Security Project Manager, Pennylane
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Financial operating system for European SMEs
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Financial operating system for European SMEs
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the leading financial tool for European SMEs.
Role
Who you are
- Professional Experience: 5+ years of experience in Project or Program Management, with at least 3 years dedicated to Information Security, IT Governance, or Risk Management projects
- Industry Context: Proven experience in a SaaS, FinTech, or Scale-up environment is highly preferred. You understand the pace of a modern tech company and the criticality of financial data
- Framework Familiarity: Demonstrated experience working within frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001 or SOC2 (essential), DORA, or GDPR. You know how to translate these standards into actionable project tickets
- Technical & Operational Skills
- Project Management Mastery: You are an expert in tools like Jira, Notion, or Asana, capable of managing complex roadmaps across multiple teams (AppSec, IT, Compliance)
- Security Tech Fluency: You must understand concepts and ops of SOC operations, DLP (Data Loss Prevention), and IAM (Identity Access Management). You are also very familiar with development cycles involving product owners and developers in continuous deployment environments at a fast pace
- Emerging Tech Governance: A strong interest in or prior exposure to AI Governance. You understand the risks associated with LLMs and generative AI in a corporate environment
- Fluency in French 🇫🇷 and in English 🇬🇧 is required
- Soft Skills & Mindset
- Pragmatic Negotiator: You understand that managing risks means balancing business needs, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements. You can stand firm on non-negotiables while finding practical compromises on implementation details
- Communication: Excellent ability to translate "Security Language" into "Business Value." You can explain to a Sales Director why a new authentication step is necessary without using jargon
- Resilience: You are comfortable working in a high-stakes environment where priorities can shift due to incidents or external regulatory changes
- To thrive at Pennylane, you need :
- To speak English (level is assessed and appreciated according to the department you’re applying to)
- To be energized by an ever-shifting work environment
- To be highly collaborative (within your team or other stakeholders)
- Sufficiently experienced to prioritize business-led actions on your day to day activity
- We know that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don’t feel like they meet the full list of criteria
- If you’re hesitating, we encourage you to apply : who knows, it might be the start of a meaningful and long-lasting collaboration
What the job involves
- You'll be part of a multidisciplinary Security / IT department with five specialized teams: AppSec, IT, Security Compliance, Incident Management, and Financial Security
- We operate across 4 strategic pillars:
- Product Security: Security-by-design and anti-fraud mechanisms
- Governance: ISO 27001 and DORA audits, global access control
- Culture: Building security awareness across the company
- Collaboration: Balancing security with business growth
- The Role
- As we scale, we need to centralize security project management. As our first Security Project Manager, you'll report to the Head of Information and Security to lead strategic security initiatives across the company
- Your mission? Bridge the gap between technical security requirements and business operations. You'll embed security into every project while maintaining the agility we need to grow, working across all security teams and business units to make security an enabler, not a blocker
- 🎯 The Responsibilities
- Strategic Initiatives, Innovation & Roadmap Management
- In this capacity, you will drive the department's forward-looking projects, ensuring Pennylane stays ahead of threats while leveraging new technologies for efficiency :
- Lead Global Security Projects: Orchestrate complex, transversal projects involving Security / IT (AppSec, IT, Compliance, Incident Management, Financial Security) and other departments to ease all business / technical needs alignments
- AI Governance & Innovation: Spearhead the Internal AI Governance framework, establishing policies for safe AI adoption across the company. Simultaneously, lead AI for Security projects to enhance threat detection and automation capabilities
- Advanced Security Operations: Manage the evolution and optimization of the Security Operations Center (SOC) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) strategies, ensuring these systems are robust, scalable, and integrated into the daily workflow
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Act as the primary liaison for high-stakes collaborations with Engineering, Product, and Data teams. You will ensure Security is not a blocker but an enabler, defining mutual team agreements and roadmaps
- Efficiency & Standardization: Identify bottlenecks in current security processes and propose innovative solutions to streamline operations, ensuring the department operates as a strategic partner rather than a utility provider
- Operational Enablement, Tooling Deployment & Change Management
- In this capacity, you will focus on the practical application of security governance in other departments, ensuring that the deployment of tools and policies is smooth, accepted, and efficient :
- Deployment of Rights & Governance Tools: Lead projects to deploy Identity and Access Management (IAM) and governance tools across other departments (HR, Sales, Tech). You will ensure these tools provide the necessary oversight without hindering business velocity
- Change Management & Culture: Drive the adoption of new security tools and processes. You will move beyond simple "training" to foster genuine engagement, helping teams understand the "why" behind security measures
- Balancing Innovation & Control: Work directly with business leaders to implement "Right-Sized" security. You will translate the department's philosophy (minimizing impact but not to the point of zero impact) into actionable project plans that secure the mission for growth
- Performance Monitoring: Define and track KPIs for security projects, ensuring that the implementation of anti-fraud mechanisms and security-by-design features are delivered on time and within the agreed scope
Our take
In multiple mature markets, companies have been using QuickBooks, Xero and other SaaS solutions for accounting, but it is a fragmented industry with each country using its own software solution. In France, there is no definitive SaaS solution for accounting.
Pennylane wants to overhaul current tools and modernise the tech stack of accounting firms, by connecting directly with third-party services that hold valuable information. Accounting firms can use Pennylane collaboratively by accessing the platform to centralise receipts, create invoices and automate tasks. Instead of sending information back and forth with spreadsheets and photo attachments, both clients and accounting firms can interact directly on the platform.
Pennylane has a significant market opportunity ahead, with an ambitious goal to become the preferred management platform for European companies. The company already claims an impressive number of customers and strong backing which will allow it to further develop its platform and expand to other markets in Europe.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2026
$200.6m
SERIES E
Apr 2025
$86m
LATE VC
Total funding: $462.7m
Company benefits
- Work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to
- Company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us
- A budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it
- Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through our partner Gymlib
- Access to Busuu to perfect your english or your french
- The latest Apple equipment
- Be part of a vibrant social community: we do lots of sports together (running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (Thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing)
- Twice-a-year company seminars
- Wonderful office in the center of Paris
- 10 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) for those based in France
- Lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day, for those based in France
- Great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family, for those based in France
Company HQ
Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris, France
Leadership
Arthur Waller
(Co-founder & CEO)Founded PriceMatch in 2012, and progressed from Product Owner to Senior Product Owner at Booking.com between 2015-2018. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Felix Blossier
(Co-founder & COO)Founding Partner of PriceMatch in 2012 and experience as Director General of the French Treasury from 2018-2020. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Tancrède Besnard
(Co-founder & CPO)Co-founded PriceMatch in 2012. Experience as Product Manager for Booking.com between 2016-2018, and current advisor for Predictus. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
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