The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.
Job Summary:
Provide strong UK cyber/technology risk operational leadership in support of the UK Entity CISO. The role leads day-to-day execution of agreed UK cyber risk activities across key workstreams including cloud modernisation and operational resilience; co-develops committee packs with the UK Entity CISO; drives collaboration across PCIS, ICR and technology teams; and leads UK cyber security awareness activity. The role also contributes to progressing UK regulatory and cyber/technology security strategy and maturity, aligned to UK and PCIS priorities.Job Description:
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Key responsibilities
1) UK cyber risk operational execution and delivery
Maintain a UK-focused view of priority cyber/technology risk items across change, issues, and assurance activity.
Run an operating rhythm (cadence, trackers, prioritisation) to keep UK topics current and decision-ready.
Translate UK Entity CISO priorities into defined workstreams with clear ownership, timelines, and outcomes.
2) Cloud modernisation: visibility, regulatory enablement and acceleration (UK scope)
Maintain visibility of UK-relevant cloud modernisation activity (migrations, platform changes, decommissioning, architecture shifts) and provide concise UK-focused updates.
Actively participate in highlighting regulatory requirements and cyber security opportunities for cloud modernisation, drawing on knowledge from UK obligations and wider work within ICR teams (e.g., surfacing where evidence is needed, where controls can be strengthened, and where consistent patterns can be reused).
Partner with technology and programme leads to ensure UK scope is represented in plans and that regulatory/security considerations are addressed early.
Joint-lead the ICR OKR initiative to accelerate cloud regulatory assessment and sign-off.
As part of membership of the cloud OKR initiatives, ensure UK cloud modernisation insights, regulatory requirements and evidence needs are fed into OKR delivery and continuous improvement (in support of the UK Entity CISO agenda, which the CISO owns and directs).
Participate in and support technical assessment processes (led by accountable teams) by clarifying UK regulatory expectations, reviewing outputs for completeness of narrative/evidence, and helping package the results for governance decision-making.
Highlight items that require UK Entity CISO attention or leadership support to unblock.
3) Operational resilience workstreams (UK scope)
Maintain visibility of UK operational resilience workstreams impacting Important Business Services (IBS), including technology dependencies, material issues, and remediation actions.
Ensure actions have clear ownership and progress, and that evidence is available for governance needs.
Support timely awareness of IBS-impacting events and ensure follow-up actions are progressed through to closure.
4) Governance and committee packs (joint development with UK Entity CISO)
Co-develop committee packs with the UK Entity CISO: propose structure, draft sections, integrate inputs, and ensure readiness to deadline.
Produce executive-ready content: clear status snapshots, key messages, decision points for consideration, and evidence links.
Plan agendas and pre-reads, capture actions/decisions, and drive follow-through so governance translates into delivery.
5) Cross-functional delivery across PCIS, ICR and technology teams
Build and sustain working relationships across PCIS/ICR and technology/service owners to progress UK priorities.
Remove blockers, clarify ownership, and ensure follow-up actions are completed.
Represent UK cyber risk operational needs in working forums as agreed with the UK Entity CISO.