Description
CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong partnerships. This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries. CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a general research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources. For more information, visit https://www.cimmyt.org/
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Cybersecurity Manager to lead the protection of the information assets underpinning its global research operations.




The postholder leads CIMMYT's information security function and its Information Security Management System, aligned to ISO/IEC 27001:2022, with operational ownership of the Center's security platforms and of the team that runs them.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead CIMMYT's information security function, and manage, coach and develop the cybersecurity team, including objective setting, evidence-based performance assessment, technical mentoring and cross-cover.
- Operate and continuously improve the Information Security Management System aligned to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and NIST CSF v2.0, maintaining the supporting standards, procedures and the evidence that demonstrates the controls operate as documented.
- Prepare and present risk and control items, and follow through on decisions and actions arising.
- Perform and oversee hands-on configuration, integration, tuning and troubleshooting across the security platform estate, endpoint detection an

📌 Cybersecurity Manager (México)
🏢 Cimmyt
📍 México