Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances and flavors, cosmetic active ingredients as well as functional ingredients. Its customers include perfume, cosmetics, food and beverage manufacturers, the pharmaceutical industry and producers of dietary supplements and pet food.

With sales of around €4.9 billion in the 2025 financial year, the company is one of the world's leading providers. The Group, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, has more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the USA and Latin America.

Together with its customers, Symrise develops new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an indispensable part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked.

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Your role
As Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), you will define and lead Symrise's global cyber and information security strategy at a time of accelerating digitalization and an increasingly complex risk landscape. Reporting directly to the Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO),



you will be responsible for safeguarding Symrise's integral digital ecosystem, production environments, data and critical technology services, while ensuring that security enables innovation, operational resilience and sustainable business growth.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will shape and deliver a multi-year security roadmap, advise senior management and the Executive Board on cyber risk and resilience, and lead a global organization responsible for protecting the company across all regions, business units and technology environments.

Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Define, own and execute the global cyber security strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned with business priorities, regulatory requirements and the wider IT strategy
Lead and further develop the global cyber security organization, ensuring that its structure, capabilities and talent remain aligned wi

📌 Chief Information Security Officer (Barcelona)
🏢 Symrise
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