Key skills
LeadershipRisk Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Leading and continuously improving the organisation’s compliance, information security and privacy frameworks.
- Maintaining and enhancing the ISMS in line with ISO 27001 and other compliance standards.
- Acting as Group Data Protection Officer and primary contact for data protection matters.
- Advising senior stakeholders on regulatory, compliance and information security risks.
- Leading internal audits and compliance reviews across multiple business areas.
- Overseeing data breach and security incident management processes
- Developing and maintaining risk management frameworks.
- Delivering training, guidance and awareness initiatives across the organisation
- Building strong collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and external bodies including the ICO
- Supporting a culture of accountability, governance and continuous improvement
- Assisting with complex client queries relating to our Data Processing Agreement (DPA), ensuring its provisions can be clearly communicated and effectively positioned to minimise the need for significant concessions.
Requirements
- Brings strong technical knowledge of compliance, information security and GDPR
- Has excellent organisational and analytical skills
- Communicates complex information clearly and confidently
- Builds credibility and trust with stakeholders at all levels
- Is calm, measured and solutions-focused under pressure
- Takes a collaborative and supportive approach to leadership
- Enjoys creating structure, consistency and continuous improvement
- Has strong attention to detail alongside strategic oversight capability
- Is confident balancing operational delivery with long-term governance priorities
- CISA, CISM or equivalent qualification
- Proven experience within compliance, data protection and information security leadership
- Strong working knowledge of GDPR and information security frameworks.
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor / Implementer (Desirable)
- Certified GDPR Practitioner (Desirable)
- Experience operating within complex, multi-disciplinary or regulated environments (Desirable)
Benefits
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements supporting your work-life balance
- Employer matched pension contribution to 5%
- Wellbeing support through our company-funded health plan, health checks and employee assistance program
- Onsite parking
- And more!