Louis Vuitton Chief Information Security Officer

About Louis Vuitton

Founded in Paris in 1854, Louis Vuitton stands among the world’s most emblematic luxury maisons, renowned for exceptional craftsmanship, innovation, and the art of travel. As an employer, the Maison offers a distinctive environment where heritage and modernity meet, inviting talents to contribute to a global culture of excellence across retail, design, craftsmanship, client experience, operations, and corporate functions. Louis Vuitton values curiosity, precision, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit, supporting employees through international opportunities, learning pathways, and a strong commitment to savoir-faire. Its teams are united by a shared ambition to craft enduring desirability and deliver exceptional experiences worldwide.

Role & Responsibilities

• Define and drive the information security strategy, governance framework, and roadmap for Asia, aligned with business priorities and Global HQ direction.
• Establish and maintain a regional security operating model, including roles, responsibilities, reporting, and escalation paths.
• Provide functional leadership and collaborate with Market CISOs, Security Officers, and market security champions across Asia.
• Lead regional security governance forums and report regularly on risk, incidents, compliance, and remediation status.
• Oversee regional security risks across infrastructure, applications, cloud, retail, digital platforms, data, and third parties.
• Ensure key security controls and services are effective across the region, including vulnerability management, identity and access management, endpoint and network security, monitoring, and data protection.
• Define and monitor security KPIs/KRIs, escalating material risks and control gaps to the Asia CIO, Global CISO, and relevant business stakeholders.
• Review and challenge market-level risk acceptances, remediation plans, and control exceptions where required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable cybersecurity, information security, privacy, and technology requirements across Asia markets.
• Serve as the regional point of contact for internal and external audits, regulators, and relevant authorities on information security matters.
• Oversee security assessments and audits, and remediate identified control gaps.
• Lead regional oversight of cybersecurity incidents, ensuring effective coordination, executive escalation, regulatory support, and post-incident follow-up.
• Ensure disaster recovery, cyber crisis, and business continuity plans are maintained and tested.
• Embed security by design in major business and technology initiatives, including digital, CRM, retail, infrastructure, cloud, and data-related projects.
• Act as a key regional control owner and participate in technical architecture assessments, providing security oversight for major systems, deployments, and sensitive-data use cases.
• Oversee third-party security risk management for critical vendors, service providers, and outsourced operations.
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, Digital, Retail, and IT teams to coordinate security risks and obligations.
• Serve as the key information security partner to Asia market leadership, Louis Vuitton Global HQ, and LVMH Group stakeholders on regional security matters.
• Build working relationships with Market CISOs, CIOs, business leaders, Legal, Privacy, Digital, CRM, Retail, Client Services, Internal Control, HR, Procurement, and IT teams to align security priorities with business needs.
• Collaborate with Louis Vuitton Global HQ and LVMH Group security teams to represent regional requirements and implement global policies, standards, and initiatives across Asia.
• Represent Asia in global and Group security governance forums, communicating regional risks, regulatory developments, operational constraints, and investment priorities.
• Coordinate with external auditors, regulators, service providers, and other relevant partners on security, compliance, and incident-related matters.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in information security, cybersecurity, or technology risk within a complex international environment.
• Strong experience in regional or multi-market security governance, ideally across Asia.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and controls, including NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SIEM, IDS/IPS, DLP, encryption, IAM, vulnerability management, and cloud security.
• Demonstrated experience in security operations oversight, incident response, audit and regulatory engagement, and risk management.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills in a matrix organization.
• Hands-on, analytical, and able to make sound risk-based decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, information security, information systems, information technology, or a related field; and/or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in information security or information technology, including at least 5 years of direct experience in cybersecurity leadership roles.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent are preferred.

Skills

Experience

At least 10 years in information security or information technology, including at least 5 years in cybersecurity leadership roles.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in computer science, information security, information systems, information technology, or a related field; equivalent relevant professional experience is also accepted.

Culture

Louis Vuitton fosters a culture rooted in heritage, craftsmanship, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, where employees contribute to one of the world’s most iconic luxury maisons. Its workplace environment combines creativity, precision, and international collaboration, offering teams the opportunity to grow within a brand that values innovation, client experience, and long-term savoir-faire.

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