Senior security advisor

Desjardins • Montreal, QC

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About The Position

As a senior security advisor, you help develop and optimize security measures to align with corporate objectives by planning, implementing and overseeing best practices to strengthen Desjardins's security posture. You help develop the Desjardins Group Security Office's priorities and governance, and work on different aspects of our security practices. You're responsible for one or more sub-specialties, such as personal information and data protection, information security, physical security and financial crime and fraud prevention. You lead practitioners on development projects and innovative, complex strategic security-related initiatives. Your initiatives require extensive, in-depth knowledge of your field of expertise. You make recommendations on the development and execution of projects and initiatives with a high degree of operational and conceptual complexity. You use your analytical skills and detailed, comprehensive understanding of your line of business and organization. Coordination is critical, as you are interacting with many stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal skills are therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to: Lead large-scale development projects, initiatives and activities in your specialty area that have a significant knock-on effect on the entire organization Design, update, implement and monitor complex action plans, programs, solutions and tools requiring comprehensive and in-depth security knowledge to balance business needs, requirements and best practices Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives under your responsibility Identify, analyze, report and diagnose major issues and recommend solutions to decision-making bodies Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit's strategic projects and initiatives Represent your unit to decision-making bodies for agreements with external partners and organizations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of French is required
• Intermediate knowledge of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients

Nice To Haves

• Action oriented
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Strategic mindset

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale development projects, initiatives and activities in your specialty area that have a significant knock-on effect on the entire organization
• Design, update, implement and monitor complex action plans, programs, solutions and tools requiring comprehensive and in-depth security knowledge to balance business needs, requirements and best practices
• Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives under your responsibility
• Identify, analyze, report and diagnose major issues and recommend solutions to decision-making bodies
• Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit's strategic projects and initiatives
• Represent your unit to decision-making bodies for agreements with external partners and organizations

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior