Team Lead Operational Technology Security & NIS2 Compliance (m/f/d) in Renewable Energies

Shape the security of our renewable energy infrastructure

As Team Lead Operational Technology Security & NIS2 Compliance, you take on a key role in protecting Encavis' renewable energy assets across Europe. You combine strategic ownership with hands-on implementation, ensuring that our OT security architecture and compliance frameworks meet the highest standards. Working closely with technical, operational and commercial teams, you build scalable security structures that safeguard our growing PV, wind and storage portfolio. This role offers you the opportunity to make a direct impact on the resilience and security of critical energy infrastructure while contributing to the energy transition.

Your sunny outlook:

• OT Security Strategy & Governance: You own and continuously develop Encavis' OT cybersecurity strategy, governance framework, policies and controls across our renewable energy asset portfolio.
• NIS2 Compliance & Regulatory Implementation: You translate NIS2 and country-specific regulatory requirements into a practical and auditable compliance program, including controls, documentation and reporting.
• Risk Management & Asset Visibility: You establish a consistent OT risk management framework, ensuring transparency across assets, systems and dependencies throughout the portfolio.
• Security Standards & Architecture: You define and enforce OT security standards such as network segmentation, remote access, logging, hardening and backup integrity, aligned with IEC 62443 and NIST frameworks.
• Third-Party & O&M Governance: You manage third-party and O&M cybersecurity governance, including contractual requirements, remote access control and assurance processes.
• Incident Response & Security Operations: You build and oversee OT incident response capabilities, including playbooks, coordination, exercises, and post-incident analysis.
• Stakeholder & Interface Management: You act as the central interface across Operations, Engineering, IT/OT, Legal, Audit and external authorities.
• Team Leadership & Ecosystem Development: You build, lead and develop an OT cybersecurity team as well as the external partner ecosystem.

We'll get wind of that soon:

• Professional Experience & Background: You bring at least five years of experience in OT / ICS cybersecurity within energy, utilities or critical infrastructure environments.
• Leadership & Program Management: You have proven experience leading complex, multi-country or multi-stakeholder OT security programs and ideally managing teams.
• Technical Expertise & Systems Knowledge: You have strong expertise in SCADA environments, industrial networks, network segmentation and secure remote access.
• Regulatory & Compliance Expertise: You bring hands-on experience with IEC 62443 and a solid understanding of NIS2 requirements and audit expectations.
• Third-Party & Risk Management: You are experienced in managing external service providers and vendor risk frameworks.
• Security Operations & Incident Management: You have experience in OT incident response, vulnerability management and secure system architecture design.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management: You communicate confidently at both executive and technical levels and can translate complex topics into clear actions.
• Language & International Environment: You are fluent in English; German is considered an advantage.

What we offer:

Please note: The benefits listed apply to our main offices in Germany and may vary depending on the country and role.

• Employee Assistance Program: Individual counselling and coaching by the Fürstenberg Institute
• Professional & personal development: Comprehensive onboarding, individual training opportunities, language courses, development programmes
• Health & well-being: Health platform machtfit (including health budget), health weeks, free drinks and fruits
• Culture & Cooperation: Small and large corporate and team events, Giving Back Week, Sustainability Working Group
• Lunch offer (only in Hamburg): Subsidised meals in the office in Hamburg
• Employee Bonuses: Finder's Fee for new colleagues
• Employee Discount: Use of Corporate Benefits
• Mobility: Takeover of the Deutschlandticket and subsidised JobRad
• Modern workplaces: Modern, fully equipped office spaces in Neubiberg and Hamburg (located directly on the Elbe), featuring for example height-adjustable desks, ergonomic office chairs, on-site workshop rooms, and phone booths (“mini offices”) for private work or undisturbed meetings.
• Office room for animals (only in Hamburg): Possibility to bring a pet to a specially reserved office if the care of a pet cannot be guaranteed
• Provision & insurance: Employer subsidy for company pension scheme and occupational disability insurance, group accident insurance free of charge, subsidy for computer glasses
• Work-Life-Balance: Flexible working & mobile office (up to 50%), 30 days holiday (+1 day each for Christmas and New Year's Eve)