North Starr have a new opportunity for a Security Manager to work for an established end user company in central London. This is a brand new role reporting in to the CIO, where the successful candidate will play a key role in driving the IT security strategy.

The successful candidate will have a full understanding of technical security risks from an organisational perspective, have excellent knowledge of a variety of security appliances and services

The successful candidate will have strong experience of being accountable for IT security and risk in a medium or large organisation. The following experience and skills are core to this role as the company take the security of information, and operation and patient services, very seriously.

Key deliverables:

• IT security risk management and governance
• Identification and remediation of IT security risks
• Technical security, methods, tools and architectures
• Formal governance of IT services and data, from a security perspective
• Security risk management via contractual arrangements
• Methods for remediating and reducing cultural information security risks
• Consultancy skills - providing constructive guidance and input to work streams
• The ability to influence individuals and teams
• IT security incident management
• The role requires a high level of organisational skill and the ability to work well with others, within and outside of the IT discipline.

Key Skills Needed:

• Track record in an Information Security Manager or lead role
• Experience of implementing ISO270001 standards
• Strong technical security knowledge
• Experience of supplier management
• Stakeholder management at all levels
• CISSP or CISM certifications a distinct advantage

Please send your CV ASAP for this highly exciting role.