Cyber Resilience & ICT Risk Engineering Senior Manager

About the role

PayPal is seeking a senior leader to drive cyber resilience and ICT risk engineering across its European operations. The role sits in the First Line of Defense, ensuring compliance with the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and other European regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of ICT operational resilience capabilities under DORA and related frameworks.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, security engineering, SRE and product teams to strengthen resilience of critical services.
• Drive resilience testing activities such as disaster recovery exercises, cyber simulations, failover validation and tabletop exercises.
• Act as the First Line ICT risk lead for major technology changes, cloud migrations and new product launches.
• Coordinate incident response, regulatory notifications and post‑incident reviews with European regulators and auditors.

Required profile

• 8+ years of relevant experience in cyber security, operational resilience or technology risk within regulated environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of European regulatory frameworks such as DORA, PSD2/PSD3, GDPR and ECB expectations.

Required skills

• ICT operational resilience and cyber risk assessment.
• Cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related certifications.
• Professional certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, ISO 22301 Business Continuity.
• Experience with disaster recovery, cyber simulations and incident response.