Information Security Consultancy Manager

AB Agri; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food company in Peterborough is seeking an Information Security Consultancy Manager to lead a growing team. You will engage with senior stakeholders and enhance Information Security services across various business units. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in IT/OT security and strong leadership skills. This hybrid role offers competitive benefits, including a pension match and bonus opportunities.

Benefits

Pension matching up to 10%

Up to 10% Bonus

Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday

Discounts on ABF products

24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of IT and OT technical environments with experience of advising on relevant security controls.
• Expert understanding of information security standards including ISO 27001:2013 and NIST Cyber Security Framework.
• Self-motivated, self-disciplined, and used to taking ownership.
• Demonstrable understanding of the benefits of collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Engaging and advising BU’s senior security stakeholders.
• Ensuring the team adopts a Continuous Improvement mindset.
• Innovating and improving existing security products/services.
• Developing skills and knowledge within the team.

Skills

Extensive knowledge of IT and OT technical environments

Expert understanding of information security standards

Ability to present complex work clearly

Demonstrable leadership and project management skills

Excellent customer engagement and service values

Job description

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title : Information Security Consultancy Manager

Location : Peterborough, Cambs, UK - Hybrid

Do you have a strategic and consultative approach with a significant Information Security background? Do you thrive by partnering and influencing senior stakeholders? Looking for the next step in your career managing a team? If so this is a great opportunity to develop your career with ABF BTS.

Reporting to the Head of Information Security, you will be responsible for the effective management of a small team of consultants and the development of Information Security services to ABF Business Units (BUs). Information Security Services development is engagement-focused and is customer facing to align strategies and plans and to deliver fit for purpose security services across a range of FMCG organisations globally.

As the team continue to be seen as experts in their field offering the best solutions for its internal customers, it is an exciting time to join them as they continue to innovate, grow and deliver high quality security solutions to a number of existing and new BU's across ABF group.

What you'll be doing :

• Engaging and advising BU’s senior security stakeholders, providing them with relevant advice and guidance, demonstrating how Information and Cyber Security services add value to their business.
• Ensuring the team adopt a Continuous Improvement mindset, with the ability to be open to new ideas and develop new ways of working.
• Innovating and continuously improving existing security products / services as well as development of new products / services.
• Producing technical standards, best practices and delivering security function briefings to BU’s, Corporate Centre and BTS teams
• Developing of skills and knowledge within the team and into the wider security teams
• Develop a comprehensive BU profile and leverage Threat Intelligence to refine Security Risk Management techniques and Cyber Security improvements
• Scaling the team to accommodate business growth

What you'll bring :

• Extensive knowledge of IT and OT technical environments with experience of advising on relevant security controls covering people, processes and technology within large complex organisations.
• Expert understanding of information security standards and best practice including ISO 27001 : 2013 and the NIST Cyber Security Framework.
• The ability to understand and operate across multiple security models strategies and plans (e.g. ISO, CIS, etc.).
• Knowledge of current and emerging security trends and benefits.
• Ability to present and articulate technically complex work clearly to stakeholders in a variety of formats to different technical levels and audience types.
• Self-motivated, self-disciplined, used to acting on own initiative and taking ownership.
• Adept at working collaboratively, contributing to shared goals in a engaging, constructive and motivational manner.
• Demonstrable leadership and project management skills.
• Maintaining and developing relationships with BU security teams and the wider BTS teams
• Excellent customer engagement and service values
• Demonstrable understanding of the benefits of collaboration and alignment, able to leverage the scale and capabilities of ABF group.

So if you would like to lead a growing, skilled team whilst gaining the unique opportunity to build relationships with CIO and CISO level stakeholders and ultimately fast track your career with a global technology centre, please don't hesitate to apply!

Location

Hybrid, a mix of office and homeworking. This role will be based at our Peterborough offices on the Lynchwood Business Park with regular travel to attend stakeholder meetings in London and other locations.

Skills & Experience

Not Specified

About The Company

Associated British Foods Business Technology Servicesarecontinually reviewing ourbenefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded…

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We want you to be a part of our future and to support you, so below are a handful of some of our benefits that are offered to our employees.

Benefits

• AB Foods BTS match up to 10% pension (contributory)
• Up to 10% Bonus
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday per calendar year
• Discounts on ABF products such as Twinings, Silverspoon, Pataks and Ryvita
• 24 / 7 free and confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme to support you as and when necessary

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

All recruitment activities into our ABF BTS team are supported by our AB Agri business.