Security Architect (Group Manager / Assistant Department Manager Candidate)

This role sits within PayPay Card’s Cybersecurity Division and leads the PCI Architecture Group. It combines ownership of security architecture with group management and support for the department head, covering PCI DSS compliance, security consultation, risk assessment, information asset management and company-wide security governance for a financial services platform.

The role evaluates and improves the security architecture of new services, systems, cloud services and generative AI initiatives. It develops security strategies, policies and guidelines, supports security requirements and controls with business and technology teams, helps coordinate major incident response, and reports cyber risk, investment priorities and control status to executives. The work may involve AWS or GCP environments and requires cross-functional agreement with audit, legal, risk, engineering and business stakeholders.

Applicants must have practical experience in cybersecurity, IT risk or security architecture; team management in a security, IT or risk organization; executive-level reporting or recommendations on cyber risk and priorities; and experience leading issue identification, planning and implementation with diverse stakeholders.