Security & Compliance Manager in Newport, Wales

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base. Our customers range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

We are looking for a Security & Compliance Manager to own the security of how our products and systems are deployed, operated and maintained in customer environments around the world, and to lead the security assurance and certification activity that stands behind them. This is a senior, customer-facing leadership role sitting at the intersection of secure delivery, customer operations and corporate security.

The role is focused on leadership, coordination and communication rather than hands-on engineering. Your job is to bring together existing knowledge into a coherent programme and to be the champion who drives it through, backed by enough technical understanding to hold detailed conversations with customers, auditors and developers.

The role of Security & Compliance Manager is primarily based from our Bristol office, but you must be willing to travel to our offices in Cardiff and Bath on occasion, and from time to time to customer sites worldwide, with good flexibility for Hybrid working.

Responsibilities - Security & Compliance Manager - not exhaustive:

• Act as the senior voice and champion for security across our delivery and customer operations.
• Define the customer operating policies, principles and patterns for secure implementation and operation of SRT systems.
• Own the through-life security of equipment deployed in customer environments.
• Lead SRT's responses to customer security requirements, assurance questionnaires and connection approvals.
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure engineering and operational reality supports the security claims we make.
• Lead our assurance and certification activity, including Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001 and other relevant standards.
• Bring together the security expertise that already exists across the business into one coherent, prioritised programme of improvement.
• Direct our external security partners for monitoring, assessments and remediation.
• Assign pragmatic risk levels and support sensible prioritisation of remediation alongside project delivery.
• Report clearly to senior leadership on risk, progress and priorities in business terms.

Requirements - Security & Compliance Manager - not exhaustive:

• Strong experience in security management, security assurance, compliance or a similar role.
• A track record of achieving and maintaining certifications such as ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Practical understanding of securing deployed infrastructure.
• Experience leading customer-facing security engagements.
• The presence and communication skills to champion change across teams.
• The judgement to assess risk and business impact pragmatically.
• Experience coordinating third-party security providers.
• Familiarity with recognised frameworks such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, NIST CSF or similar.
• Experience in an engineering or manufacturing business delivering long-lived systems would be helpful.
• Experience in high-trust, regulated or mission-critical environments would be valuable.

Benefits:

• Highly Competitive Salary and benefits package.
• 25 days annual leave rising to 28 days with service.
• Real individual development opportunities.

SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds.