AssociateEngineeringManager-Security(d/f/m)

OUR STORY: Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence. Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix and Steuerbot, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts, we're rich in ideas and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016. THE OPPORTUNITY: Lead Product Security at Taxfix - a fintech platform serving millions of users. You'll own the security function end-to-end: strategy, tooling, and a small but growing team (currently two Security Engineers). This role is part hands-on security engineering and part emerging people leadership. You'll build alongside your team while growing into an engineering management role, with structured coaching and support from your senior manager. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DECISIONS: Lead and grow the team - Hire, coach, and develop Security Engineers - run meaningful 1:1s, set development goals, and actively manage performance - Build a high-performance team culture rooted in psychological safety, ownership, and continuous improvement - Champion AI adoption within the team - encourage AI-assisted workflows for security work (threat modeling, detection engineering, vulnerability triage) and continuously raise the bar on how AI is used to improve productivity - Evaluate capacity, balance reactive vs. proactive security work, and advocate for the resources your team needs Own delivery and security posture - Own the team's outcomes against OKRs: prioritize effectively, track progress with metrics, and delegate without micromanaging - Own the technical direction for Product Security: app