Head of Cyber Security - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Stanton House

Description

Job Description

Own the future strategic agenda of Cyber and Information Security to safeguard a FTSE100 enterprise IT Architecture.

• 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.