Head of Cyber Security

Your responsibility:

As Head of Cybersecurity, your mission is to ensure security of tiko’s information systems, data, and digital assets over their full lifecycle. tiko's ecosystem combines IT, OT, and IoT together in a unique way: your interdisciplinary knowledge and experience from different industries allows you to strengthen the resilience of our VPP and EMS with a wealth of ideas and an innovative approach.

You handle cybersecurity on a strategic and operational level by coordinating, communicating, and collaborating on related activities within the organization, group-level and towards our external 3rd parties and stakeholders.

You are responsible for defining, communicating, implementing, and maintaining our cybersecurity vision, strategy, goals, plans, requirements, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with our business objectives, and ensuring their execution. You supervise the application and improvement of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) ensuring compliance with relevant cybersecurity frameworks and standards. Additionally, you take ownership of continuous cybersecurity risk and incident management. You follow global security trends and provide updates on the current security landscape concerning the organization and its business. You advise senior management on cybersecurity risks, threats, and their impact to the organization, as well as manage continuous cybersecurity capacity and capability building within the organization.

Your profile:

• At least 10 years of experience in cybersecurity roles, including a minimum of 3 years in critical infrastructure and leadership experience.
• Track record of securing and working with different technologies as well as effectively communicating with stakeholders from varied backgrounds.
• Relevant certifications, such as ISC2, ISACA, GIAC, ISO27001
• Experience in securing Cloud Technologies and in Secure Development Lifecycle (Secure SDLC)
• Familiarity with SOCs and adeptness in enhancing situational awareness in complex environments
• Experience in the Energy industry and / or distributed systems is an advantage
• English fluency is mandatory
• Valid working permit for Italy or EU nationality

We offer:

• Full-time, open ended direct contract
• Competitive salary that includes a base and a variable part (10% of the RAL)
• Private health and life insurance plan, in addition to the welfare and meal vouchers according to the CCNL Metalmeccanico
• Yearly subscription for the Milan public transportation network
• Professional development budget
• Possibility to grow in an international environment, with a team distributed between Milano, Zurich and Paris. In-person collaboration is regular thanks to the internal mobility and the team events across locations!

tiko Italia is the vibrant tech hub in the heart of Milano where we develop in-house solutions that allow our customers to save energy with their existing electrical devices. The aggregated devices give life to the tiko-managed Virtual Power Plant, participating in the stabilization of the electrical network. Our hyper-dynamic and multicultural start-up culture will give you the opportunity to express your full potential, while contributing to making a real difference for the planet!

tiko Italia make available the product to tiko Energy Solutions, the Zurich HQ, that coordinate internationally the operations and development of the tiko devices. tiko Services, based in Paris, markets our solution in France. tiko is a company of the ENGIE group since 2019.

tiko Italia is proud to be a Great Place to Work®. Find out more on tiko-italia.it.