Third-Party IT Security Manager

Start Date: Immediate

End Date: To be determined

Location: Brussel

Key Responsibilities:

• Third-Party Assurance Lifecycle: Execute Third Party Due Diligence, risk profiling, onboarding, and re-certification.
• Security Assessment: Evaluate Third Party Security Posture and define remediation where applicable.
• Contract Management Support: Ensure security expectations in contracts align with risk profiling.
• Exit Management: Conduct necessary security checks at the end of contractual agreements with Third Parties.
• Ongoing Monitoring: Facilitate and support responses to alerts and incidents involving external Third Parties, including defining remediation actions, evaluating risks, and coordinating actions with internal stakeholders and third parties.

Core Skills and Qualifications:

• Previous experience in Third Party Security Management, including Due Diligence.
• Knowledge of control frameworks such as ISO 27000, NIST, CIS-18, COBIT-5.
• Essential knowledge of the Swift CSP framework.
• Familiarity with relevant regulations, including DORA, Outsourcing, ESMA.
• Advantageous to have knowledge of financial markets, FMIs, and CSD operations.
• Experience with contract review of information security schedules and terms.
• IT Security Certification such as CISSP, CSSLP, CCSP, CISM, CISMP, GCIH, CEH is an advantage.

Soft Skills:

• Strong organizational, prioritization, management, coordination, and reporting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, with strong, innovative, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Open to change and able to work comfortably in a constantly evolving environment.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and in the face of uncertainty.
• Collaborative, able to work comfortably with business executives and stakeholders, within group settings or with team members.
• Ability to handle multiple projects against tight deadlines while being instrumental in delivering cultural change throughout the organization.