Security Assurance Manager

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom QinetiQ Full time

QinetiQ Offering world-class scientific and technological knowledge, proven research capabilities and unique purpose-built facilities to provide global security and defence services and products.

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Job Title: Security Assurance Manager
Location: Can work from any QinetiQ site, mostly remotely
Package: Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
Role Type: Full time
Role ID: SF16271

In order to create a safe and secure environment for us all to thrive, the Group Security Assurance Consultant will lead on the capture and reporting of security 2nd line assurance, KPIs and metrics across the Group. This role will work with operating Sector security leads to produce the right reporting at the right time, exploiting and improving mechanisms to feed the reporting chain from Sectors through to Group. The role will ensure that reporting is managed to schedules defined by the Group Security Leadership Team (LT), as endorsed by QinetiQ Leadership Team (QLT) and the QinetiQ Board.

The role:

The Group Security Assurance Manager will analyse reporting methodologies and metrics, and will take on the responsibility for engagement with Group Security LT for further refinement and continuous improvement. The role is pivotal in ensuring that both qualitative and quantitative reporting is produced in the most effective presentation formats.

The Group Security Assurance Manager will play a part in the continuing development of Security Risk Management and Reporting and is a critical post supporting Group Security outputs. The role will provide effective, efficient and reliable reporting that will enhance the trust of the QinetiQ Board, our customers and our partners.

Day-to-day, you will be:

  • Accountable to the Director Group Security for the effective capture, presentation and delivery of security reporting at Group level.
  • Accountable to the Group Head of Security Risk and Assurance for the facilitation of cross-sector collaboration forums for security reporting.
  • Must assist in the development of guidance and improvements to security assurance reporting.
  • Responsible for the effective engagement with QinetiQ Group Audit, Group Assurance and Group Performance Excellence to ensure that reporting is aligned with Global procedures, processes and requirements.
  • Accountable for identifying and alerting where reporting has not been received or compliance with reporting requirements is not met.
  • Accountable for raising time critical assurance concerns with Group Security LT.

Most of this role can be executed remotely. Although, you would need to be commutable to a site for when you do need to be on site. Travel to different sites will be reimbursed.

Essential experience of the Security Assurance Manager:

You must have experience in a secure industry such as defence, policing, intelligence or nuclear.

Qualifications for the Security Assurance Manager:

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Please note that all applicants must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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  • Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
  • We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
  • Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community

Why Join QinetiQ?


As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation, courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in an diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture here.


Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of interesting defence-based projects with vast career progression across a global organisation in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits. You’ll receive highly competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive as we constantly review what’s happening in the market. The range of benefits that we offer include, flexible working, generous holiday entitlements, Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance and much more.


About QinetiQ

As a company of over six thousand dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

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