Deputy CISO-Operations

Deputy CISO-Operations

• Full-time

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

Avaloq's CISO-Operations team is responsible for ensuring that our global systems and networks are secure and protected - including those that we host and operate for our customers. With personnel in 7 locations globally (Zurich and Bioggio, Switzerland; Manila, Philippines; Singapore; Pune, India; Berlin, Germany; and Edinburgh, Scotland); the CISO-Operations is responsible for the global 24/7 Cyber Security Operations Center, Security Architecture, Vulnerability Management, Red Team, Security Tool Development and Implementation, Client Security Communications, and Security Program Management and Assurance.

This role is for a highly motivated and driven security professional with strong project and program management skills. In this role you will act as the primary deputy for the CISO-Operations, as well as lead the Security Program Managment and Assurance Team. Working with the other parts of the CISO-Operations team as well as across the organization, you will leverage our ongoing cloud transformation to automate and streamline the compliance lifecycle; as well as identify areas for improvement and drive initiatives to implement those improvements.

Your key tasks

• Managing a team of assurance professionals and tracking/coordinating all information security audit and compliance activities
• Automating evidence collection for all Security Controls
• Coordinating and tracking all CISO-Operations Initiatives
• Analyzing and updating controls in conjunction with the CISO-Governance, Audit, and Risk teams
• Representing the CISO-Operations organization internally and externally

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a program or project manager, with a proven track record of driving complex projects with multiple stakeholders to completion
• Broad knowledge of Information Security domains, with specialty knowledge in at least one domain
• Knowledge and experience with Information Security Audit, Compliance, and Regulations
• Knowledge and experience working with Infrastructure as Code and Cloud-Native paradigms
• Basic ability to develop your own tools and solutions

It would be a real bonus if you have

• Experience with security and compliance in a highly regulated industry (finance, pharma, healthcare)
• Experience working with globally distributed teams
• Experience communicating with Senior Executives

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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