Senior Security Officer

Discover Your Impact as a Senior Security Officer at Rabobank

This is what we offer you

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 7,408 and EUR 10,582 (scale 11) for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: A thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: A balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: Decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Do you want to drive our bank's defences?

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of information technology, the role of an Information Security Officer at Rabobank stands as a beacon of vigilance and expertise. You are the vanguard in guiding the organisation through the complexities of information security, a journey increasingly vital in today's digital landscape.

You & Your Job

Guide Rabobank through the complexities of information security by providing strategic direction, safeguarding compliance, and acting as a trusted advisor. Collaborate with business departments, IT teams, and senior management to ensure a secure and resilient digital environment. As an Information Security Officer, you will create focus, align priorities, and maintain oversight of security activities, making a real difference every day.

Examples from practice

• Align and cooperate with security and tech teams to achieve security goals.
• Provide guidance and advice on security topics, defining plans of approach for change initiatives.
• Identify overarching risks by recognising patterns and steering from a broad perspective.

Facts & Figures

• The CISO Office consists of 70 colleagues, ensuring the bank is resilient against security threats.
• 9.5 million customers worldwide.

Top 5 responsibilities

• You align and cooperate with security and tech teams to achieve our security goals.
• You provide guidance and advise on security topics within the relevant domain (e.g. defining plans of approach for change initiatives, challenging and setting priorities). You work cross-functionally with senior stakeholders including senior management.
• You identify overarching risks by recognizing patterns and steer from a broad perspective.
• You have a deep understanding of security risk management and security standards, identify security patterns early to prevent potential issues, and support a proactive risk management approach. As an independent expert, you translate complex security topics into actionable insights for (non-technical) stakeholders.
• You coach and guide junior and medior security officers and effectively educate peers and stakeholders on security. You maintain oversight of security activities and make sure to prioritize current and upcoming activities.

As an Information Security Officer, you will be responsible for safeguarding the independent role of security, monitoring trends, and ensuring preventive measures are in place.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of differences. It is precisely by combining people's differences that we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you add to our team of CISO Office.

As part of the CISO Office, you contribute to a diverse combination of deliverables for a high priority of the organisation, to keep our clients and company secure. Together with a team of great colleagues, we work on different, learning full challenges in a high pace while having fun.
Chaima, Business Change Manager.

The 70 people of the CISO Office make sure the bank is resilient against security threats. Collaboration is our approach; as one passionate, results-driven and highly skilled expert team within Rabobank.

Work on yourself and the world around you at the same time

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. We summarise this in one sentence: ‘At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time.’ You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a healthy balance between work and home. You can work on banking services for our private and business customers, as well as societal issues such as food and energy transitions.

You & your talent

• Academic working and thinking level (WO).
• Qualified in key security certifications such as CISSP and CISM.
• Proven experience in IT Risk Management and Security within an international setting.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Information Security, Risk Management or audit related work, preferably within the banking or financial services sector at a senior level.
• Experience in providing advice and support at C-level.
• Demonstrated capability in stakeholder management.
• It is considered an advantage if you have proficiency in the Dutch language.