At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the information security strategy and protect sensitive client data.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking organisation prioritising cyber resilience and client trust.
- Benefits: Enjoy private medical insurance, income protection, gym discounts, and remote work options.
- Other info: Opportunity to shape security governance and drive awareness across the organisation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on data security and compliance in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in information security and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Overview
As CISO you’ll own the information security strategy and risk program to protect sensitive client data and maintain regulatory compliance.
You’ll partner with senior leadership to mature security posture, lead incident response with MSSP support, and oversee governance for GDPR, SRA, and data protection.
The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on governance, aiming to strengthen cyber resilience and client trust across the organization.
- Pay / Benefits
- private medical insurance
- income protection insurance
- discounted gym membership
- professional funding
- remote work
- ESG activities
Responsibilities
- Develop and own the information security strategy, roadmap, and risk management framework
- Coordinate security incident response with MSSP, leading investigations and remediation
- Implement governance for GDPR, data protection, DPIAs, data processing agreements, and data subject requests
- Ensure SRA compliance and alignment with information security standards
- Manage third-party security assessments and vendor risk reviews (technology, finance, AI providers)
- Maintain security controls for data classification, access, encryption, monitoring, and logging
- Drive security awareness through training and incident response exercises
- Oversee relationships with external MSSPs for governance and service delivery
- Provide clear risk reporting to executive leadership and regulators as required
- Key requirements
- Significant information security experience with leadership roles (CISO/Head of Security)
- Strong knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, and UK regulatory requirements
- Experience in highly regulated environments
- Proven incident response, breach management, and digital forensics skills
- Solid understanding of security technologies and best practices, especially in Microsoft Azure
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management; ability to translate risks for business
- Experience developing security strategies, policies, and governance frameworks
- excellent communication
- stakeholder management
- ability to translate technical risks into business language
- Microsoft Azure
- incident response and breach management
- digital forensics
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