Head of Security

Label Your Data is a global data annotation company supporting AI teams with high-quality, secure, and scalable annotation services for Computer Vision and NLP. The company operates across Europe, LATAM, and Africa, maintaining a 98%+ annotation accuracy benchmark across more than 20 industries including Automotive, Robotics, Healthcare, E-commerce, Agriculture, Retail, and Fintech. It supports 55+ languages and complies with GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA, holding ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and PCI/DSS certifications. The company has team hubs in North America, the EU, and Asia and offers services including image & video annotation, text annotation, audio annotation, sensor data annotation, data classification & categorization, data entry and collection, and model validation and QA.

• 2-3+ years of experience in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security, or related areas
• Mandatory experience working within IT / tech / B2B environments
• Strong hands-on understanding of modern security practices and technologies
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to work autonomously
• Experience working with security tooling such as EDR, SIEM, NGFW, VPN/ZTNA, DLP, IAM, or related systems
• Experience participating in security audits, compliance processes, or enterprise security reviews
• Understanding of security governance, access management, and risk management principles
• Experience building or improving security processes in growing environments

Nice to have:

• Strong technical background and ability to independently deep-dive into technical implementation details
• Experience building security functions or teams from scratch
• Previous leadership or mentoring experience

• Build and develop the company’s security function from the ground up
• Define and implement security processes, policies, and operational standards
• Partner with the group-level security department while establishing independent security ownership within Label Your Data
• Participate in security audits, client security reviews, DPA processes, questionnaires, and compliance-related activities
• Establish and improve access management and security monitoring practices
• Participate in infrastructure and application security initiatives together with technical teams
• Oversee and improve the company’s security stack (EDR, SIEM, VPN/ZTNA, DLP, NGFW, etc.)
• Investigate security gaps, operational weaknesses, and incident-related risks
• Validate technical solutions from a security perspective
• Create SOPs, internal security procedures, and operational frameworks
• Own security-related documentation and internal processes
• Shape the future security team, starting with Security Operations / Application Security
• Contribute to long-term security strategy and overall security maturity growth of the company

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