Unit 452 · restricted
Security and trust, L6
A restricted role in the security and trust family. Restricted roles are advertised by unit number, role family and level only; you will hear more at interview, on a need-to-know basis.
- Level
- L6 Director
- Accountable for outcomes at scale.
- Industry equivalent
- Director, VP
- Typically 15+ years, has led leaders
- NATO equivalent
- OF-5
- Colonel. Indicative, not a rank.
- Hiring window
- First intake
- Q1 to Q3 2027 · Taking applications
What we expect at L6: Accountable for outcomes at scale.
Leads teams and leaders, aligns strategy, and ensures delivery, security, and culture across domains.
Impact and scope
What you own and how far your decisions reach.
- Sets priorities and owns outcomes for a major business area.
- Ensures teams deliver measurable mission and customer value.
- Balances strategy, execution, and organizational health.
Execution and delivery
How you plan, execute, and ship.
- Builds operating cadence: planning, reviews, incidents, and retrospectives.
- Allocates resources effectively and manages cross-team dependencies.
- Ensures predictable delivery and operational excellence.
Craft and quality
Correctness, maintainability, and professionalism.
- Holds the bar for quality, safety, and professional standards.
- Funds technical debt reduction and reliability work.
- Creates environments where teams can do great work.
Collaboration
How you communicate, align, and work with others.
- Communicates strategy clearly and repeatedly across the organization.
- Builds partnerships and resolves conflict with empathy and firmness.
- Represents Knogin with integrity to customers and stakeholders.
Security and trust
How you protect data, users, and the organization.
- Owns security and compliance outcomes for the organization.
- Ensures governance, risk management, and audit readiness.
- Makes trust measurable and operational.
Growth and leadership
How you learn, mentor, and raise the bar.
- Develops leaders and builds succession plans.
- Shapes culture through hiring, coaching, and clear expectations.
- Creates systems that make excellence repeatable.
Security and trust
Security engineering, privacy, compliance, governance, and audit readiness.
Typical titles at L6
Security director | Director of trust & compliance
Examples of the work
- Threat modeling and security reviews
- Access control and tenant isolation
- Auditability, evidence integrity, and logging
- Policy-driven governance and compliance posture
Service lens
- Trust is an operational outcome, not a marketing claim.
- Auditability and least privilege are non-negotiable.
- Incident handling needs clear handoffs and post-incident learning.
About restricted roles
Restricted units build and protect our platform. Their roles are advertised by unit number, role family and level only, with no programme, customer or capability detail. Unit numbers are random and carry no meaning.
Before you start there is enhanced screening (identity, right to work, five years of verified history, references), an interview with the unit and a separate security interview. We say "restricted", not "cleared": Ireland has no statutory clearance for private-sector staff.
NATO grade equivalents follow STANAG 2116 and are indicative, to help people who have served read a role. They are not ranks.
Apply
It takes about five minutes. You need your CV. We do not ask for your nationality, date of birth or a photo.
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