AI-native Security & Compliance Officer (60-100%)

Zürich, Switzerland or Remote (EU/EFTA)

• Security & Compliance
• 60–100%
  
  
  

About Rivero

Established in 2019 and headquartered in Switzerland, Rivero is a fast-growing European company and a Visa Fintech Partner specialising in bringing intelligence and automation to payment operations within the highly regulated payments industry.

We combine innovation and deep expertise to offer best-in-class intelligent solutions for fraud recovery, dispute management, and payment network compliance. We are looking for an ambitious, driven person to join us in the next phase of growth.

What Are We Looking For

One accountable human. A team of AI agents. Zero layers.

Most Security & Compliance Officer jobs look the same: a policy library, a yearly audit sprint and an access review spreadsheet nobody enjoys.

This isn't that.

Our customers are mostly regulated banks, and they expect us to prove our security, not describe it. We run an ISO 27001-certified ISMS, we're PCI DSS compliant, and AI is already at work: AI-driven pentesting, plus agents that help with CVE triage, security findings review and ISMS task reviews. The foundation and the first agents exist. Your job is to own them and scale them.

We won't build a security department with layers of officers. You will be the named, accountable owner of our ISMS, our PCI DSS compliance and our real-world cyber resilience. You'll report directly to our co-founder and CEO, himself a former CISO.

Under you sits a team of AI agents you design, deploy and manage. Think ISMS manager, cyber security officer, data privacy officer, compliance officer. You scope them, wire them into our tools, check their work and sign off.

Part of your week is inside engineering: working with product and infrastructure teams on GCP, GitLab, CI/CD. Part of it is with senior management and the board.

And yes, 60% is a genuine option. The role is built so the agents carry the volume and you carry the judgment.

What can you expect?

• You will own ISO 27001 and PCI DSS end to end: risks, Statement of Applicability, internal audits, management reviews, scoping, evidence and external audits.
• You will make Rivero hard to break, not just audit-ready: threat models, hardening and incident readiness.
• You will run AI-assisted pentests and code reviews, then close the findings with the engineers who fix them.
• You will automate access and permission reviews, so they happen continuously instead of once a year.
• You will turn evidence collection and control monitoring into pipelines, so audit readiness becomes a state, not a season.
• You will keep policies current and run SaaS vendor risk, with agents doing the first pass.
• You will answer bank due diligence, DORA third-party requests and security questionnaires, fast and consistently.
  
  
  

What This Is Not

• Not a policy-writing job. If your favourite tool is a Word template, we'll both be unhappy.
• Not an AI babysitter role. You don't watch agents work. You own what they produce.
• Not a checkbox job. Passing the audit is the floor, not the goal.
  
  
  

About You

• Technical security and engineering understanding is a must. You can read a pipeline config, review an IAM policy and argue a finding with an engineer as a peer.
• You have carried an ISO 27001 or PCI DSS audit as the responsible person, or contributed meaningfully to one, not just as the person who uploaded the evidence.
• Equally at home inside the engineering team and in front of senior management and the board.
• Drive and excitement for building and owning agentic workflows. You already use LLMs and agents for real work every day, and you'd like to show us something you've built.
• Judgment on where agents help, where they make things up and where a human stays in the loop, and how to prove that to an auditor.
• Self-directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment. You prioritise, decide and follow through without a team below you.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional European languages are a plus.
• The right to live and work in the EU/EFTA area.
  
  
  

What is it like to work at Rivero?

At Rivero, we:

• Act with urgency, working in fast, iterative cycles to deliver meaningful results quickly. We take initiative and collaborate effectively to keep things moving forward.
• Strive for excellence, taking ownership of our work and delivering high-quality outcomes. We hold ourselves accountable, continuously improve, and aim to exceed expectations in all areas across the organisation.
• Embrace growth as both individuals and as a company. We are ambitious, open-minded, and focused on learning from every challenge.
• Follow an open-book management approach: We are fully transparent, sharing not only the information you need to do your job but also providing insights that help you understand how Rivero is doing as a whole. We want to ensure that everyone is equipped to make informed decisions and contribute to our overall success.
  
  
  

Perks And Benefits

• Collaborative Workspace: Work from a modern and well connected office in Zurich Oerlikon. Alternatively, co-working spaces are available for employees in select locations.
• International Scale-Up Culture: Work with a diverse team in a role with room to take ownership and growth opportunities as the company expands.
• Learn Continuously: Benefit from frequent academy sessions hosted by your peers on a variety of topics that help you both learn and grow.
• Social Events: Enjoy regular social events and bi-annual on-site company events in Zurich.
• Give Back to the Community: Enjoy five extra days beyond your annual holiday allowance to give back to society through volunteering or community work.
• Dog-Friendly Office: Bring your furry friends to the office!
• Flexible Tech Set-up: Choose your preferred hardware that best sets you up for success.
• Mobile Allowance: Receive an allowance to cover your mobile subscription costs.
• Ownership Opportunities: Participate in the company's success through stock options.
  
  
  

Interested?

We'd love to learn more about you! Please share a few lines about yourself and why you're excited to join our team, along with your CV.