Head of IT - The Hague, Netherlands

We are looking for a Head of IT who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution. This is not a hands-off leadership role. You will roll up your sleeves, work directly alongside your team, and at the same time set the direction for how IT evolves at Eye Security over the next three to five years.

Reporting directly to the COO, you will lead a small, focused IT team spanning three areas: IT Engineering, Project Management, and IT Security. Together you will own the full IT landscape - from endpoint management and cloud infrastructure to internal security and business applications. You will bring structure, scalability, and modern practices to a fast-growing organisation that is ready to take its IT operations to the next level.

This is a unique opportunity to build something lasting inside a cybersecurity company that genuinely walks the talk on security.

What you will do

• Own and drive the transformation of IT from a support function into a strategic partner for the business.
• Define and execute an IT strategy aligned with company goals and long-term growth.
• Introduce structure, governance, and scalable operating models across IT.
• Lead organizational change, positioning IT as a trusted advisor rather than a reactive service.
• Design and run reliable IT operations, including service management, incident response, and change processes.
• Maintain and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, and core tooling including Twingate, PagerDuty, and CrowdStrike.
• Ensure strong security posture, threat detection, and compliance with frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIS2.
• Provide technical support to engineering teams enabling 24/7 service operations.
• Lead IT projects end-to-end, including SaaS integrations, infrastructure modernization, and vendor management.
• Enable the business through robust workplace IT, identity and access management, and core business systems.
• Own IT performance and cost efficiency, using clear KPIs and budget responsibility to drive measurable impact.
• Oversee core data platforms, ensuring strong data governance, integrity, and compliance.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing IT team, fostering ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Do you have experience in Scrum?, * 5+ years of experience in IT leadership roles, with a proven track record of transformation and change.

• Experience building or restructuring IT organizations in complex or fast-growing environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), enterprise IT architecture, and security fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of ITIL, Agile/Scrum ways of working, and compliance standards.
• Hands-on experience with cybersecurity fundamentals, threat detection, and incident response.
• Strong leadership and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• A strategic mindset paired with a hands-on, execution-focused approach.
• Ability to bring clarity, structure, and momentum in ambiguous environments.
• Understand the essentials of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and secure change management processes, with eagerness to learn and apply security best practices within your projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

• A meaningful mission: protect organizations across Europe from real-world cyber threats
• Work with top-tier professionals from national CERTs, intelligence agencies, and leading tech backgrounds
• A remote-friendly culture with regular company-wide get-togethers, giving you the opportunity to collaborate in person and build strong team connections
• A generous time-off policy, including wellbeing and volunteering days

Eye Security protects small and medium-sized European enterprises from cyber threats and the high costs that follow after a successful attack. 

We're a series B international scale up, HQ in the Netherlands, we are hiring across Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and UK. 

Eye Security is making cyber security and insurance solutions easy to access and navigate whilst ensuring the insights we continuously deliver are actionable. For every company we work with.
We use the best possible Managed EDR and Cloud Security Monitoring solutions available on the market and internally we build:

• user-facing platforms that allow for scalability and customisation of cyber protection and insurance coverage
• internal platforms for our security operations and threat intelligence teams to combat bad actors

Recent funding: series B (36M EUR) led by JP Morgan, raised in March 2024 to fuel further growth