Group Director, Cyber Security Engineering

Group Director, Cyber Risk & Security Engineering

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.

CHANEL is hiring a Group Director, Cyber Risk & Security Engineering. We are looking for a Security Engineering, Governance and Cyber Risk champion to join our Information Security Team onsite in the New York City area. You will play a leading role, reporting directly into the Head of Information Security, in safeguarding the integrity and reputation of The House by ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies, while garnering awareness to influence behavior change.

You will collaborate cross‑functionally with teams across the enterprise including Tech, Legal, Operations, Retail, and with our global partners to assess risks, implement continuous monitoring programs, and drive a culture of cyber resilience and accountability across the organization. Our ideal candidate will demonstrate a unique blend of leadership, information security domain expertise, strong risk management acumen, business judgement, creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, communication skills, and embrace diverse perspectives.

• Strengthen CHANEL’s ability to identify, assess, and prioritize cyber risks, enabling confident decision‑making on remediation, acceptance, or transfer
• Lead the implementation and integration of security controls across digital and physical environments, collaborating with engineering, architecture, and operations to embed robust protection at every layer
• Translate technical risks into actionable requirements and behaviors, fostering a culture of secure operations and empowering teams enterprise‑wide
• Build and scale impactful security awareness programs, driving measurable behavior change and elevating security practices across corporate, retail, and operations environments
• Drive a scalable, intuitive approach to identity and access governance, ensuring the right individuals have timely access while minimizing business friction
• Identify and address information security program gaps, advising on remediation and influencing adoption in partnership with the Head of Information Security
• Act as a decisive tech leader, taking informed risks and making recommendations quickly within a complex, matrixed organization

• Delivering security as a service to a large, complex organization with both online and physical retail presence in a rapidly growing environment with cyber threats that are continuously evolving
• Developing and elevating security processes for efficiency and easy adoption while delivering high‑quality scalable solutions that minimize cyber risk
• Fostering a message that information security enables the business and its objectives by educating and garnering awareness to a range of audiences, both technical and non‑technical, while also actively listening to their needs ensuring alignment with program versus organizational objectives
• Working in a highly collaborative environment as a courageous leader and developing talent to support the growth of the business
• Navigating complexity and monitoring risk on the regional and global level in close partnership with the wider Information Security team driving consistent transformation and change

• Extensive hands‑on experience in cyber engineering, implementing and managing enterprise security solutions across…