CEE Zone Security Leader — Governance & Incident Readiness

Schneider Electric; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

WESOP

Inclusive environment

Global family leave

Career growth

Continuous development

Hybrid setup

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Security Manager for the CEE Zone, based in Warsaw or Budapest. You will drive governance, risk management, and incident readiness across multiple countries, leading country security leaders and coordinating with regional stakeholders to implement global standards and secure operations.

The role requires 8+ years in security/risk management, a strong matrix-organization mindset, and fluent English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Risk Management, Criminal Justice, Business Management, or a related field (master’s preferred).
• 8+ years’ experience in a security/risk management role
• Experience working in a complex matrix organization
• Stakeholder management across cultures, functions, and seniority with influencing/negotiating skills
• Understanding of Business Operations structures and ways of working
• Decisive and ownership mindset
• Fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Governance and oversight: ensure consistent application of global and regional security policies across the zone.
• Guide and support country security leaders and ensure alignment with governance and performance expectations.
• Oversee onboarding, competency development, and performance management for the zone security team.
• Coordinate security awareness and share lessons learned to reinforce a security culture locally.
• Support standardization and optimization of security systems and technologies.
• Monitor zone KPIs and provide concise updates to Regional Security Leader.
• Serve as liaison between country security communities, zone leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• Oversee implementation and maintenance of security frameworks and standards across all countries in the zone.
• Support compliance reviews, ensuring controls are validated, documented, and improved.
• Risk management: coordinate risk and threat assessments across all countries, track controls, monitor effectiveness, and identify vulnerabilities.
• Incident management: support incident response, coordinate escalation to region for high-risk events, and contribute to crisis preparedness and after-action reviews.
• Be an agent of change with strong analytics and data management.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Complex matrix

Analytics

Autonomy

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Risk Management, Criminal Justice, Business Management, or related field (Master’s preferred)

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Security Manager for the CEE Zone, based in Warsaw or Budapest. You will drive governance, risk management, and incident readiness across multiple countries, leading country security leaders and coordinating with regional stakeholders to implement global standards and secure operations.

The role requires 8+ years in security/risk management, a strong matrix-organization mindset, and fluent English.