Threat & Vulnerability Lead

About Planet

Planet is a global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers.

We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our payments, software, and tax-free solutions every minute of every day.

Planet empowers its customers to deliver great customer experiences by combining payments and software in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.

Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in more than 120 markets.

Role Overview

As a Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) Lead, you will colbaroate with the SOC, the broader security teams and other stakeholders to support, enhance, and mature the threat and vulnerability management function. Your role is critical in identifying, assessing, and mitigating vulnerabilities, ensuring a risk-driven, intelligence-led approach to reducing the organisation’s attack surface across IT and cloud environments.
 

What you will do

• Act as SME for TVM tools and processes (Rapid7, Defender, and attack surface management), ensuring effective deployment, maintenance, and optimisation.

• Use threat intelligence to correlate exploitable vulnerabilities with active threats, TTPs, and adversary behaviour.

• Help prioritise vulnerabilities based on risk, asset criticality, and exploitability.

• Improve detection, triage, and remediation workflows through process refinement and testing.

• Maintain and enhance the integration of attack surface management tools with security operations.

• Develop dashboards and reports for clear visibility into vulnerability risk and remediation progress.

Who you are

• Relevant industry certifications in vulnerability management, threat intelligence, or security operations (e.g., GCTI, BTL1, BTL2, PSAA, PORP, Security+, CySA+)

• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g., Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management)

• Knowledge in attack surface management and exposure reduction strategies.

• Knowledge of threat intelligence and its application in vulnerability prioritisation (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, CVSS, EPSS, TI feeds).

• Experience integrating and automating TVM processes using automation tools

• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and vulnerability management in Azure, AWS, and GCP.

• Understanding of threat modelling and attack path analysis to assess real-world risk.

• Experience working with security teams and stakeholders to improve remediation workflows and risk-based decision-making.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI-DSS, CIS Benchmarks).

• Ability to develop reports and dashboards to communicate vulnerability risk, trends, and remediation progress.

Why Planet

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you – Apply now.

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.
 

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.