Head of Cyber Security

About the role

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

As Cyber Security Lead/Manager you will lead Sulzer's global technical cybersecurity function and play a critical role in protecting and enabling the company's business and technology transformation journey. This is a strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced cybersecurity professional who is passionate about building secure, resilient, and scalable technology environments. You will drive security architecture, engineering, and secure-by-design practices across enterprise applications, cloud platforms, infrastructure, operational technology (OT), and digital products. Working closely with senior business leaders, Enterprise Architecture, and technology teams, you will help shape Sulzer's cybersecurity strategy while ensuring security is embedded into innovation and transformation initiatives across the organization.

What you will do

• Define and maintain Sulzer's cybersecurity architecture and engineering roadmap.
• Lead the global technical cybersecurity function and develop organizational capabilities.
• Drive the adoption of secure-by-design principles across applications, infrastructure, cloud, OT, and digital products.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, technology domains, development teams, and product owners to embed security into technology initiatives.
• Establish and govern security standards, architecture principles, and technology direction.
• Lead security reviews and support risk-based design decisions.
• Advise the CISO and senior leadership on cybersecurity strategy, architecture, and technology risks.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide their secure adoption across the enterprise.
• Oversee implementation and lifecycle management of security technologies and platforms.
• Drive automation, standardization, and technical risk reduction initiatives.
• Define security requirements across identity, infrastructure, network, cloud, application, OT, and digital product environments.
• Manage cybersecurity priorities, strategic initiatives, and project portfolio oversight.
• Support cybersecurity investment decisions through architecture, risk, and technology recommendations.
• Communicate cybersecurity progress, priorities, and outcomes to business and technology stakeholders.

What you need to succeed

• University degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, security engineering, or related cybersecurity disciplines.
• Leadership experience within global and complex business environments.
• Proven experience implementing enterprise security capabilities.
• Strong expertise in security architecture and secure-by-design methodologies.
• Experience in security engineering and security technology management.
• Knowledge of cloud, infrastructure, and network security.
• Expertise in identity and access security.
• Understanding of application security, OT security, and digital product security.
• Experience with vulnerability and exposure management.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture and technology governance.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication capabilities.
• Fluent English language skills.

Preferred

• Relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF, Azure Security, Google Cloud Security, or equivalent.
• Experience advising senior executives and governance bodies on cybersecurity and technology-related decisions.

Key Competencies

• Strategic leadership and decision-making.
• Executive communication and influencing skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Team leadership, coaching, and capability development.
• Ability to translate complex cybersecurity topics into business-focused outcomes.

What we offer you

• A competitive salary as well as participation in the variable remuneration system based on personal and financial objectives.
• Meal vouchers.
• Access to a voluntary flexible compensation scheme allowing employees to optimize their salary package, such as health insurance, transport, or childcare.
• Be part of an experienced and international team.
• A good vibe working environment.
• The opportunity to grow your career within a solid and well-established international company.
• Be part of a dynamic organization undergoing continuous transformation and improvement.
• Office location: Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid.
• Additional benefits may apply depending on the position and location.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment. We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.

Company Overview

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. By supporting water and energy security, enabling the energy transition and driving the use of circular technologies, we help our customers build a better world. With more than 13’000 employees and 160 world-class production facilities and service centers across the globe, we are a globally diverse team. We value the uniqueness of all our colleagues, and we appreciate the contributions that each of us makes to the company’s success. We prioritize your health and safety and are committed to offering a work environment in which you can thrive.