Banks and payment providers globally are using Hawk’s powerful combination of traditional rules and explainable AI to improve the effectiveness of their AML compliance and fraud prevention by identifying more crime while maximizing efficiency by reducing false positives.
With our solution, we are playing a vital role in the global fight against Money Laundering, Fraud, or the financing of terrorism.
We offer a culture of mutual trust, support and passion – while providing individuals with opportunities to grow professionally and make a difference in the world.
Hawk builds AI-powered financial crime detection (AML, transaction monitoring, and fraud prevention) for global tier-1 banks, payment processors, and high-growth fintechs.
Because our platform analyzes real-time payment streams and sensitive financial data, security is not an administrative support function—it is our primary product promise.
We are looking for a technically grounded, hands-on CISO to own our global security posture end-to-end.
This is a true player-coach leadership role.
You will lead a dedicated team of four domain specialists while staying close enough to the technology to review cloud architecture, triage high-severity vulnerabilities, command critical incident responses first-hand, and debate technical security controls peer-to-peer with customer bank CISOs.
Why This Role MattersGlobal Regulatory Scrutiny at Scale: We operate across key financial hubs including Germany, the UK, the US, Singapore, and a growing roster of international markets.
With DORA enforceable across the EU and heightened ICT risk rules globally, our banking clients expect documented operational resilience, continuous testing, and verified controls across all jurisdictions.
Modern Attack Surfaces & Supply Chain Threats: Our multi-tenant and single-tenant cloud environments (AWS/GCP) process massive transaction th.