
Director of Cyber Security
- Leeds
- £150,000-160,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead implementation of Group cyber security strategy, driving a long-term approach to building resilience and capability.
- Supervise 2nd line Cyber Risk, Standards and Assurance teams, implementing technology security policies and NIST CSF standards.
- Strengthen cyber governance and risk management, providing timely and accurate risk reporting to senior management and risk committees.
- Lead Security Monitoring & Incident Response teams, ensuring robust processes across critical business systems.
- Oversee Platforms & Services Security teams, ensuring assets comply with NIST CSF v2 and Group policies.
- Manage SEC reporting requirements for significant cyber incidents and educate stakeholders on GDPR and regulatory responsibilities.
- Collaborate with Legal, Risk, DPO and Finance teams to add value and improve cyber risk management.
- Support merger and acquisition activities by assessing cyber risk in proposed acquisitions.
- Create and maintain cyber risk management frameworks and oversee risk register updates.
- Proven experience building and leading cyber security advisory services for large multinational organisations.
- Strategic thinking with ability to translate long-range vision into practical cyber security risk reduction.
- Experience leading, developing and managing large diverse teams across multiple geographies.
- Strong technical security knowledge in cyber security, disaster recovery and risk management.
- Risk management expertise developed in dedicated risk, compliance or audit roles.
- Experience coordinating multi-source management information, dashboards and risk reporting.
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences.
- Experience supporting M&A activities and presenting cyber security approaches to potential partners.