Chalhoub Group Enterprise Security Architecture Lead

About Chalhoub Group

Founded in 1955 by Michel and Widad Chalhoub, Chalhoub Group has grown into a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East. Headquartered in Dubai, the family-owned group brings together international maisons and homegrown concepts across fashion, beauty and lifestyle, combining regional expertise with retail and distribution capabilities. As an employer, it offers career opportunities spanning client experience, brand management, merchandising, logistics and digital innovation. Its multicultural environment connects employees with the evolving expectations of luxury consumers, while its emphasis on learning, entrepreneurship and sustainability provides a distinctive setting for professionals seeking to shape the region’s luxury landscape.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define, own and continuously evolve the Group’s Enterprise Security Architecture strategy, standards, principles and target-state roadmap.
• Establish security architecture patterns and reference architectures to support business transformation and technology modernisation.
• Improve the Group’s enterprise security architecture capability and maturity.
• Own the Security Design Authority and govern enterprise architecture decisions, security design standards, architecture exceptions and technology risk across the Group.
• Embed security throughout the technology lifecycle and into solution design from inception through implementation and operational transition.
• Govern architecture decisions, design exceptions and technology risk to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and business objectives.
• Provide enterprise security architecture leadership across strategic programmes, digital initiatives and enterprise technology platforms.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture on technology roadmaps, embedding security requirements in strategic technology decisions and future-state architectures.
• Evaluate new technologies and major investments against security, resilience and architectural standards.
• Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture standards aligned with recognised industry frameworks and regulatory requirements.
• Provide independent security architecture assurance and technical due diligence for strategic programmes, enterprise platforms, cloud services, third-party solutions and technology investments.
• Represent Information Security at architecture, technology governance and investment forums.
• Assess emerging technologies and evolving cyber threats to inform the Group’s security architecture strategy.
• Drive adoption of modern security architecture practices, automation and engineering capabilities; mature the Group’s architecture capability, standards, methodologies and operating model.
• Promote standardisation, simplification and continuous improvement across the technology landscape.
• Advise senior technology and business leaders on enabling business growth while effectively managing cyber risk.
• Build partnerships across Technology & Data, Digital, Product, Engineering and business functions, and provide architectural leadership across identity, cloud, infrastructure, applications, data, enterprise platforms and emerging technologies.
• Lead and develop the Enterprise Security Architecture capability, fostering technical excellence, collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• At least 10–12 years’ experience in Enterprise Security Architecture.
• Proven experience defining and governing enterprise security architecture within a complex, global organisation.
• Experience leading security architecture across large-scale business transformation, cloud adoption and enterprise technology modernisation programmes.
• Experience providing architectural governance for enterprise platforms, digital products and third-party technology solutions.
• Experience supporting major ERP or enterprise platform transformations, such as SAP or equivalent, is highly desirable.
• Strong experience influencing senior technology leaders, enterprise architects and executive stakeholders.
• Experience developing enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures and security design governance.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience in Enterprise Security Architecture; Security by Design and Secure Engineering principles; Enterprise Architecture and Architecture Governance; Cloud & Hybrid Security Architecture; Identity & Access Management; Infrastructure, Network & Platform Security; Application, API & Data Security; DevSecOps and Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC); Zero Trust Architecture; Cyber Risk Management and Security Governance; and emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence and Automation.
• Strategic thinking with strong commercial and business acumen.
• Executive presence and exceptional communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance business enablement with effective cyber risk management.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving capability in complex enterprise environments.
• Collaborative leadership and the ability to build trusted partnerships across business and technology functions.
• Passion for developing people, fostering innovation and driving continuous improvement.

Skills

Experience

Minimum 10–12 years in Enterprise Security Architecture.

Benefits

Health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, employee discounts, learning and development opportunities, and exposure to different assignments through internal mobility.

Culture

Chalhoub Group combines its heritage as a family-owned business with the dynamism of the Middle East’s luxury sector, fostering a multicultural workplace rooted in collaboration and long-term relationships. Its culture emphasizes continuous learning, entrepreneurial initiative and excellence in customer experience, encouraging employees to develop their expertise while contributing to the evolution of luxury retail.

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