Security Strategy Lead

Job title:

Security Strategy Lead

Company:

AXA

Job description

JOB ENVIRONMENTWith over 102 million customers in 56 countries, AXA’s strong global franchises and three lines of expertise – Property & Casualty, Life & Savings and Asset Management – provide a distinctive business portfolio. As a company whose business is to protect people, we have a responsibility to leverage our skills, resources and risk expertise to build a stronger and safer society. To achieve our mission, we are committed to redefining the standards of our business so that we truly differentiate ourselves and earn the trust of our key stakeholders.As an integral part of AXA, at AXA Group Operations (AXA GO) we create innovative technology and data solutions to help AXA fulfil its ambition of being a customer-focused, tech-led company. AXA GO is a young and dynamic division launched in 2019 and comprises 8,000 employees across 17 countries all around the globe from Paris, France to Pune, India. We are the ones providing advice, steering technological choices and giving AXA access to innovations that will support its transformation into a customer-centric tech-led company. For this, we work in close partnership with all AXA entities.PRESENTATION OF THE CONTEXT AND AXA GROUP SECURITYThroughout AXA, the security community represents 1000 security professionals, working daily to protect our employees, customers, operations and brand. Our operating model gathers the three security disciplines Information Security, Operational Resilience, and Physical Security & Safety. Our security mission is to ensure that AXA is safe, secure and resilient.AXA Group Security, as part of AXA GO, defines the security strategy, standards and provides assurance to the Group on the security maturity of all entities across AXA. In its role, it also supports our professional family in entities in maintaining their security posture and respond and coordinate responses to crisis.This is accomplished through seven strategic ambitions:· Strengthen our foundations· Reinforce digital trust· Be resilient by design· Protect people first· Play a leading role in society· Reshape our operating model & governanceThe Strategy and Awareness team is setting up the vision based on research and anticipation & raising security awareness.The Security Strategy and Awareness team oversees:· Security Threat Anticipation & Research: Bring the outside in and the inside out· Security Strategy: Drive security beyond resilience to become a partner in trust· Security Awareness & Behavior: Disseminate and make adopt the security cultureOur missions are to:· Define Security Strategy for AXA, aligned across all entities· Provide AXA Group and its entities with cutting-edge insights and research to support the anticipation of:o emerging threatso key security-related innovationso key regulations impacting security practices and requirementsin Information Security, Operational Resilience and Physical Security& Safety in a converged manner· Drive security awareness and behavior towards all AXA employees· Position AXA externally as a strong security leaderOur goals are to:· Align the security strategy to the business needs and the risks that AXA faces in a fast-moving environment, to reduce the risk exposure· Drive anticipation within AXA and its entities to prepare and strategize the organization’s response· Raise security awareness and change AXA employees’ behaviors across the Group· Monitor security trends and technologies to help prioritize actions and develop a culture of anticipation and innovation· Engage and build external relationships to position AXA as a security leader and bring the outside inPOSITION MAIN ACTIVITIES· Lead and further develop the security strategy based on threat anticipation activitiesAXA Group Security has the mandate to drive and deliver the strategy which also includes the anticipation of both emerging security threats and new development of known threats that may negatively affect AXA’s ability to operate, in the mid-to-long term future. These activities aim to provide professional families in AXA Group and across the entities with context and insights to prepare for possible futures.The position will drive and lead AXA Group Security strategy team activities, including:o Developping the security strategy 2027-2029o new insights, internal but particular external into the strategyo Market watch and providing regular view of the global threat landscape on the mid-to-long term future.o Managing stakeholder engagement at different levels (business stakeholders, external analysts and experts, technology firms, governance bodies, external forums and peers)o Provide insights on emerging threats significant to AXA’s ability to operate, through appropriate deliverables.o Anticipation of emerging threats in the mid-term future to support Chief Security Officers across the group to prepare their entities and management committees.o Insights on incident and crisis potential developments to support crisis management teams and professional familieso High level presentation for Executives to explain upcoming threats, their development and how they may affect AXA’s ability to operate.o make sure to share the findings in newsletters or eventso Interact with the research agents within AXA but also academia such as Schools/Universities· Support the development and delivery of the security strategy of the GroupAs part of the Security Strategy & Awareness team, this role will be fully engaged in the Security Strategy activities, from prioritizing the effort within the running strategic cycle and support the team in its engagement with various committees, senior leaders and business sponsors of the Security Strategy.The role will also be an essential contributor to the development of the next security strategic lifecycle, 2027-2029.