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Chief Information Security Officer

Employer
BIE Executive
Location
England, West Midlands
Salary
£130,000 - £170,000 per annum + bonus
Closing date
5 Feb 2019

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Sector
Telecoms / Utilities
Responsibilities
Information Management, Information Technology, Strategy
Position/Level
Director
Contract Type
Permanent
Language
English

Job Details

Our client is a mature start-up organisation who are separating out of their legacy parent ownership and becoming an independent entity. This is a data and insights business who are going through massive growth and rapid transformation. As a result of this change, they now require an experienced Chief Information Security Officer to deliver a best in class Information Security solution for this evolving and dynamic organisation.

The Role:

  • Develop an Information Security strategy ensuring it is in alignment with overall business strategy
  • Ensure appropriate structures and governing bodies are in place to consider security issues and provide strong governance pertaining to all security matters
  • Proactively plan and manage all IT Security project activities within the IT Portfolio Roadmap
  • Work with functional and Exec teams to ensure a coordinated approach to planning and implementation of appropriate security measure
  • Design and implementation of an internal security operations centre with state of the art risk and vulnerability monitoring capability - AI and machine learning technologies
  • Ensure information security project objectives meet wider business needs to continually simplify and streamline InfoSec and business processes, whilst reducing Information Security risks
  • Ensure that information security risks are identified, communicated and mitigated so that the Exec Board is kept fully informed of progress, and impact on external customers is minimise
  • Work collaboratively with peers, IS and business leaders (Exec / PLC Board) to ensure the continued alignment of the function and to provide thought leadership with regard to future security improvements in business process and technology
  • Advise on appropriate approaches to address information security issues on major cross functional programmes, where required
  • Establish the resourcing need for security expertise on project teams both internally and externally, driven by the project pipeline and investment budgets
  • Manage relationships with security partners, 3rd party contactors and support commercial and contract negotiations with other partners
  • Implement the appropriate systems security, risk management and compliance processes to ensure robust solutions are in place that comply with operational and audit requirements

The Individual

  • Extensive IT security experience and held Director/VP level roles within mid to large complex organisations
  • Sector experience across Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Investment banking, Digital or Telecommunications
  • Adaptable and flexible style with low ego and high skill/will
  • Dynamic and agile in execution
  • Stakeholder management up to Board level
  • Proven project portfolio management and delivery across complex organisations
  • Ideally had experience of working in a start-up environment and building the InfoSec function from scratch

Company

Working With Organisations Going Through Change

BIE develops senior talent solutions for every stage of your journey.

Everything we do revolves around supporting your business at every stage of your growth journey, whilst leaving a positive legacy to achieve continuous growth and success.

By maintaining close on-going relationships with everyone we work with we are able to generate long term loyalty, and have a clear understanding of each individual's strengths and ambitions. This enables us to deliver a selective list of high quality potential candidates very quickly.

Using a mix of interim management, executive search and business consulting services, we can help you to build the right capability to meet your evolving needs and requirements.

We have deep functional expertise in: 
•    Finance
•    Human Resources 
•    Transformation
•    Supply Chain & Procurement 
•    Technology
•    Executive Leadership

This ensures that whatever evolutionary opportunity you face, you can find the leadership and internal capability to deliver

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