Principal Specialist, PCI DSS Compliance

About the Position

Principal Specialist, PCI DSS Compliance

At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company’s award-winning success. Join us as a Principal Specialist, PCI DSS Compliance to ensure cardholder data protection and drive audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the global PCI DSS compliance program across HARMAN environments, ensuring consistent implementation and alignment with business and technology teams.
• Conduct PCI DSS gap assessments and risk evaluations for in-scope systems, and define remediation priorities based on risk impact.
• Enhance PCI DSS governance, including control framework, policies, procedures, and required documentation.
• Lead internal and external PCI DSS assessments, acting as the primary liaison for QSAs and ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Oversee remediation of PCI findings, including coordination with stakeholders, tracking progress, and validating closure of identified gaps.
• Provide expert guidance and advisory support to business, IT, and product teams on PCI DSS requirements, secure payment handling, and control implementation across infrastructure, applications, and cloud.
• Maintain and enhance IT governance framework, including development and lifecycle management of IT policies, standards, and procedures within the Digital Compliance domain.
• Design and oversee ITGC control frameworks, ensuring controls are risk-based, effectively implemented, and aligned with regulatory and audit expectations.
• Support internal and external (K)SOX audits from a 2nd line perspective, including control validation, evidence review, and stakeholder coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in information security, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, risk or compliance roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with PCI DSS.
• Proven experience managing audits (internal/external) and remediation programs.
• Strong understanding of cloud environments, network security and segmentation, identity and access management, encryption and key management.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, including reading, writing, and speaking.
• Familiarity with using AI to support efficiency, problem-solving, and quality.

Nice to Have

• Industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, CISA, ISO 27001 LI/LA).
• PCI certifications (PCIP, ISA).
• Experience with payment gateways, tokenization solutions, or e-commerce platforms.
• Experience operating in a global enterprise with distributed environments.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive compliance programs end-to-end.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable technical controls.

We Offer

• A hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite three days a week.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN and Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG and others).
• Learning and development opportunities through our award-winning HARMAN University programs.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• Work on best-in-class emerging technologies and an atmosphere that motivates you to give your best.

Salary

Ft 18,000,000 - Ft 26,400,000 annually.

About the Company

HARMAN is a global leader in integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected. Since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound and continue to innovate across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions. Our award-winning portfolio includes iconic brands such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.

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