CISO

Company Description

Swiss Medical Network, one of the largest private clinic networks in Switzerland, has set itself the primary goal of providing first-class hospital care to its Swiss and foreign patients. Swiss Medical Network stands out for its quality services, pleasant working environment, and entrepreneurial management team.

Swiss Medical Network currently brings together 21 hospitals and clinics in Switzerland, across the three main linguistic regions.

Job Description

As a CISO, you define and lead the information security strategy and program for Swiss Medical Network. You ensure asset protection, regulatory compliance (LPD), system performance, and promote a security culture.

• Define and lead the overall information security strategy and the Information Security Management System (ISMS).
• Identify, assess, and manage information security risks, propose measures, and support their implementation, including during process changes.
• Establish and enforce security policies and standards; ensure compliance (LPD/GDPR), in close collaboration with the DPO and auditors.
• Oversee security operations, threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Design and conduct security awareness and training programs for all employees.
• Provide security expertise for IT and digitization projects, ensuring "security by design" integration.
• Manage technologies and relationships with security solution providers.
• Ensure regular reporting on the security posture and communicate effectively with all stakeholders (management, teams, patients).

Qualifications

• Higher education in computer science in the field of cybersecurity and information security; certifications (ISO 27000, CISSP, CISM, SANS, etc.) are an asset.
• Proven experience in information security management, with excellent mastery of security frameworks (NIST) and regulations (LPD, GDPR).
• Preferably basic legal knowledge and/or expertise/experience in compliance management.
• Strong leadership, project management, communication skills, and the ability to influence at all levels.
• Autonomy, rigor, proactivity, solution orientation, and excellent analytical skills.
• Dynamic, innovative, motivated by teamwork, and a strong "can-do" attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills, including clear and precise oral and written communication.
• Bilingual in German and French with good knowledge of English; Italian is a plus.
• Knowledge of Atlassian Confluence, ServiceNow, DevOps, Scrum/Agile is a plus.

Additional Information

• A strategic leadership role with real impact within a leading healthcare network in Switzerland.
• The opportunity to build the CISO function in a dynamic, stimulating, and rapidly growing company.
• A pleasant working environment, motivating salary, and social benefits.
• A multidisciplinary job and interesting projects.