IT Risk Management Specialist

About Nu

Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.

Proprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability. Visit our Institutional Page

About the Role

This position sits within Nubank’s global risk management team and provides second-line oversight of technology and information security risks across Nubank’s global systems, platforms, and processes. You will work closely with Engineering, Information Security, Data, Product, Business, and local Risk Management teams to identify, assess, and govern technology risks while enabling the company to grow safely and at speed.

The role combines hands-on risk assessment with stakeholder partnership, risk monitoring, control oversight, incident follow-up, and continuous improvement of IT Risk practices. You will help apply global frameworks and methodologies consistently across geographies, while considering local regulatory requirements and the characteristics of each technology environment.

You’ll be Responsible for

Conduct IT and cybersecurity risk assessments across technology domains, platforms, products, features, and critical processes, identifying threats, vulnerabilities, potential impacts, and appropriate risk responses.

Assess and challenge technology risks associated with new products, features, systems, infrastructure, and material changes, helping teams identify and address risks early in the lifecycle.

Partner with Engineering, Information Security, Data, Product, Business, and local Risk Management teams to develop mitigation plans aligned with risk appetite, global standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Support the implementation and consistent application of global IT Risk frameworks, methodologies, policies, procedures, metrics, and governance practices across Nubank’s operations.

Implement, mMonitor and analyse Key Risk Indicators, metrics, and dashboards for technology and cybersecurity risks, identifying changes in risk exposure and escalating matters that require attention.

Prepare clear risk assessments, reports, and recommendations for technical stakeholders, senior management, governance forums, and risk committees.

Support independent control testing and the assessment of control effectiveness, documenting gaps and recommending practical risk mitigants and action plans.

Monitor technology, cybersecurity, and data-platform incidents; contribute to root-cause analysis, assess systemic implications, and connect remediation plans to the risk governance framework.

Provide IT and cybersecurity risk expertise for third-party services, cloud environments, APIs, telecommunications infrastructure, and other technology dependencies.

Monitor regulatory developments, emerging threats, technology changes, and industry practices, assessing their implications for Nubank’s IT Risk posture.

Contribute to risk-related inquiries, workshops, thematic reviews, and governance routines, translating technical topics into actionable risk guidance.

Identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, consistency, and scalability of IT Risk activities through data analytics, workflow automation, AI platforms, and other technology-enabled approaches.

Support the development of junior colleagues and contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s practices, tools, and methodologies.

What We're Looking For Someone Who Has

Strong experience in technology areas, information security, IT risk management, internal controls or another risk-heavy technical role.

Solid understanding of modern technology environments, including information security fundamentals, cloud-native environments such as AWS and GCP, microservices, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, containers, serverless technologies, and distributed systems.

Strong grounding in risk assessment, risk analysis, mitigation planning, control effectiveness, incident management, risk monitoring, and governance reporting.