Chief Information Security Officer

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Cazoo Full time

**About Cazoo**:
Our mission is to transform the car buying experience across the UK and Europe by providing better selection, flexibility, transparency, convenience and peace of mind. We aim to make getting your next car no different to ordering any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly purchase, finance or subscribe to a car entirely online for delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours.

Cazoo was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman OBE, has a highly experienced management team and is backed by some of the leading global technology investors.

**Job summary**:
We're looking for a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) but providing information security leadership across all business functions.

Whether you are a rising star or an experienced CISO, we are looking for someone who thrives on change and has strong stakeholder management skills. You'll forge strong working relationships with areas such as risk, audit, legal and procurement, and drive common initiatives to reduce risk and deliver iterative change.

**What you will be doing**:
You'll be joining Cazoo, one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world, at an early stage where there is an opportunity to have a significant impact on how we do security and deliver assurance.

You will be leading a small but mighty security team and reporting to the CTO, but day to day will spend much of your time partnering with leadership across IT, engineering, and the broader business.

You'll be:

- Providing information security leadership for a fast-paced, high-growth business
- Developing your team and the working relationships with technology and the business
- Driving maturity and change and cutting through ambiguity
- Setting security strategy and direction and building a network of stakeholders (at all levels) to support it
- Leading security governance risk and compliance (GRC) initiatives to reduce risk and provide clear data driven oversight
- Working with legal, audit, procurement, risk and the DPO to drive change and introduce common initiatives and streamlined processes
- Ensuring the strong ITGC control base continues to mature and expand beyond SOx
- Ensuring an information security management system is in place including appropriate policies, standards, and governance for security across the business
- Ensuring targeted and people focused security training and awareness sessions are in place across the group
- Managing relationships with third party security providers, and running procurement rounds when necessary
- Leading compliance and alignment initiatives with industry best practice and security standards
- Building trust and making a huge difference

**Required skills and experience**:

- Self-starter and influencer who leads with personality, drive and focus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Progressive experience and responsibility in security leadership positions
- Extensive experience in security Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC)
- Experience working as a CISO, or CISO second in command (this may be as a deputy, interim, or acting CISO)
- Experience setting security strategy and direction and presenting and influencing at Exec level
- Experience (and comfort with) working in a regulated and externally scrutinised business, and liaising with internal and external auditors
- Experience working with and influencing technology and engineering leadership and communities (deep technical experience not required)
- Experience working in a fast-paced, cloud and engineering-focused business would be an asset
- Experience building and hiring teams and managing budgets would be an asset
- Experience in the selection and management of security suppliers
- Experience mentoring and supporting career progression of security teams
- Experience driving alignment and demonstrating progress against security best practice and industry standards such as the CIS Controls, Cyber Essentials, ISO27000 series, PCI DSS, or the BSIMM
- Experience with privacy and GDPR
- Working knowledge of SOx (experience would be an asset)

**Qualifications**:

- Degree educated (BSc/BA) or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g. computer science, information security, technology, psychology)
- Graduate degree (MSc, MA, MBA) would be an asset
- CISM, CISSP, CISA, CRISC or other relevant security certifications would be an asset

**Benefits**:
At Cazoo, you will play a key role in creating a highly visible and tangible product that's seeking to change and replace a painful process that almost everyone must contend with at some point in their life.

We offer a competitive salary, with an outstanding benefits package, including an annual bonus and 25 days holiday (plus an extra day for your birthday). We also offer a 5% salary matched pension scheme, life insurance and critical illness cover. At Cazoo we are also passionate about well

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