Desjardins Group

Senior security advisor

Desjardins Group • $100K — $120K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum of six years of relevant experience
  • Advanced proficiency in French, with intermediate English skills
  • Ability to travel 30% to 50% of the time
  • Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle

Responsibilities

  • Lead large-scale security development projects impacting the organization
  • Design, implement, and monitor complex security action plans and programs
  • Advise clients on strategic project development and execution
  • Identify and analyze security issues, providing solutions to decision-makers
  • Develop and update security policies and standards
  • Represent the security unit in agreements with external partners

Benefits

  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan for stable retirement income
  • Group insurance including telemedicine services
  • Health and wellness expense reimbursement
  • Telework equipment reimbursement
Full Job Description
As a senior security advisor, you help develop and optimize security measures to align with corporate objectives by planning, implementing and overseeing best practices to strengthen Desjardins's security posture. You help develop the Desjardins Group Security Office's priorities and governance, and work on different aspects of our security practices. You're responsible for one or more sub-specialties, such as personal information and data protection, information security, physical security and financial crime and fraud prevention. You lead practitioners on development projects and innovative, complex strategic security-related initiatives. Your initiatives require extensive, in-depth knowledge in your field of expertise. You make recommendations on the development and execution of projects and initiatives with a high degree of operational and conceptual complexity. You use your analytical skills and detailed, comprehensive understanding of your line of business and the organization. Coordination is critical as you are interacting with many stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal skills are therefore essential. You serve as a specialist advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for decision-making bodies. More specifically, you will be required to:
  • Lead large-scale development projects, initiatives and activities in your specialty area that have a significant knock-on effect on the entire organization
  • Design, update, implement and monitor complex action plans, programs, solutions and tools requiring comprehensive and in-depth security knowledge to balance business needs, requirements and best practices
  • Advise your clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives under your responsibility
  • Identify, analyze, report and diagnose major issues and recommend solutions to decision-making bodies
  • Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit's strategic projects and initiatives
  • Represent your unit to decision-making bodies for agreements with external partners and organizations


What we offer*
  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of six years of relevant experience
  • Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
  • Advanced proficiency of French both oral and written
    Intermediate knowledge of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
  • Available for travel, approximately 30% to 50% of the time
  • Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle
Interpersonal Savvy, Strategic mindset

Trade Union (If applicable)

Job Family
Security (FG)

Unposting Date
2026-10-11

About Desjardins Group

Desjardins Group is a Canadian cooperative financial group with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1900 and has since grown to become the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with over 7 million members and clients. The group offers a range of financial services including banking, insurance, wealth management, and investment services. Desjardins Group operates primarily in Quebec and Ontario, but also has a presence in other Canadian provinces as well as in the United States and Europe. The group is committed to social responsibility and sustainability, and has implemented various initiatives to promote these values.
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