Cyber Security IT Advisory Team Lead

Transport for London; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final salary pension

Free travel on TfL network

Rail ticket reimbursement

30 days annual leave

Hybrid working

Cycle-to-work

Discounts

Job summary

Transport for London is seeking a Team Lead for Cyber Security Advisors to drive strategy, governance and risk management across the organisation. You will mentor a team, engage senior stakeholders and guide security design decisions aligned with standards and best practices.

The role requires delivery of complex cyber security initiatives, clear reporting and a proactive leadership style in a high-demand environment. Hybrid working is available with excellent employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven leader with prioritisation and resource management in a high demand environment.
• Experience applying information security principles, tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of a team of Cyber Security Advisors.
• Advise and guide the team, and wider organisation, as a cyber security SME.
• Build and maintain relationships between the cyber security team and stakeholders.
• Provide cyber security advice to risk owners to enable informed decisions.
• Identify and implement cyber security controls in line with standards.
• Improve cyber security processes and procedures.
• Support professional development of your team.
• Prepare and present reports on status, risks and KPIs/KRIs.
• Quality assure work delivered by team members.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cyber security

Communication

Risk management

Information security principles

Networking & cloud security

Education

Degree or equivalent in science/engineering/tech

Job description

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Salary: £75,000 – 83,000 plus fantastic benefits

Location: North Greenwich, London

Job Type: Permanent

Ad closes: Sunday 22nd November 2026 at 23.59

UK Sponsorship not available for this role

Job Purpose:

You will influence the lives of millions.

At TfL, we operate one of the busiest metro systems in the world, with 5 million people using the underground daily. Join us, and you will be amongst the leading engineers, architects and consultants responsible for ensuring the continued operation of TfL, from our London Underground covering 272 stations to our red bus fleet of 9300 vehicles.

TfL’s cyber security professionals play a critical and ever-increasing role in protecting these services and the online systems that make it all work - safeguarding our customers as they travel across the London's transport network and helping to realise the Government’s ambition to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online and do business.TfL remains a key part of the Capital’s success.

Our Cyber Security Advisors are a team of internal consultants who provide specialist support to the business; influencing organisational strategy, architectural designs and risk management to protect TfL assets and reduce the likelihood/impact of a cyber security incident.

We are looking for a Team Lead to lead a team of Advisors, responsible for collaborating with stakeholders, providing cyber security guidance and helping the organisation to align with policies, standards and best practice. The ability to build relationships and manage stakeholders with conflicting priorities is essential in this role. We’re looking for a great leader, communicator and pragmatist.

As a Team Lead, you will be an experienced manager with relevant knowledge in cyber security, including adherence to best practices (e.g., ISO27001, NIST Cyber Security Framework, NIS Regulations) and an understanding of security requirements for networking, infrastructure (IT/OT) and cloud environments.

Core Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day management of a team of Cyber Security Advisors.
• Advise and guide the team, and wider organisation, as a cyber security Subject Matter Expert.
• Build and maintain strong relationships between the cyber security team and key internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide risk owners with appropriate cyber security advice, enabling them to make informed decisions and mitigate cyber security risk at TfL.
• Support risk owners in the identification and implementation of cyber security controls, in line with organisational standards and best practices.
• Undertake the continuous improvement of cyber security processes and procedures.
• Support professional development of your team.
• Prepare and present reports on the status of cyber security assurance, deliverables, risks and KPIs/KRIs.
• Quality assure the work delivered by members of the Cyber Security Advisory Team, providing guidance and feedback, as needed.
• Manage the delivery of a portfolio of cyber security projects, services and activities across a number of business areas.
• Chair, facilitate and contribute to technology and cyber security governance groups.

Required knowledge, skills and experience:

• Proven leader with experience in prioritisation and resource management in a high demand environment.
• Passionate about continuous improvement and driving departmental/organisational change.
• Proactive problem solver, with a talent for innovation and critical thinking.
• Results orientated with a background in alignment of team goals and objectives to strategic direction and demonstration of delivery through reporting/KPIs.
• Favours a collaborative approach and builds strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication – Comfortable tailoring information/reporting to the audience and engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to build capability - developing, coaching and mentoring team members.
• Experience in the application of information security principles, tools and techniques.
• Working knowledge of network and cloud security requirements and controls.
• Delivered complex cyber security improvement initiatives involving enterprise-level technologies.
• Confident to review and advise on technology design documentation at a high level.
• Detailed knowledge of information security, data privacy and risk management concepts, frameworks and best practices, such as ISO27001, IEC62443, NIST Cyber Security Framework, CIS Critical Security Controls, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Desirable Qualifications:

Degree level education or equivalent experience, ideally in science, engineering, technology, computing, cyber security or a related field.

Qualifications and certifications from information security bodies such as: GIAC, ISC2, ISACA, ISA, CompTIA.

Excellent Benefits include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel and much more!

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.As aDisability Confident Leader,we actively encourage applications from disabled people. Aspart of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim tooffer an assessmentorinterviewtocandidates who apply via the scheme where the minimumessentialcriteria for skills, knowledge and experiencehasbeen met.In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate whoapplies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them.

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly,consistentlyand proportionately in line with ourDisability Confident commitments.

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We'll see what we can do.