Head of Information Security

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Head of Information Security

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: A competitive salary from £91,120 - £136,680, depending on the experience you can bring.

Closing date: 28/10/2024

We're Aegon. We're a company of ambitious, positive problem-solvers who get things done. We're a team, not a group of individuals. Collaboration is our life force, and we believe it's our duty to leave things better than we find them. Our team are focused on providing retirement, investment and workplace savings to over 3.8 million customers.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

We are currently hiring for a Head of Information Security to join our team on a permanent basis in Edinburgh. You will be responsible for supporting and assisting Aegon UK’s (AUK) CISO in defining and implementing the AUK information security strategy. You will ensure appropriate management of information security incidents and breaches, ensuring compliance with legislation and regulation, and provide security assurance within the change process.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Management of crucial internal & 3rd party relationships, including senior stakeholders as well as External Audit, Financial and Information Regulators, and Aegon corporate customers.
- Enabling secure and rapid business transformation by leading the overall delivery of everything relating to information security.
- Definition of AUK information security strategy, and the tactical developments which are required to support this.
- Assuring compliance with Information Security legislation and regulation.
- Ensuring the quality of security assurance within the change process for the enterprise and define what security best practice looks like
- Management of security incidents, breaches and risks for the organisation.
- Leading a team of Lead Security Managers each of whom lead a sub-team of Information Security Managers and Analysts, providing leadership, mentorship and direction to the team leads and members.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

- Ability and strong track record in building trust and inspiring and motivating teams of c.20 colleagues previously.
- Demonstrated experience in a Senior Information Security role, covering a wide range of experience in domains such as; Design and Third-Party Security Assurance, IS Operations, Security Incident Response, Policy and Standards, Risk Management, Security Programme Delivery.
- Ability and strong track record in building trust and inspiring and motivating teams of c.20 colleagues previously.
- Excellent Risk assessment/risk management skills.
- Ability to lead communication across the organisation and communicate technical detail to a non-technical audience, often at a senior level.
- While a financial services background is not essential, experience working within a complex, enterprise-scale Information Security function will be.

What’s in it for you?
- A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
- A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
- 38 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.

This is a big job. It’s a challenging job. It’s crucial to our future success. If you’re up for the challenge, hit the “Apply” button.

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

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