Head of Information Security in Westminster

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About Moneybox

At Moneybox, our mission is to give everyone the means to get more out of life. We're guided by our belief that wealth isn't about the money, it's about the means to more - more freedom, opportunities, possibilities, and peace of mind. Moneybox is an award-winning wealth management platform, helping over one and a half million people build wealth throughout their lives, whether they're saving and investing, buying their first home, or planning for retirement.

Job Brief

Moneybox is looking for a Head of Information Security to lead and mature our information security function. Reporting to the Engineering Director, this role will own Moneybox's Information Security Programme and be accountable for reducing security risk across our people, systems, products and third-party ecosystem as the business continues to scale. This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will need to think strategically, set direction and influence senior stakeholders whilst also being close enough to the detail to get things done. We are looking for someone who can build a small, high-performing and nimble security function, using technology, automation and AI to increase the breadth, quality and pace of what the team can achieve. The role will suit an experienced information security leader who is pragmatic, commercially aware and focused on reducing meaningful risk, not creating unnecessary bureaucracy or replicating a big-bank security model.

What you'll do

• Own and deliver Moneybox's information security strategy, roadmap and operating model.
• Lead the ongoing development of Moneybox's Information Security Programme, using NIST CSF as the practical risk-management framework while aligning with ISO 27001 for governance, control maturity and assurance.
• Reduce real security risk across Moneybox's technology estate, people processes, suppliers and products.
• Build a small, effective and high-leverage security function that uses technology, automation and AI to scale its impact.
• Provide clear, practical security leadership to senior stakeholders, including regular reporting on security posture, risks, incidents and priorities.
• Make proportionate, risk-based decisions that support business growth while protecting customers and the organisation.
• Develop, maintain and embed practical information security policies, standards and procedures.
• Lead security awareness and training programmes that improve behaviours and strengthen Moneybox's security culture.
• Own Moneybox's security incident response framework, ensuring the business is prepared to identify, contain, respond to and recover from security incidents effectively.
• Oversee vulnerability management, including scanning, remediation, patching and risk-based prioritisation.
• Lead third-party security risk management for key vendors, partners and technology providers.
• Define and track security metrics that focus on risk reduction and meaningful outcomes, not vanity reporting.
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to ensure security is built into systems, services and ways of working.
• Monitor emerging threats, regulatory expectations and industry practice, then apply them pragmatically to Moneybox's environment.
• Continuously improve the security function without adding unnecessary complexity or bureaucracy.

Who you are

• A strategic but hands-on information security leader.
• A doer who is comfortable owning outcomes directly, not just delegating, advising or writing papers.
• Pragmatic and risk-led with strong judgement on where security effort will have the greatest impact.
• Comfortable working in a small, nimble team where leverage comes from focus, automation, technology and strong prioritisation.
• Able to separate meaningful security risk from theoretical or low-value control activity.
• Commercially aware, with the ability to balance security, customer experience, regulation and delivery.
• Clear and concise with senior stakeholders, able to translate security issues into business impact.
• Collaborative and able to influence across Engineering, Compliance, Legal, Product, Workplace Technology and the wider business.
• Strong understanding of current and emerging threats, and how to manage them proportionately in a fast-moving organisation.
• Interested in how AI and automation can improve security operations, assurance, monitoring, reporting and decision-making.
• Motivated by building a high-quality security function that fits Moneybox, rather than importing a large-enterprise or big-bank model.

Experience & Skills

• Proven experience leading or significantly contributing to an information security function.
• Strong working knowledge of risk-based security management and the NIST Cyber Security Framework.
• Experience developing and delivering information security strategy, roadmaps, policies and controls.
• Practical knowledge of security technologies and business systems, including identity and access management, SIEM, endpoint security, cloud security, vulnerability management and remote working technologies.
• Experience using technology, automation or AI to improve security outcomes or operational efficiency.
• Experience managing security risk in cloud-based environments, ideally including Azure.
• Strong understanding of third-party security risk management.
• Experience with incident response planning, testing and improvement.
• Experience reporting security risks, controls and metrics to senior management.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical security issues into clear business risks, recommendations and trade-offs for senior stakeholders.
• Good understanding of financial services security, risk and regulatory expectations.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to influence, collaborate and drive change across teams.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Relevant professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM or CRISC are desirable, but practical judgement and delivery experience matter more.

What's in it for you

• Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious company.
• Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals.
• Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact.
• Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• Company pension scheme.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Hybrid working environment.
• Home office furniture allowance.
• Personal Annual Learning and Development budget.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Health Cash Plan (cashback on visits to the dentist & opticians etc).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Wellhub subscription to a variety of gyms and wellbeing apps.
• Enhanced parental pay & leave.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with additional days added with length of service.

This is a hybrid role. Our office is in London, by the Oxo Tower.