· Establish and lead the security research and innovation activitiesAXA needs to anticipate upcoming trends in technology so as to cover for the possible emerging security issues. The anticipation team within Group Security has the mission to monitor security-related emerging innovations that may contribute to strengthen AXA’s security posture and benefit the effectiveness of its security practices.· Lead the security public-affairs activitiesThe Anticipation leads the community of stakeholders and experts who are contributing to the monitoring of the security-related regulatory landscape in the countries where AXA is in operation. While non-exhaustive, the position will lead this community, serve as a point of contact and subject matter expert on upcoming regulatory changes, and share the findings and insights of the community with senior security leadership.· Engage and develop cooperation with business stakeholdersThe anticipation skills and deliverables represent potential opportunities for business stakeholders across AXA. The position will engage with business stakeholder and develop potential cooperation in order to make available to AXA’s customers the insights and outcome developed by AXA Threat Anticipation team.QualificationsPROFILE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIESExperience· Business strategy/Consulting/Finance· Security· Tech and data / data scienceQualificationsEducationü Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, IT or a related subject.ü An MSc in Information Security would be desirable but is not essential, a PhD is a plus.Certificationü Information Security and /or Information Technology industry certification (CISSP, CISM, GIAC or equivalent) preferredü Member of CIISec or have the qualifications, skills and experience to become a memberOverall work experience in the fieldsü Experience in Security
5 years (required)
Experience in converged security environments is a plusü Experience in anticipation and foresightü Experience in public speaking at various level of audience (e.g., business leaders, security community)Languageü Fluent in English is a necessity (including technical Information security English)ü French is a plusSkills / abilitiesLeadershipü Effectively communicates the Group vision and goals and the benefits in achieving the strategyü Takes calculated risks in decision-making and seeks inputs from the team / stakeholders for the sameü Recognizes potential leaders and provides them with challenging assignments/stretchü goalsü Creates mechanisms to recognize individual/group contribution & achievementsü Can effectively mentor others to acquire this competencyStrategic Thinkingü Articulates a vision, develops organizational goals and strategiesü Maintains a wider perspective, aligns actions and contributes to the enhancement overall organizational strategy including outputs from benchmarking activities and reviewsü Understands and articulates the projected direction of the organization and how changes to it might impact the Groupü Is aware of the trends in the external environment and key differentiators vis-a-vis competition and uses this information to anticipate how these changes would impact the organizationProblem solvingü Recommends solutions relevant to the complexity, scope, risk and magnitude of problemü Ability to perform complex data analysis to propose effective scenariosPlanningü Plans up to 2-5 years ahead (particularly when preparing budgets and resource requirements), in accordance with the project/program portfolio to ensure its successful delivery Provides input into planning and prioritization of project activitiesü Required to analyze and critically evaluate information as well as formulate plans based on multiple sources of informationü Forward planning required e.g. target setting and forecasting trendsü Ability to manage action plans, review progress and adjust where requiredDecision makingü Advises on decisions regarding strategy, policy, and structuresü Quick to assimilate and integrate new information for informed decision makingü Monitor changes in the operating environment, quick to act upon potential opportunitiesü Able quickly evaluate a situation or issue and take the initiative within limits of authorityCoaching and Mentoringü Coaching: The process of assisting entities to set goals then supports the execution of the goals through establishing strategy and providing feedback, insight and guidance to enable the entities to reach their fullest potential.Interpersonal skillsü Assertiveness, empathy, active listening, seek and give feedbackü Oral communication, persuasive skillsü English (mandatory) and French (a plus)

Expected salary

Location

Paris

Job date

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:19:35 GMT

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