Head of Cybersecurity (Global)

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and momentum becomes movement. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

As the Head of Cybersecurity (Global), you'll lead our organization’s end-to-end security evolution. From governance and strategy to tooling, detection, and response, you will own the full stack of security across multiple regions, tech stacks, and cloud/hybrid environments. You’ll play a pivotal role in building a robust and unified cybersecurity program that enables innovation while protecting our platforms, trader data, and global systems.

This is a builder role for a senior cybersecurity leader who thrives at the intersection of policy, people, and technology—and who can deliver security maturity ahead of scale.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Cybersecurity Strategy & Governance

• Develop and drive a 3-year global cybersecurity roadmap aligned with business growth and regulatory needs.

• Establish and lead a Security Steering Committee across geographies.

• Maintain a living risk register mapped to business impact and threat trends.

Policy, Compliance & Risk Management

• Author and implement global security policies (Access Control, Secure Dev, GenAI Use, DLP, Vendor Security, IR, etc.).

• Translate policies into enforceable practices across engineering, product, and business teams.

• Map controls to ISO 27001 or NIST frameworks and build audit-readiness programs.

Threat Detection & Incident Response

• Deploy and operate XDR, EDR, and SIEM platforms across multiple regions.

• Centralize logging and threat visibility across firewalls, cloud, endpoints, and collaboration tools.

• Lead 24×7 incident response readiness and act as commander during critical events.

Application Security & VAPT

• Implement secure SDLC practices including SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, and red teaming.

• Lead recurring penetration tests and remediation across trading portals, APIs, and back-office infra.

• Track remediation SLAs and report risk insights to senior leadership.

Endpoint, Identity & Data Protection

• Enforce MDM across corporate and BYOD devices.

• Roll out classification and DLP policies across cloud apps, endpoints, and email.

• Enforce MFA everywhere and implement PAM for sensitive systems.

Regional Security Alignment

• Conduct on-site and remote assessments in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh (future Cyprus).

• Harmonize tooling, licenses, and policies across all entities for consistency and cost efficiency.

Security Reporting & Culture

• Publish quarterly security scorecards (risk heatmaps, MTTD/MTTR, endpoint coverage, etc.).

• Promote cross-functional collaboration and a culture of proactive cyber hygiene.

• Present actionable insights to executive leadership and the Board Risk Committee.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or relevant discipline.

• 6+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3 years leading enterprise/global security programs.

• Strong technical foundation in VAPT, secure SDLC, and remediation oversight.

• Hands-on experience deploying and managing XDR, SIEM, EDR (e.g., Cortex XDR, CrowdStrike, Splunk, Elastic, Defender).

• Proficient in enterprise policy creation and DLP, IAM, MDM implementations.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings to business stakeholders.

• Experience in fintech, prop trading, or regulated SaaS environments is a plus.

Your X-Factor

• Driving strategy while staying hands-on with security technologies and operations.

• Leading through influence, collaboration, and evidence-based decision making.

• Aligning security controls with frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CIS, while keeping implementation pragmatic and lightweight.

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, we believe the right talent fuels breakthrough innovation. If you're driven to connect great minds with big ideas and want to shape the future of fintech, we’d love to meet you. Join our team of bold thinkers where technology meets transformation.

Apply now and be part of our journey — the future is calling, and it starts with you.