Head of Information Security

2 months ago


Farringdon, United Kingdom Kurt Geiger Full time

Description

Kurt Geiger | About Us


We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism


Requirements

We’re looking for an experienced Head of Information Security to join the Senior Technology management team. The role reports to the Chief Architect and will have a primary focus on the following:

  • Strategy - Maintain and develop the information security strategy. The Ideal candidate will have a methodical way of working to carry out risk assessments and security audits, to develop a roadmap of security changes.
  • Delivery – the candidate will be able to motivate their team together with related internal and external engineers. To make sure the security roadmap is correctly implemented and maintained.
  • Team management/Leadership – a small group of security engineers will need guidance, mentorship and performance evaluation as we grow the team to support the future business. The successful candidate will have experience of creating a collaborative and co-operative work ethic amongst teams, fostering collaboration with multiple parties to maintain a productive environment.
  • Resource allocation/Budgeting – collaborating with our delivery team to plan and allocate personnel, hardware, software and services, to ensure cost-effectiveness of the information security budget

Who you are:

  • Experience in a similar role, managing and growing high-performing teams and learning from your failures.
  • The ability to lead and make decisions to push forward.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills allow you to effectively present ideas, influence stakeholders and build relationships.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve technical challenges and make data-driven decisions.
  • Understanding of relevant compliance for retail technology which is distributed worldwide.
  • Optionally, the candidate would have relevant security certification (for example, CISSP)


Benefits


  • Free 24 hour virtual GP access
  • Summer hours - 2pm Friday Finish
  • Payday half days throughout the year
  • Extra days off at Christmas
  • Enviable discounted products
  • Harrods discount
  • Sample sales
  • Gym discounts
  • Enhanced pension scheme including life assurance

If you’re successful, you will work for a business which recognises that amazing people are the key to driving our business forward and fulfil our vision of being the world’s leading multi-channel retailer of luxury branded shoes and accessories. We are a fast-paced business where no two days are the same, so you will need to be adaptable; but we will reward your hard-work, commitment and loyalty with a fantastic benefits package and very real opportunities for progression.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness | For Freedom | Against Racism



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