Information Security Specialist/CISO - GRC expert (German-speaking) bei Secfix

📍 Remote (CET ±2h) | 💬 Fluent German (C1/C2) & English required
Note: While we prefer a full-time commitment, but we also offer this role for contractors, part-time roles of 25+ hours per week in the first few months.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do at Secfix, and we’re looking for a star player to support customers from the DACH region. As an Information Security Specialist/CISO (GRC Subject Matter Expert), you’ll own the security & compliance lifecycle end‑to‑end—from day 1 onboarding through certification and continuous compliance. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to startups, scaleups and German Mittelstand, improve processes, collaborate across teams, and contribute to a new, exciting AI product. You’ll get generous equity and benefits, a 100% remote environment, and the chance to grow with a smart, fun, dedicated team.

About Secfix

At Secfix, we’re building something ambitious: a powerful platform that makes security compliance fast and stress-free for growing companies in Europe. We’ve already helped dozens of startups and scaleups in the DACH region get audit-ready in record time — and we’re just getting started.

We’re backed by top VCs (Octopus Ventures, Commerzbank’s Neosfer) and founders from unicorns like Signavio. The market is massive ($97B+), and we’re leading the way with a smart, lean team of 20 (and growing).

What you’ll do

Lead CISO‑style engagements for Secfix customers and turn frontline insights into product improvements as the GRC Subject Matter Expert for our new AI product. You’ll own results, make customers audit‑ready, and keep them compliant. In a nutshell:

• Own the compliance lifecycle: drive onboarding → certification → continuous compliance; scope, SoA, risk treatment, evidence and CAPA; pass the audits; act as primary security point of contact

• Harden cloud infra posture fast: establish pragmatic readiness across AWS, Azure, and GCP using CIS benchmarks and scanners, and prioritize actionable remediation.

• Scale delivery & represent Secfix: evolve runbooks, templates, QA, and knowledge base; be our visible security voice with executives and in select public forums.

• Shape the AI product: collaborate with Product and Engineering to prioritize and ship features, translating frontline insights into our new AI product and future offerings.

To be qualified for this role, you must have the following:

• German (C1/C2) and English (fluent) is a must for this role

• 5+ years of hands‑on information security and GRC experience

• Led 3+ successful ISO 27001 certification projects as implementor and/or auditor

• Hands on experience with a GRC platform—Secfix, or similar GRC platforms

• Cloud infrastructure readiness across AWS, Azure, and GCP; experience with posture analysis and remediation planning

Bonus

• You automated internal process, built own prototypes or tools for compliance before with code or no-code tools

• SOC 2 implementation and audit experience

• You acted as DPO before

If you need someone else to do any of the following, then this role is probably not for you:

• Lead customer-side audits end to end, confidently answering auditor questions under pressure

• Build and automate new internal processes

• Draft, create security policies, custom security documents and answer security questionnaires, cross-map controls

• Get onboarded into a new regulation or infosec standards

• Answer customer questions about AWS, Azure and GCP hardening in Slack

Benefits you get at Secfix

• 100% remote work - enhanced by our virtual office in Gather.

• Flexibility & Autonomy - we have core hours of 10am - 4pm CET but outside of this we trust you to work wherever/whenever you feel most productive.

• Industry-competitive base salary. We pay local rates that are at or above the market. We share this philosophy with GitLab.

• Generous equity package: we’re all owners of Secfix and benefit from our collective success.

• 26 days holiday, in addition to local Public Holidays.

• Health Insurance.

• A Personal Development Budget of 1,000 EUR per year - available for whatever you wish to support your health and fitness, mental health, and learning & development.

• Remote workspace budget to enhance your home office, and access to co-working spaces around the world should you need it.

• Annual retreat to build connections and inspire ideas - last year we headed to Portugal, this year we’ll be in Milan!

• Receive the latest tech equipment (MacBook, monitors, headphones).

• Company-Wide Events to foster collaboration, learn from each other and have some fun.

• We are backed by top VCs and accelerators. Get direct access to world-class mentors.

• Secfix is run by international founders in Germany. We can help you move to Germany and get a visa or just hire you locally with our partner Deel. And we have a track record! Our Customer Success Manager moved to Germany from Brazil and our Account Executive from LA.

• Have more ideas for perks? You can make them a reality at Secfix 🙂.

Interview Process

• 15 min — Intro call with talent team

• 30 min — Meet our co-founder & CTO

• Take‑home assessment

• 1.5 hr — Assessment review and interview with our CEO and CISO

• 45 min — Final "Virtual On‑Site" with team & Co‑Founders in Gather, our virtual office

What we offer

• Remote Work: 100% remote work with a virtual office in Gather.

• Competitive Salary: Industry-competitive local salaries.We pay local rates that are at or above the market. We share this philosophy with GitLab.

• Equity: Generous equity package – we’re all owners of Secfix and beneficiaries of our collective success.

• Holidays: 26 days holiday + local public holidays.

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage.

• Development Budget: €1,000 annual personal development budget.

• Workspace Budget: Remote workspace budget and access to co-working spaces.

• Annual Retreat: Annual retreat to build connections and inspire ideas (this year we’re headed to Milan!).

• Tech Equipment: Latest tech equipment (MacBook, monitors, headphones).

• Company Events: Company-wide events to build relationships and have some fun!

• Mentorship: We are backed by top VCs and accelerators and have direct access to world-class mentors.

Please note: We are an equal-opportunity employer and remote-only company. At this time, we can support hiring only within EU time zones. We work in sync using Gather as our virtual office. As a small fast-growing company, we believe in the need for an in-sync component of daily communication and therefore cannot support 100% asynchronous work. Read more about our Remote Culture here.