DLP Lead in Knutsford

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Barclays is seeking a Data Loss Prevention Lead with deep data loss prevention expertise and a strong understanding of the operational value of enterprise data. This role is responsible for leading DLP operations that protect a wide range of data types—including personal, financial, customer, and confidential business information—across multiple channels and platforms. You will bring a global, enterprise‑first mindset, understanding how data flows across regions, systems, and teams, and how effective DLP controls enable the business to operate securely and compliantly at scale. The role combines hands‑on DLP leadership with continuous improvement, trend analysis, and close collaboration across cybersecurity, privacy, and data stakeholders in a global financial services environment.

Key Qualifications

• Deep Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Technical Expertise – Strong hands‑on understanding of DLP tooling and techniques across email, endpoint, network, and cloud environments, including content inspection, data classification integration, rule tuning, and incident triggers.
• Operational Leadership in a Regulated Environment – Proven capability to lead and operate a high‑volume security control function (DLP), including alert triage, incident escalation, continuous improvement, and KPI/KRI‑driven assurance within financial services or a similarly regulated industry.
• Regulatory & Data Protection Knowledge (GDPR‑Focused) – Strong understanding of data protection and privacy regulations, particularly GDPR, with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into effective, defensible DLP controls and operational reporting.

Additional Valuable Skills

• Relevant Industry Certifications – Certifications such as CISSP, CIPP/E, CIPT, or SANS/GIAC credentials in DLP, cloud security, or data security, demonstrating advanced domain expertise.
• Global / Follow‑the‑Sun Team Leadership Experience – Experience managing specialist security teams across multiple regions and time zones, supporting 24x7 operational models.
• Vendor & Product Management Experience – Ability to manage DLP vendor relationships, evaluate product roadmaps, influence capability direction, and ensure alignment with enterprise security and data strategy.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills. This role is based on Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management.
• Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the bank’s operations and data and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies and communicate findings to relevant senior stakeholders.
• Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the bank’s operations aligned to the risk management framework.
• Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the bank’s IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk.
• Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices.
• Management of complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
• Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/programs; deliver continuous improvements and upscale breaches of policies/procedures. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.