Associate Partner – Security Strategy, Risk and Compliance (SSRC) – Italy.

Are you a security guru who loves a challenge? We are looking for passionate individuals with extensive track record in delivering large-scale, complex and multi-year security transformation programs/projects in various capacities (e.g. program director, program manager, senior technical lead, chief architect).

You will lead the growth and management of all facets of the business, primarily by using this cross-market position and perspective to assist the local Markets. This requires demonstrating thought leadership, practice leadership, sales leadership and delivery leadership in the primary Security Strategy, Risk and Compliance role underpinned by a strong security transformation capability. Additional experience in Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Business Continuity, Compliance and/or IT Security would be beneficial. 

No other company has the powerful combination of talent, industry-leading security technology, global reach and cognitive capabilities—powered by Watson—to combat cybersecurity threats.

Your Abilities & Skills

• Experience within a technology and risk and compliance environment required, specific security experience too is a positive.
• Provide global practice leadership by participating in, and helping to grow, a community of like-minded practitioners to share and exchange ideas for practice growth and improvement
• Contribute content and advice to the offering development process
• Help shape the emerging model of the global and regional Security ‘Board Advisory Practice’
• Any industry sector, financial services especially attractive but not essential.

Required Expertise

We believe you are a good fit for this role if you are someone that can help establish capability and skills models for the core domain and be a role model for European and global practitioners in the core domain. From a technical expertise perspective, you will succeed in this position if you have 10 years of experience in:

• Management consulting, security consulting or top management technology
• Consulting in a top tier professional services firms or similar experience
• Working with top management in large programs or projects related to the core domain
• Working across diverse teams to solve unstructured problems and facilitate solutions
• Working with security, risk or compliance practitioners

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Financial Services knowledge/experience
• Experience in working with security consulting teams
• Experience in working in international deployment roles
• Experience in management consulting
• Security certification will be valuable (CISSP, CISA or equivalent).
• Good communication and negotiation skills.
• Leadership skills, proactive.
• Team player
• Secondary European language

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education:

• Master's Degree

Eligibility Requirements:

• Valid EU work permit

About Security Services 

IBM Security Services helps companies to build a solid strategy and transform their security program. From strategic advisory consulting, incident response, design and deploy services to cloud and managed security services, IBM® has the expertise to help companies stay ahead of cyber criminals. IBM Security Services enables companies to activate global intelligence, innovate without introducing risk, and mature their security program over time.

Learn more at: https://www.ibm.com/security/services

Your Life at IBM 

We come to work thrilled knowing it will never be the same day twice. At IBM, you have access to a rare combination of experiences that together build a powerful, rewarding career for you. These experiences consist of:

• Opportunity to do work that impacts not just your team but often the very lives of millions of people. You’re not just joining a big company, at IBM you’re joining a bigger cause.
• Ability to discover the exact career you were meant to have by trying different roles, industries, technologies even locations, right within IBM. No other company gives you the career opportunities like IBM.
• A company with a progressive and inclusive heritage based on leadership and a history of taking stands on things that matter.

EO Statement

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.