Security Engagement Partner - Behavioural Science

As a Behavioural Science Engagement Partner, you’ll help embed a secure culture across the business by applying Behavioural Science to drive behavioural change at scale. From diagnosing risks to designing interventions, you’ll turn insights into action and measure their impact. You’ll be a crucial part of building a new, innovative team working on impactful industry-first initiatives.

Behavioural Research & Cultural Insights

• Use a variety of research methods and conduct desk-based research to understand the systematic and behavioural drivers behind security risks and uncover the human factors influencing security decisions.
• Assess and analyse cultural dynamics that shape security behaviours across the organisation.
• Turn behavioural insights into clear, innovative, and actionable recommendations—prioritising what matters most.
• Communicate findings in a compelling way that resonates with stakeholders at all levels.

Behaviour Change Solutions & Culture Transformation

• Support the development and execution of a behaviour change strategy that makes secure actions intuitive and effortless and lead initiatives end-to-end, ensuring interventions and insights have lasting impact.
• Advise teams on secure decision-making using behavioural science techniques like choice architecture and nudges.
• Create and implement system-wide initiatives to embed a proactive security culture.

Measuring Success & Driving Continuous Improvement

• Develop and track key metrics to evaluate intervention effectiveness.
• Provide data-driven insights to refine and scale successful strategies.
• Promote a culture of testing, learning, and continuous improvement.

In addition to the above core accountabilities, I am also responsible for:

• Driving improvements based on robust data-driven decisions and stakeholder feedback.
• Continuously keeping up to date with changing market knowledge and assess new opportunities for behavioural change.
• Management of service providers required to deliver my team’s capabilities.

Operational skills relevant for this job:

• Proven ability to produce clear, well-structured research papers that prioritise key insights and recommendations, and present a compelling narrative that drives action and influence.
• Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels of seniority and disciplines within the organisation.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate the impact of behaviour change interventions using qualitative and quantitative research.
• Ability to write reports outlining the behavioural science of cybersecurity to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Good understanding of behaviour change theory, methodologies and evaluation.
• A solid understanding of the theories and methods of behavioural science and culture change experience and how they can be applied to organisational settings.
• An undergraduate or master’s degree in a related field, such as Psychology, Economics, Sociology.
• 2-7 years of experience in a relevant role (role can adapt to level of experience).
• Deep understanding of behavioural science and culture with a track record of designing, implementing, and evaluating behaviour change interventions.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to bridge the gap between research and business needs, turning insights into action.
• Experience in corporate, start-ups or consulting roles (such as Healthcare, Finance, Consumer Goods) or experience in the Cybersecurity, Risk, or Tech domains is a plus, but curiosity and adaptability matter more.

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.