Information Security Lead - Banking - Future Leaders Program

Rothstein Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rothstein Recruitment is seeking an Information Security Lead for a Banking Future Leaders Program in London. You will lead a team of InfoSec professionals, guiding risk assessments, privacy considerations, and secure change initiatives within a regulated financial services environment.

This role emphasizes stakeholder collaboration, problem solving, and hands-on delivery to mature the bank's security posture.

Qualifications

• Solid, practical and demonstrable information security experience (technical and non-technical).
• Ability to support technology change initiatives to deliver secure solutions.
• Good understanding of core privacy concepts in tech change contexts.
• Understanding of Risk Management and Information Security within Financial Services.
• Experience in line management and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong problem-solving skills and collaboration with delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk & control assessments using the bank's processes, including privacy impact assessments.
• Develop knowledge of the tech stack and propose practical security solutions to teams.
• Support workstreams to identify and treat risks within risk appetite, documenting mitigations.
• Navigate secure change processes and drive approvals across gates.
• Build trust-based relationships with developers, testers, product managers and leads.
• Provide specialist advice on Information Security best practices and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Information Security

Technology Change

Privacy

Risk Management

Line management

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Job description

Information Security Lead - Banking - Future Leaders Program

Excellent opportunity open for an up and coming Information Security Lead to join a challenger bank in London. The bank is going through a massive digital transformation and you will be leading a team of InfoSec Consultant, supporting the regulatory-driven modernisation initiatives across the bank.

We are looking for an ambitious and driven candidate who is ready to take the next step in their career, someone who understands their limitations, can problem solve under pressure, and work to grow into the role.

Main Responsibilities

• Risk and Control Assessments – You will lead risk & control assessments using the Banks defined processes, covering supplier due diligence, privacy impact assessments and project security.
• Problem Solving - You will develop a deep knowledge of your workstreams technology stack and business outcomes allowing you to not only identify security risks but identify and propose practical solutions to the team. This role is all about helping teams deliver securely not just calling out risks.
• Risk Management – You will support your workstream identify and articulate risks, steering them towards appropriate treatment plans, documenting mitigating controls and ensuring these are actions within agreed timeframes. You will operate in line with the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub-frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring appropriate and timely escalation of any concerns to your line manager.
• Subject Matter Expertise – You will develop a deep knowledge of the Banks secure change processes and procedures, shepherding your workstream through various assessments and approval gates.
• Relationship Management – You will build deep, trust based relationships with key stakeholders within your delivery team such as developers, testers, product managers, delivery leads and tech leads. You will be an active member of the delivery team, attending daily stand-ups, PI planning sessions and working groups.
• Advisory – You will provide specialist advice and interpretation of Information Security best practice and UK regulatory requirements to a range of different stakeholders as new products, processes and systems are developed. You will need to be aware of your own knowledge gaps and when & where to seek specialist input to solve a particular problem or query.

Ideal Candidate

• Information Security - Solid, practical and demonstrable experience of information security (technical and non technical aspects)
• Technology Change – Demonstrable experience of supporting technology change initiatives to deliver solutions securely
• Privacy – You don’t need to be a privacy expert but you will require a good understanding of core privacy concepts and how these apply to technology change initiatives
• You understand the intersection of Risk Management and Information Security and how these relate to each other in a Financial Service business (3LoD model)
• Line management experience
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Problem solving skills

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