Head Of Cyber Security

Head Of Cyber Security
Viseu
Viseu, Viseu District, Portugal

Head of Security | Daily Rate Contract | Remote Role

A
- critical leadership role for a globally recognized, market leading company.

Are you ready strategize and shape security culture scaling organization at a pivotal point in its evolution?

This is a
- impact contract role where your decisions and expertise will directly protect the business, its people, its customers, and its reputation worldwide — with a
- lasting impact on the company’s success.

You will define and drive the security strategy, develop and execute key security plans, and ensure the highest possible level of security maturity across the global operation.

Why Join?

• Fully remote position that allows you to enjoy the benefits of working from home.
• Enterprise-critical role with ownership of global security outcomes
• Opportunity to make a lasting contribution to the company’s
  - term success and stability
• Immediate impact in a senior position with real
  - making power
• Globally recognized,
  - leading brand
• Direct influence across technology, risk, compliance, and executive leadership
• Autonomy to shape strategy while remaining close to delivery

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in senior Information Security leadership roles within complex or global environments
• Strong, broad expertise across Security Operations, GRC, incident response, cloud security, and IAM
• Demonstrated ability to develop security strategy and translate it into executable plans that endure beyond the contract
• Comfortable balancing strategic leadership, governance, and
  - on delivery
• A confident communicator able to engage effectively with engineers, executives, auditors, legal teams, and external stakeholders
• Able to hit the ground running, take ownership, and deliver sustainable results quickly in a contract setting

What You’ll Do

• Own and lead global security operations, monitoring, and response capabilities
• Define, develop, and execute the organization’s security strategy, ensuring it supports
  - term business growth and resilience
• Design and implement foundational security roadmaps and plans that will shape the company’s security posture for years to come
• Strengthen proactive defense, detection, and security engineering capabilities
• Lead and mature Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) across the enterprise
• Act as the senior lead for incident response, coordinating across technical, legal, and executive teams
• Provide technical governance across security architecture, standards, and best practices
• Champion security awareness and culture across the global organization
• Serve as a trusted security advisor to senior leadership, influencing decisions that affect the future direction and longevity of the business

Interested?

Forward your CV to john. conlon@archer. ie