Head of Digital Security, Risk & Governance

An exciting new opportunity for a Head of Digital Security, Risk & Governance to be based in Preston. What if you could take ownership of the security, risk and governance agenda for a £1.5bn global infrastructure business and build a function recognised as genuinely world-class? With circa 6,000 colleagues, 125+ sites and operations spanning the UK, ANZ and India, our business is growing, evolving and becoming increasingly digital.

We are looking for a Head of Digital Security, Risk & Governance to make sure our security capability grows with it. This is a role with genuine scope and influence. You’ll lead the strategy that protects our people, data, technology and physical estate, while building the governance, assurance and digital trust capability that gives our customers, regulators and partners confidence in OCU. In simple terms you will own the Health & Safety of our digital world UK and global.

The opportunity Reporting to the Digital Technology Director, you’ll lead four senior managers across: Security Operations Cyber Security Identity & Access Management Digital Trust Through these leaders, you’ll shape a wider team of around 20 security professionals covering cyber operations, identity, governance, risk, compliance, assurance and digital trust. You’ll also hold the strategic relationship with our 24x7 managed SOC partner, work closely with our Digital Engineering and Digital Transformation leaders, and bring digital and physical security together into one coherent capability.

We’re looking for someone who is curious, driven and positively dissatisfied someone who sees an alert as the start of a question, not the end of an investigation; who doesn’t close an audit finding until the underlying problem is genuinely fixed; and who continually challenges themselves, their teams and their partners to raise the bar.