Information Security Specialist in Exeter

Location

• Living & working full time in either Ireland or UK only
• Willingness & flexibility to travel to UK locations, when required to support Info Sec work. (Kidlington & Exeter) - circa varies 1-3 days per quarter
• Very Occasional travel to Dublin HQ (Glasnevin) as needed to support audit work
• Right to Work
• We are unable to offer UK or Irish visa sponsorship for this role.
• Reporting & work team
• You’ll report to and work closely with the Information Security Lead, as well as Cybersecurity Engineering, Dev Ops, IT, Data Governance, and AI Governance to embed secure-by-design practices across the organisation.
• About this Role
• Information security underpins all of our business activities, including AI development
• and compliance with Medical Device regulations
• This role is ideal for a hands-on security specialist who supports the ISMS, validates controls for themselves, and drives continuous improvement with energy and pragmatism.
• This role moves away from traditional GRC and leans into modernising it - moving teams towards always-on compliance and consistently demonstrating business value in the activities we run.
• You’ll work across the business as someone who meets challenges head-on, brings people with them, and makes security work in practice, not just on paper.
• More specifically;
• This role involves protecting systems and data that directly support cancer diagnostics and drug development, security work with real-world consequence.
• This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role suited to someone who thrives in a very fast-moving environment.
• Success requires a pragmatic approach, strong judgement, and the ability to navigate challenges, remove obstacles, and drive progress at pace.
• ISMS & Certifications
• We hold ISO 27001 certification across our core business units and are expanding coverage as we grow.
• Support the day-to-day running of the ISO 27001 ISMS across our Deciphex business units (Deciphex, Diagnexia & Patholytix)
• Prepare for internal and external audits so that teams are ready, controls are functioning, and evidence is complete. Audit readiness as a steady state.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Iidentify what needs to change, make the case, and see it through.
• Proactively identify and close gaps in the control framework, driving corrective actions (CAPAs) to closure
• Build and maintain a reliable evidence pipeline with clear ownership and high completeness.
• Assess which ISMS activities deliver measurable business value - and be willing to challenge or retire processes that aren't.
• Security Governance & Risk
• Maintain a live, decision-oriented risk register with owners and mitigation plans.
• Champion a risk-aware culture where decisions are informed by risk, not paralysed by it.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures that reflect how the business actually operates (not a unworkable bottleneck)
• Support vendor and customer security due diligence in support of commercial and product needs.
• Contribute to tabletop exercises (e. g. incident response, business continuity)
• Maintain awareness of applicable regulatory requirements (EU AI Act, GDPR, HIPAA, MDR/IVD) and ensure the ISMS remains aligned with our other Certifications and Standards
• Technical Oversight
• Define evidence expectations for technical controls (SIEM, EDR, MFA, RBAC, vulnerability management).
• Go and check: verify controls independently rather than relying on assertions; if something looks wrong, investigate and resolve it.
• Support site reliability and resilience initiatives
• Awareness & Security Culture
• Build engaging security awareness training that changes behaviour, not just completion rates.
• Act as a visible, approachable point of contact for information security questions to enable change across the business
• Translate security requirements into plain language for non-technical audiences without losing accuracy or impact.
• What This Is Not
• Not a paper-only ISMS role or tick-box compliance exercise. The clear expectation here is you take hands-on ownership of effective controls, not just documentation.
• Not a technical incident response role. Security operations is handled separately.
• Not a bureaucratic or gatekeeping function. Our priority goal is to enable the business, not slow it down.
• Not a role for someone who prefers to escal... as a first port of call. We value/reward people who find the answer and move things forward.
• Not a 'policing' role. We focus on shared responsibility and enabling teams to move fast safely.

Skills and Experience

• Required
• 5+ years in Information Security / ISMS operations.
• Ideally in med tech/ clinical or lifesciences
• Hands-on ISO 27001 exposur e — internal audit and management review experience.
• Experience with external audit from both certified bodies and clients
• Strong documentation and stakeholder-management discipline.
• Ability to translate technical controls into practical action.
• Familiarity with cloud security fundamentals
• Preferred
• Hands-on experience with
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