Head of Cybersecurity · Polestar

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:05:05 GMT
Engineering

Polestar · Göteborg, Sweden · hybrid

The opportunity

Polestar is accelerating the transition to sustainable mobility through electric performance. As we continue to grow as a global, U.S.-listed organization, strong and resilient cybersecurity capabilities are critical to protecting our business, products, and customers.

We are now looking for a Head of Cybersecurity to lead Polestar’s Cybersecurity domain at our headquarters in Gothenburg.

As Head of Cybersecurity, you will lead Polestar’s Cybersecurity domain with accountability for the execution, performance, and continuous improvement of cybersecurity engineering and security operations across enterprise IT, cloud platforms, and product environments.

This senior leadership role sits within the Security organization and is accountable for ensuring that cybersecurity capabilities are effectively implemented and operated in alignment with Polestar’s security strategy, business objectives, and risk appetite.

You will provide direction, prioritization, and oversight across cybersecurity engineering and operations, ensuring effective delivery and clear risk visibility.

As a key execution partner to the CSO, you will translate strategy into operational outcomes while managing and developing leadership and senior specialist roles within the domain.

This is a people manager role with responsibility for leading teams within cybersecurity engineering and security operations.

The position is located at our HQ in Gothenburg, Sweden.

We believe in empowerment and offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home a couple of days per week.

Responsibilities

You will lead, manage, and continuously improve Polestar’s Cybersecurity domain, ensuring effective cybersecurity engineering and security operations across the enterprise and product environments.

You will:

Lead and manage Polestar’s Cybersecurity domain, covering cybersecurity engineering and security operations

Directly manage and develop lead and specialist roles within the domain

Own execution of the areas of responsibility defined for Security Engineering & Operations

Ensure effective cybersecurity engineering across infrastructure, cloud, identity, endpoint, and application security

Ensure effective security operations, including threat intelligence, SOC/VSOC, event and incident management, and incident response

Ensure effective collaboration with Product Cybersecurity domain to ensure well-functioning end-to-end delivery of engineering and operations

Set priorities, allocate resources, and balance demand across engineering and operations

Govern performance and contractual compliance of outsourced managed security services providers

Define, track, and report cybersecurity KPIs, risk indicators, and maturity metrics

Collaborate closely with Security Governance & Assurance, Product Cybersecurity, Digital, R&D, and Corporate Security

Provide regular reporting and risk insights to the CSO and executive stakeholders

Who you are

You are a confident and experienced cybersecurity leader with strong technical depth and the ability to operate at enterprise level.

You combine hands-on understanding of cybersecurity engineering and operations with strong leadership, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.

You thrive in a complex, fast-paced, and cross-functional environment.

To be a great fit for this position, we believe you have:

Minimum 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, including leadership roles across engineering and/or operations

Minimum 5 years of people-management experience leading senior specialists and lead-level roles

Strong technical understanding of cybersecurity engineering, cloud and infrastructure security, IAM, and security operations

Experience overseeing security monitoring, incident response, and threat intelligence capabilities

Experience managing hybrid delivery models with internal teams and external providers

Proven ability to translate cybersecurity strategy into executable plans and measurable outcomes

Strong leadership, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills

Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field; relevant certifications are valued

People at Polestar

We know that a change is needed. We also know that each one of us can help bring about that change.

Our commitment to becoming climate-neutral by 2040 is just as important to us as being inclusive, diverse, and innovative.

Together, we are creating, collaborating, and experimenting to usher in a new era of sustainable mobility.

We are an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in.

Is this you?

If you are interested in joining the Polestar crew, don’t wait to submit your application.

As part of our recruitment process you could be asked to complete assessments and participate in background checks relevant to the position.

We apply a continuous selection process and the job post will remain open until the position is filled.

Are you ready for the journey?

Which is electric, by the way...