Information Security Lead

**About the role**:
It's an exciting time to join the Cyber Security team here at AXA, with significant investment planned in all UK&I businesses to transform & deliver new digital services to our customers and streamline and automate our business processes. To help us manage the governance and oversight of our strategy technology partners and drive the Security Steering Group, we're looking for a talented individual with strong leadership skills, to join this growing team.

Working in the Cyber Security team, the Information Security Lead - Governance/Assurance will act as a key interface with key stakeholders from Internal Audit, Risk, Group Assurance teams and external auditors, whilst managing the Governance and Assurance plan and leading the team with effectively delivering on the plan.

At AXA we work smart, to support the needs of our business this role is office based meaning you'll work 100% of your week, typically from the same office location.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Accountable for setting, agreeing and maintaining the Governance and Assurance plan with the Head of Department and then organising, managing and motivating the team to effectively deliver that plan
- Responsible for running and managing the monthly governance committee meeting
- Oversight of critical security activities to ensure an acceptable risk position is maintained
- Responsible for the governance and oversight of strategic technology partners and measuring performance of security services
- Accountable for the performance management, development, training, cross functional collaboration and succession planning to raise the capability, efficiency and performance of the team
- Own policy and standards framework for Resilience and Security and measure compliance on an ongoing basis, identifying gaps and tracking remediation activities
- Support the preparation of Board level reports and spotlights on risks, issues and threat

**About you**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Previous business and / or IT security, assurance and risk experience in a large commercial organisation
- Experience of Security Frameworks, architectures, logging & monitoring tools, reporting metrics and risk management
- Exposure of delivering security governance and assurance functions
- Ability to assimilate information quickly, clearly identify key issues and present information concisely
- Develop and maintain a wide network of contacts across the business
- Autonomous on approach and able to motivate staff
- Experienced in people and performance management

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

**What we offer**:
At AXA UK, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

- Competitive annual salary of up to £65,000-£80,000 dependent on experience
- Annual company & performance-based bonus
- Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
- Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
- AXA employee discounts
- Gym benefits

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**About AXA**:
With a presence in over 60 countries, and 165,000 employees serving the needs of 107 million customers, AXA is big.

But never too big to care for every single person who works here. So when you join us, we promise to put our collective might behind you and your career.

You’ll work in an open and supportive environment where you’ll be developed, challenged and encouraged to move around to achieve even bigger and better things - nationally and internationally. You’ll learn directly from senior leaders, from the best in our business. And you’ll enjoy real responsibility, really early on.

Every large company today talks about supporting diversity and inclusion. But at AXA UK, these values form an integral part of everything we do. For us, it’s about bringing together the best talent, helping people to realise their full potential by being 100% themselves at work and delivering outstanding service to everyone - regardless of difference.

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA’s three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you’ve got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you’re just starting out, we’ll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.