Head of Product Training in London

Lead our Application Security and Threat Intelligence teams while driving comprehensive security strategies that protect M-KOPA's platform and enable secure product development at scale.

The Impact

Your leadership will directly protect the platform that serves over 7 million customers who have accessed more than $2 billion in credit. We’ve already helped transform lives across an entire continent - now we need you to secure the systems and products that make that transformation possible.

Mission-driven security: Protect the platform enabling financial inclusion for millions of Every Day Earners across Africa.

Join a company named by TIME 100 as one of the world’s most influential and by the Financial Times as Africa’s fastest-growing for 4 consecutive years.

Lead security for a platform processing over 1.5 million payments daily across 5 markets.

Environmental impact: At M-KOPA, you’ll lead both Application Security and Threat Intelligence teams while driving comprehensive security strategies that align with business objectives. Our security teams own their solutions end-to-end, from threat modelling and vulnerability research to production monitoring and incident response. Join us in combining cutting-edge security practices with purpose-driven leadership that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa.

• Lead Application Security and Threat Intelligence teams
• Build and scale specialised security capabilities
• Mentor talented security professionals
• Offensive security including hardware hacking and Android exploitation
• Threat intelligence collection and automation
• Vulnerability research and penetration testing
• Security workflow automation using platforms like n8n
• Threat modelling and risk assessments
• Executive partnership and security-to-business translation

Our Security Approach

• Combining offensive security research with threat intelligence to stay ahead of emerging risks
• Building automated security workflows and threat intelligence systems for scale
• Translating security requirements into business value and growth opportunities
• Partnering across product, engineering, and executive teams to embed security throughout the organisation

You’ll bring exceptional leadership and technical depth to shape security at the intersection of offensive security, threat intelligence, and product development. This role offers unique growth potential through executive visibility, cross-functional influence, and direct impact on product security at scale.

• Hands-on experience in product/application security with proven expertise in vulnerability research, penetration testing, and security architecture
• Experience leading and scaling security teams with demonstrated success building high-performing Application Security and Threat Intelligence functions
• Proven track record building threat intelligence programmes including automation platforms like n8n and hands-on experience with Android security and hardware hacking
• Fully remote role within UTC -1 to UTC +3 time zones
• Professional development programmes and coaching partnerships
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
• Wellbeing support and career growth opportunities
• Executive visibility and strategic influence across the organisation

We create financial inclusion for the traditionally excluded through a fair, flexible, customer-centric financing model. We strive to drive greater inclusion of women, youth, and low-income communities.

Our Technology Has Created Measurable Change

Green: 2.155 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided through clean energy products, with over 127,000 circular economy products provided.

Ready to lead security teams that protect the platform enabling real-world financial inclusion? At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritise well-being, and embrace flexibility.

Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships.