Global Incident Response Manager

As the Global Incident Response Manager, you will play a key role in protecting Symrise’s global technology landscape against cyber threats. You will lead and continuously improve our global security monitoring and incident response capabilities across IT, OT, cloud, and digital environments.

The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on cybersecurity operations, ensuring threats are detected, analyzed, contained, and remediated effectively. You will work closely with global IT, OT, infrastructure, and business teams to strengthen cyber resilience, improve security visibility, and ensure a coordinated response to cybersecurity incidents.

You will also contribute to the development of modern threat detection capabilities, incident response processes, threat intelligence integration, and vulnerability management programs, while providing insights into emerging threats and security risks to IT leadership and the CISO., * Lead and coordinate the full lifecycle of cybersecurity incidents, from detection and triage through containment, eradication, and recovery.

• Develop and continuously improve incident response playbooks, escalation processes, and forensic workflows.
• Design, implement, and operate security monitoring capabilities across IT, OT, cloud, endpoints, and infrastructure.
• Develop and optimize SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, and other security monitoring solutions.
• Create and refine detection rules and use cases to identify known and emerging cyber threats.
• Monitor the threat landscape and assess emerging vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and potential business impact.
• Coordinate with IT and OT teams to integrate new systems and services into the security monitoring environment.
• Support M&A activities by integrating acquired systems into existing security monitoring and incident response frameworks.
• Strengthen incident response readiness through security exercises, simulations, training, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, external service providers, and technology partners to ensure effective incident response.
• Provide regular reporting and strategic insights to the CISO and IT leadership on incident trends, response effectiveness, vulnerabilities, and overall cyber risk.
• Continuously enhance Symrise’s cyber resilience and security capabilities to support secure digital transformation.

You are an experienced cybersecurity professional with a strong background in security operations, incident response, and enterprise security monitoring. You are comfortable working in complex global environments and can combine technical expertise with strong communication and coordination skills, particularly when managing high-pressure security incidents.

You have hands-on experience with security technologies such as EDR, SIEM, and vulnerability management platforms, as well as a solid understanding of digital forensics, threat intelligence, and cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and MITRE ATT&CK.

You are analytical, proactive, and able to work effectively across IT, OT, cloud, and business environments. You take ownership, continuously look for ways to improve security capabilities, and can translate complex cybersecurity risks into clear insights and actions for both technical and senior stakeholders.

• Competitive salary package aligned with your experience and expertise
• Hybrid working model with flexibility and work-life balance
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance coverage
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of data, analytics, and AI
• A collaborative and international environment with exposure to global teams and impactful projects
• The chance to be part of Symrise, a world-leading company where innovation, sustainability, and people are at the heart of everything we do

At Symrise, you won’t just join a company-you’ll become part of a purpose-driven organization where your ideas can create meaningful impact and help shape the future of digital transformation on a global scale. Job Reference: EA04813

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of € 4.9 billion in the 2024 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.