Head of Security Architecture — Hybrid & Global Impact

Liebherr Group; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Flexible and hybrid working model

Continuous learning and certification

Meal vouchers

Life and accident insurance

Premium private health insurance (flex

Global transformation involvement

Job summary

Liebherr Group in Madrid is expanding its Corporate Information Security Team and seeks a Head of Information Security Architecture to define and govern the security architecture strategy across IT, OT, cloud, data and digital products.

Reporting to the Global CISO, you will lead the architecture team, establish security by design, and ensure risk- and regulatory-aligned decisions, while enabling secure innovation in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Proven ability to establish Security by Design, architecture governance, standards and target-state architectures.
• Strong leadership and ability to translate business, risk and regulatory requirements into clear architecture decisions and guardrails.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture and security architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and SABSA, and security standards such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001 and IEC 62443.
• Professional fluency in English is required; German language skills are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel internationally (up to 30%) as required by project work.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain and govern information security architecture principles, standards, patterns, reference architectures and reusable blueprints.
• Provide integrated architectural direction across identity and access, cloud, network and Zero Trust, infrastructure, endpoint, data protection, security monitoring, OT and Product Security.
• Translate business risk, cybersecurity risk, regulatory obligations and security policies into architecture principles, patterns and technical control requirements.
• Establish and drive Security by Design, embedding proportionate security requirements into initiatives from idea, investment and design through implementation and operation.
• Lead the Information Security Architecture team, governance processes and decision rights, including intake, reviews, escalation and exceptions.
• Define and report meaningful KPIs and KRIs covering standards adoption, review outcomes, exceptions, technical debt, Security-by-Design effectiveness and target-state maturity.

Skills

Leadership

Security architecture

Enterprise architecture

Security standards

TOGAF/SABSA

English proficiency

German language (advantage)

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Cybersecurity/CS/Engineering

Certifications: CISSP, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT

English fluency required

German language advantageous

Job description

Liebherr Group in Madrid is expanding its Corporate Information Security Team and seeks a Head of Information Security Architecture to define and govern the security architecture strategy across IT, OT, cloud, data and digital products.

Reporting to the Global CISO, you will lead the architecture team, establish security by design, and ensure risk- and regulatory-aligned decisions, while enabling secure innovation in a hybrid work model.