The Chief Security Officer provides strategic leadership to protect AXA Global Healthcare's people, information, and operations by defining and delivering a robust security, governance, and resilience strategy aligned with corporate and regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities
* Lead the development and execution of the AXA Global Healthcare's business security strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate standards and regulatory requirements.
* Oversee security governance frameworks, monitor KPIs and KRIs, and report on security performance to senior leadership and the board.
* Manage security risk assessment and mitigation activities, drive the incident response, business continuity, and resilience initiatives to safeguard physical and information security.
* Ensure ongoing compliance with EU, FCA, PRA, and other relevant regulatory standards, promoting a security‑aware culture and embedding security best practices across the organisation.
* Lead, motivate, and develop security teams and collaborate with Group security functions to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
* Represent AXA at external industry forums, regulators, and security bodies to influence standards and maintain the organisation's reputation.
Qualifications
* Deep expertise within Business Continuity Management (BCP), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Crisis Management in an international business, preferably in the financial services or healthcare sector.
* Strong knowledge of FCA Operational Resilience (UK) and EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requirements, and the ability to interpret regulatory expectations and translate them into practical controls and programs.
* Experience in cross‑border regulatory environments, coordinating regulatory engagement, plus vendor risk management experience.
* Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and test resilience capabilities across multi‑region operations.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills across senior leadership, business units, and regulators.
* Strong incident management, problem‑solving and communication skills; producing concise reporting for executive and board audiences.
* Project/program management experience; and the ability to lead multi‑workstream resilience initiatives with a pragmatic, risk‑based approach.
* Relevant certifications (e.g., BCM/DR, CISSP/CISM, ISO 22301 lead auditor, or equivalent) are desirable.
Work arrangements: At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom. Please be aware that this position is a Senior Management Function role under the SM&CR regime, which means the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced level of background screening requirements.
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