Cyber & Information Security Officer

Join Our Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) Team as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)!

Are you passionate about safeguarding digital assets and leading the charge against cyber threats? At ANH-D&T, we're seeking a visionary CISO to protect our company's information assets and ensure a cyber-resilient organization. You'll drive our cyber, information security, digital risk, and compliance strategies, policies, and programs, aligning them with our business objectives and risk appetite. With our Infrastructure & Cyber Security unit's robust capabilities, you'll identify, detect, and respond to digital threats, ensuring a holistic approach to emerging risks. Be the strategic leader we need to navigate the complexities of today's digital landscape!

Your key responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the definition and company-wide adoption of the cyber & digital information security vision, strategy, and policies that are aligned with business objectives and risk appetite.
• Drive the definition and execution of the company’s multi-year cyber, information security strategy and ownership of the related improvement programs and investment roadmap (which includes cyber, information security awareness and behavior program for all employees and contractors).
• Ensure that effective company-wide cyber, information security organization and governance is established and maintained.
• Orchestrate the identify, detect & response capabilities (including coordination of major CS incidents), and engage in cyber attack simulations.
• Achieve insights in current and future cyber, information security risks and design appropriate risk response.
• Validate existence, effectiveness, and efficiency of cyber, information security controls and intervene or provide active advice to stay compliant.

Innovation & Complexity

• The cyber, information security threat landscape continues to evolve, and the business dependency on information and digital technologies is growing dramatically.
• Operate at the highest strategic level in the field of cyber and information security, setting company-wide direction for cyber and information security on all levels within the organization.
• Work in a continuous and rapidly evolving domain with an increasing level and complexity of cyber, information threats that represent high-impact risk to the company information assets and operational sustainability.
• Be able to deal with the high-level complexity of an international and multi-cultural environment and communicate information security and risk-related concepts to technical and non-technical audiences at various hierarchical levels, ranging from executive level to technical specialists.
• Strike the balance between achieving 100% protection and required investment by taking a risk-based approach considering the risk appetite of the company.

We bring

• A promising future as we, d-f ANH, are the number one provider of vitamins, advanced feed additives, and premixes, supercharged by AI-driven precision services.
• An eagerness to go above and beyond customer needs, driven by a vital purpose: making animal farming more sustainable.
• Collaboration with experts in animal health and nutrition, to drive progress.
• A flexible work environment that empowers people to take accountability for their work and own the outcome.
• Recognition and celebration of your efforts and accomplishments.
• Opportunities for growth and advancement for those who embrace innovation and take initiative.

You bring

• Master’s degree level education; professional security management certification is desirable, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or other similar credentials.
• At least 10 years of experience in cyber security, risk management, and IT-related jobs, with at least five years in a leadership role. Proven track record and experience in developing Cyber and Information Security vision, strategy, policies and procedures, as well as successfully providing ownership for major improvement programs.
• Experience with the NIST framework and the IEC-62443 standard.
• Proven experience and a successful track record in managing (outsourced) cyber security services.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact, influence, and energize stakeholders and team members within the organization, even without formal hierarchical authority.
• Excellent storytelling skills, capable of effectively presenting cyber and risk-related concepts to audiences at all levels, including internal and external third parties.

About ANH

ANH, in the process of separating from dsm-firmenich, is a global leader in animal nutrition and health, as well as vitamins, carotenoids, and aroma ingredients—driven by its strong purpose: feeding the planet without costing the earth. Together, we make it possible.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life. From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions—every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere. And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.