-wide AI governance strategy
  • Build a practical operating model for standardization
  • Standardize policies across entities
  • Standardize controls across entities
  • Standardize evidence across entities
  • Standardize reporting across entities
  • Implement ISO 27001 on a scalable platform
  • Establish GDPR capabilities
  • Strengthen privacy capabilities
  • Develop privacy policies
  • Maintain records of processing activities
  • Create standard privacy processes
  • Produce credible external privacy documentation
  • Embed security into Product
  • Embed security into Engineering
  • Embed security into Cloud Operations
  • Embed privacy into Product
  • Embed privacy into Engineering
  • Embed privacy into Cloud Operations
  • Ensure standards are reflected in development practices
  • Ensure standards are reflected in platform practices
  • Ensure standards are reflected in operational practices
  • Handle security questionnaires
  • Handle privacy questionnaires
  • Respond to RFQs
  • Address customer DPO requests
  • Manage broader compliance communication
  • Build governance structures
  • Build awareness structures
  • Build training structures
  • Provide visibility to executive leadership
  • Provide priorities to executive leadership
  • Provide risk guidance to executive leadership
  • Shape the future setup of the function
  • Design the internal team
  • Manage the effective use of external partners

Work Experience

  • 7 - 10 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishNative
  • GermanBasic
  • SpanishBasic

Tools & Technologies

  • ISO 27001
  • Drata
  • Vanta

Benefits

Purpose-Driven Work

  • Two paid days for volunteer activities

Flexible Working

  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid models
  • Remote work

Workation & Sabbatical

  • Workations within the EU, Switzerland and the UK

Learning & Development

  • Dedicated learning time
  • Access to learning platforms
  • German language courses
  • English language courses
  • Continuous development opportunities

Informal Culture

  • Supportive, collaborative environment
  • Dog-friendly offices

Team Events

  • Team-building budget

More Vacation Days

  • 30 days of paid vacation
  • Half-days off on Christmas Eve
  • Half-days off on New Year’s Eve
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