Chief Information Security Officer - m/f/d

Join our Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) Team

At ANH-D&T, we're seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (m/f/d) 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.

Your key responsibilities

Impact on Strategy & Contribution:

• 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 (incl. coordination of major CS incidents), 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 intervenes or provides 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.
• Operates on the highest strategic level in the field of cyber and information security, setting company-wide the direction for cyber and information security on all levels within the organization.
• Works 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.
• Needs to be able to deal with the high-level complexity of an international and multi-cultural environment and can communicate information security and risk-related concepts to technical and non-technical audiences at various hierarchical levels, ranging from executive level to technical specialists.
• Must 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

• 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, at least five of which in a leadership role, with a proven track record in developing Cyber and Information Security vision, strategy, policies and procedures, and successfully owning major improvement programs.
• Experience on 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 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.