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Avaron helps you find assignments that match your skills and ambitions. As a permanently employed consultant with us, you get competitive terms – combined with the variety and growth that a consulting career offers.

You will step into a strategic role where cybersecurity needs to support business goals, decision-making, and delivery without slowing the organization down. In this assignment, you will act as a trusted advisor to management and key stakeholders, helping ensure that security, governance, and risk are handled in a practical and business-aligned way.

You will work across projects, functions, and senior forums to strengthen the organization’s overall cybersecurity resilience. The role combines strategic influence with hands-on advisory work in areas such as risk, compliance, governance, and incident readiness. It is a great opportunity if you want to shape security strategy at enterprise level and make a clear impact in a complex environment.

• You will advise management and key stakeholders on cybersecurity risks, priorities, and decisions.
• You will help ensure cybersecurity best practices are aligned with business objectives and delivery goals.
• You will provide security expertise in projects and ongoing initiatives to reduce risk and strengthen security controls.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve the organization’s overall cybersecurity resilience.
• You will identify, assess, and guide mitigation of cybersecurity risks across different business functions.
• You will support compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• You will contribute to the development and implementation of security strategies, policies, and governance frameworks.
• You will support security incident response and crisis management from an enterprise perspective.
• You will promote cybersecurity awareness and good practices among employees and stakeholders.

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security, IT governance, risk management, or compliance.
• Proven experience developing, implementing, and overseeing security governance frameworks, policies, and strategies.
• Experience aligning security and data privacy with business objectives at a strategic level.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, and security program development.
• Strong knowledge of GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST, and PCI DSS.
• Strong expertise in third-party and vendor risk management in complex business environments.
• Experience leading security incident response and crisis management at enterprise level.
• Ability to influence senior leadership and contribute to board-level discussions on security risks and strategy.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CIPM, CISA, or ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor.
• Additional specialization within areas such as AI Governance, Cloud Security, or CIPP/E.
• Strong communication skills for stakeholder interaction and knowledge sharing.
• Good understanding of business operations and how they affect security.

• Permanent employment at Avaron AB
• Occupational pension
• Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year

Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.