Information Security Assistant Manager

Superb People Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Superb People Ltd is seeking an information security professional to develop broad expertise across information security, cyber resilience, risk management, and governance within a dynamic banking environment.

The role offers exposure to strategic initiatives, senior stakeholder engagement, and regulatory requirements, providing a strong foundation for progression into senior IS, Risk, Governance and Resilience leadership roles.

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in information and cyber security, preferably within banking or regulated financial services.
• Experience managing ISO 27001 ISMS and security risk assessments.
• Understanding of data protection governance, operational resilience and third-party risk management.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and regulatory bodies.
• Experience producing management reports and influencing decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop broad expertise across information security, cyber resilience, risk management and governance.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and regulatory requirements.
• Support progression into senior IS, Risk, Governance and Resilience leadership roles.

Skills

InfoSec experience

ISO 27001 ISMS

Security risk assessments

Regulatory engagements

Data protection governance

Operational resilience

Third-party risk management

Threat intelligence

Vulnerability management

Cloud security (AWS)

Management reporting

Stakeholder management

Job description

The role offers the opportunity to develop broad expertise across information security, cyber resilience, risk management, and governance within a dynamic banking environment.

The successful candidate will gain exposure to strategic initiatives, senior stakeholder engagement, and regulatory requirements, providing a strong foundation for career progression into senior Information Security, Risk Management, Governance, and Resilience leadership roles.

• 4+ years' experience in information and cyber security, preferably within banking or regulated financial services.
• Strong experience managing ISO 27001 ISMS, security risk assessments, audit and regulatory engagements.
• Sound understanding of data protection governance, operational resilience and third-party risk management.
• Sufficient technical cyber security knowledge to engage with and challenge Security Operations teams on incidents, vulnerabilities, threat intelligence, cloud security and security controls.
• Experience producing management reports.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions.

Technical Knowledge Expected

• Security Operations (SOC), SIEM and incident response.
• Vulnerability management and threat intelligence.
• Identity & Access Management (IAM) and privileged access controls.
• Data protection and DLP controls.
• Cloud security, particularly AWS.
• Security monitoring, detection and response processes.
• Security architecture and control design principles.