Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) – AI Platforms
About the role
As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) – AI Platforms, you will make an impact by defining and governing the security strategy, risk posture, and compliance framework across Cognizant’s AI Platforms portfolio, including Engineering Platforms and Business Platforms. You will be a valued member of the AI Platforms leadership team and work collaboratively with platform engineering leaders, infrastructure teams, business stakeholders, corporate security teams, and executive leadership to ensure secure, compliant, and resilient platform operations.
In this role, you will:
- Define and own the security strategy, governance framework, risk tolerance, and control standards across the AI Platforms portfolio.
- Establish and oversee security governance processes, including Authority to Operate (ATO), risk acceptance, compliance monitoring, and executive risk reporting.
- Drive secure-by-design principles across cloud-native and AI-native platforms, including Zero Trust, threat modelling, identity security, encryption, and policy-driven controls.
- Lead regulatory compliance, audit readiness, vulnerability management, incident response governance, and threat intelligence programs across healthcare and financial services platforms.
- Build and lead a high-performing security organization while partnering with engineering and business leaders to balance risk management, innovation, and delivery outcomes.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a Work from Office position requiring presence in a client or Cognizant office.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
- 20+ years of experience in information security and cybersecurity, including leadership experience in a CISO or CISO-1 role within a software product organization.
- Experience operating in highly regulated industries such as Healthcare and/or Financial Services, with accountability for security governance and risk management.
- Deep expertise in cloud and application security, including Secure by Design, Zero Trust, Defense in Depth, threat modeling, and software security practices.
- Proven experience managing regulatory and compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and related governance requirements.
- Strong experience securing cloud-native, AI-enabled, and modern software platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
These will help you stand out
- Experience building or transforming security organizations supporting large-scale platform modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
- Expertise in AI security, agentic AI governance, model access controls, AI risk management, and AI-specific threat vectors.
- Strong understanding of encryption architectures, key management, workload identity separation, and cloud-native security controls.
- Experience overseeing penetration testing, adversary simulations, and threat intelligence programs utilizing frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP guidance.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CRISC, CCISO, or HITRUST CCSFP.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting perspectives to this role.
À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
À savoir avant de postuler
- Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
- Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
- L’IA dans notre processus de recrutement: Nous utilisons des outils d'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour trier et évaluer les candidatures efficacement. Notre équipe examine ensuite les candidatures et décide qui passe à l’étape suivante.
- Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
- Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
- Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.
