Head of Cyber & Information Security

Salary:

£89000.00 - £110000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits

Opportunity type:

  1. Permanent

Location:

West Midlands

Specialism:

  1. Change & Transformation

Date posted:

Posting date: 07 Apr 2024

Opportunity reference:

BBBH25066_1712502664

Opportunity description

Location: Remote/2 days per week in West-Midlands

Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + Bonus + Pension + Health + Life Insurance + more

Reporting to: CIO

Mandate:

A pivotal leadership role reporting to the CIO, you will identify and mitigate cyber security risks and embed compliance and industry regulations and lead a small team of cyber and information security SMEs.

Expectations:

  • Accountable for Security operations to implement security controls, maintenance of security operations, and cyber crisis management
  • Define and execute a framework of security controls including governance, policy, strategy and risk
  • Collaborate with Data Protection Officer to ensure alignment and compliance between Cyber and Data impacts
  • Facilitating effective Cyber advice and guidance to Transformation and Technology groups
  • Oversee development of current and potential security threats to the organisation
  • Provide threat intelligence to help mitigate vulnerabilities to security incidents
  • Establish clear view of information security risk including policy, strategy and guidelines
  • Drive strong information security culture and adoption across the organisation
  • Inform the business of best practice and rules with cyber and information security processes

Skills Required:

  • 10 years of leadership roles in Cyber Security, Information Security, Risk Management and Data Security
  • Certified CISSP, CISM, SSCP, CompTIA Security+
  • Information Security Frameworks including ISO, IEC 27001 and NIST
  • Experience with security tools, technology and SOC
  • Proven track record of establishing and influencing Information Security frameworks for enterprise organisations
  • Significant experience of effectively influencing and collaborating with enterprise wide stakeholders and vendors
  • Advocate for industry best practice standards, compliance and security standards
  • Track record of contract and vendor negotiations
  • Degree in Cyber Security or Information Security

If you are looking for an opportunity to step up into a Head of Cyber Security leading a small team of security experts this could be a great opportunity for you.