Head of Cyber Security, CISO – Autonomous Solutions

Volvo Autonomous Solutions
The future belongs to those who are inspired by great ideas and can carry them out. We are ready to move into the future, defining and driving the development of the future autonomous transport solutions for the Volvo Group. Now we are looking for a team player with a passion for digital technology, wish to apply it for the good of our business and a desire to disrupt the transport infrastructure industries.


Ready to shape tomorrow’s society together with us?
Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S) is a new entity within the Volvo Group with the mission to offer transport solutions never seen before. We accelerate the development, commercialization, and sales of autonomous transport solutions, focusing on defined segments for the on- and off-road space. With entirely new business models and highly advanced technology we will meet and exceed expectations from customers, and contributing to a society that we want to live in. There’s about 280 of us and together we form a team that is stronger than the sum of its parts - and is ready to tackle the big challenges we have ahead of us.


This is what we do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TOCGC6Uuc


This is us, your new colleagues?
The Digital and IT team is a new and growing team at Volvo Autonomous Solutions. Our mission is to enable the digital side of V.A.S. to transform from an internal start-up to a scale up. We work with our customers and partners to enable digital business models. We facilitate the work inside V.A.S. to secure that we have the right tools for the job and to succeed we fluently mix working with ambitious strategies as well as with hands on implementations.


Who are you?
As we don’t know you yet, we might not have everything right about your background. But when we imagine how you are we believe that you have a passion for cyber security, that you have a foundation of technical knowledge but gained experience from how to generate wider impact on the organisation in terms of culture, processes, compliance and governance. As a foundation, you have a relevant University degree or equivalent professional experience. You understand the IT security challenges in fast growing digital “X-as-a-service” organizations, and have the ability prepare the organization with the right processes, skills, relationships, and capabilities against growing IT security risks.


Additional competences are:
Deep understanding of how IT- and information security contribute to increased protection of business operations
Skills and competence to coach and lead team members
Negotiation skills to support in supplier, partnership or customer dialogues on Cyber Security topics
Skills to effectively communicate complex technical information to internal stakeholders/projects
Experience with one or more security frameworks (NIST, ISO 21434, ISO 27001, MITRe, CIS, CCM)
One or more technical security certifications is a plus:
CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional
CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional
CSSLP – Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
CISM – Certified Information Security Manager
CSEC – SANS CIAC Security Essentials

What will you do?
You will build up and coordinate V.A.S. capabilities around cyber security, in tight collaboration with the functions in V.A.S., Group governance and our key partners.


Additional responsibilities are:
Establish and maintain a V.A.S. ISO 27000 certification
Establish and operate ISOC for V.A.S., coordinate cyber security responses with V.A.S. eco system
Act as a coach for V.A.S. on cyber security topics, champion a healthy security culture inside V.A.S.
Member of Volvo Group Cyber Security Council
Establish a network inside V.A.S. around cyber security

The location for this position is Gothenburg - Sweden.


We are actively working to establish teams that will take maximum advantage of the strength inherent to differences in knowledge, experience, age, gender, and nationality, among others. We find that well balanced work teams increase group dynamics, creativity, and new approaches to solutions.


Curious and want to know more about the role? Please contact me:
Mattias Lindström, Head of Digital & IT. Phone: +46 739 02 42 58


Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.