Hybrid Director of Information Security & Cyber Risk

Consortium; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Company pension

Private medical

Job summary

Premier Foods – where people, brands and purpose come together. We’re seeking a Director of Information Security to lead the next chapter of our global information security strategy at Premier Foods.

Reporting directly to our Chief Information Officer and acting as our CISO, this is a highly influential leadership opportunity with responsibility for our cyber security, information risk and resilience agenda across both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT).

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in information security, cyber risk and resilience.
• Experience leading security transformation across IT and OT.
• Strong Board-level communication and influence with senior decision-makers.
• Knowledge of industry standards (NIST, ISO 27001) and GDPR.
• Understanding of security architecture across cloud, SaaS, networks, on‑premise and OT.
• Experience leading cyber incident response, threat management and security operations.
• Ability to unite operational and specialist teams in direct and matrix structures.
• Certification or equivalent experience (CISM, CISSP, SABSA) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver a multi-year Information Security strategy and roadmap.
• Serve as senior advisor to CIO and executive leadership on cyber risk and threats.
• Lead, mentor and develop the Information Security team across governance, risk, compliance and security assurance.
• Act as CISO with accountability for end-to-end security posture across IT and OT.
• Advance the security framework aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for a manufacturing context.
• Shaping OT security (ICS, SCADA, IoT) in collaboration with Operations.
• Champion Secure by Design across IT, EA and OT/Engineering.
• Provide strategic leadership on incident response, threat intelligence, attack surface management and SOC capabilities.
• Own security investments and budgets balancing risk reduction with business enablement.
• Report security strategy, risk and resilience to Executive Leadership and governance forums.

Skills

Information security leadership

Cyber risk

Resilience

Board communication

Regulatory knowledge

Security architecture

Incident response

IT/OT security

Certifications (CISM/CISSP/SABSA)

Education

CISM/CISSP/SABSA

Job description

Premier Foods – where people, brands and purpose come together. We’re seeking a Director of Information Security to lead the next chapter of our global information security strategy at Premier Foods.

Reporting directly to our Chief Information Officer and acting as our CISO, this is a highly influential leadership opportunity with responsibility for our cyber security, information risk and resilience agenda across both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT).