Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Join Hostinger, and we’ll grow fast! 🚀   We’re shaping the future of online success - powered by AI and driven by people. With 900+ talented professionals and over 5 million clients in 150 countries, we help creators and entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life faster and easier than ever before.   Our mission: To provide tools that help individuals and small businesses succeed online faster and easier. Our culture: Guided by 10 company principles. Our formula for success: Customer obsession, innovative products, and talented teams. Your role at Hostinger   Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)    As Hostinger continues to grow in scale, infrastructure complexity, and global presence, we are looking for a technically strong CISO to lead the next phase of our security evolution.   This is not a purely administrative or compliance-driven role. We are looking for a leader with deep technical understanding who can define long-term security strategy, shape architectural direction, and elevate cyber risk management to executive level — while staying close to engineering, software development and infrastructure realities.   You will work directly with executive leadership and collaborate closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product teams to ensure Hostinger remains secure, scalable, and trusted by millions of customers worldwide.     Curious to learn more? Connect with your team: Justinas Prelgauskas, VP of Software Engineering Your day-to-day

Own Hostinger’s security roadmap

Align security investment with business growth and infrastructure evolution

Define security capability maturity targets

Define enterprise security architecture principles

Review major infrastructure and product design decisions

Ensure coherent identity, cloud, and platform security models

Prevent fragmented or short-term tooling decisions

Define and maintain risk appetite framework

Approve high-risk vendor and exception decisions

Present cyber risk posture at executive and board level

Act as executive security authority during high-severity incidents

Translate technical exposure into business impact

Support executive decision-making

Present security posture during business reviews

Align risk reporting with business objectives

Mentor senior security leaders

Ensure clear separation between strategy and operational execution

Your Skills And Experience

8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with strong hands-on background earlier in your career

Proven expertise in cloud-native platforms (GCP preferred), IAM, infrastructure security, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and internet-facing services, and large-scale distributed systems

Strong understanding of modern detection and response ecosystems (SIEM, EDR, XDR, CDR, logging, telemetry)

Experience reviewing or designing enterprise-level security architectures

Ability to understand complex infrastructure end-to-end

Experience building or guiding scalable security control models

Strong grasp of attacker behavior, threat modeling, and risk-based prioritization

Experience leading security teams or senior security professionals

Comfortable operating at executive and board level

Proven ability to align security direction with business growth

Strong knowledge of ISO 27001 and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIS2)

Experience overseeing vendor risk and risk acceptance processes

Ability to maintain strong compliance posture without creating unnecessary bureaucracy

Ability to translate technical risk into clear business language

Confident executive presence

Strong decision-making skills in high-impact situations

Advanced English (spoken & written)

Nice to have

Experience in hosting, SaaS, or high-scale infrastructure environments

Background in scaling security organizations from operational to strategic maturity

Experience working in fast-growth technology companies

Previous experience building security architecture in cloud-native environments

Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or similar

Experience interacting with regulators or external auditors

Benefits for You

🚀 360 Growth: We provide limitless learning opportunities: access to platforms like Reforge and Scribd, global conferences, physical and digital libraries, feedback culture, and mentoring through TesoXchange. Advance your career with internal mobility and grow with a team eager to share knowledge and support your success

🎯 Freedom & responsibility: Work on your terms: from modern offices in Kaunas and Vilnius, the comfort of home, or anywhere in the world. Enjoy flexibility in managing your schedule and bring your ideas to life in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

💪Wellness simplified: Your health comes first with insurance from Day 1, gym memberships, recharge leave, and regular health checks. Join sports, arts, and hobby clubs or simply enjoy the balance of a lifestyle that prioritizes wellness

🎉 Work hard - party hard: Recognize hard work with company events like Summerfest & Winterfest, Town Hall, Meet the Client initiatives, team-buildings, and workations. Enjoy access to the Žalgiris Arena VIP Lounge and celebrate life’s big moments with milestone gifts for weddings, new parenthood, and graduations

Compensation

Gross salary starting from 7500 EUR. Specific compensation is offered based on work experience, competence, and compliance with other job requirements.