Information Technology Senior Security Manager

Whitbread; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Whitbread seeks a Senior Information Security Manager in London to lead its security team and safeguard customer data. This role involves developing security strategies, managing a team, and ensuring compliance with various security standards while driving innovation in Whitbread's digital environment.

Benefits

Up to 10% matched pension

Discounts on Premier Inn stays

Discounts on restaurant brand

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in implementing security solutions.
• Experience with cloud security (AWS, Azure).
• Budget and supplier/vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of information security strategies.
• Manage a team of five and enhance resilience against cyber threats.
• Drive security assurance processes for UK DPA, GDPR, and PCI.

Skills

Commercial security background

Securing digital payment gateways

Software development lifecycle

Security frameworks knowledge

Cloud security expertise

Job description

Information Technology Senior Security Manager

Holborn, London, UK Req #17741

Join Whitbread’s Information Security Team as a Senior Information Security Manager and help safeguard our customer and colleague data. Protecting nearly £2 billion in annual transactions and a workforce of around 40,000, this role offers a unique challenge in a dynamic environment.

You’ll lead the development and implementation of information security strategies to protect Whitbread’s Commercial platforms. Managing a team of five and serve as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, enhancing the organisation's resilience against cyber threats.

Role: Senior Information Security Manager

Contract Type: Full-Time and Permanent

Salary: Up to £100,000 per annum

Location: Holborn, London and hybrid working with coming to the office a minimum of 3 days a week (and able to come to our Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire Office)

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Up to 10% matched pension
• Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brand
• You will lead a team to operate and support an information security Governance structure of the digital environment that provides oversight on key activities and facilitate the implementation of an agreed strategy into the Whitbread businesses.
• Drive Security Architecture Strategy and roadmap vision in alignment with Whitbread technology vision.
• Lead the assessment of new business initiatives, advising colleagues of all levels to ensure new features and products meet required standards and best practices.
• Manage strategy definition and implementation of technologies to support and deliver Information Security Strategy.
• Own and maintain Security Solutions and capabilities supporting our development pipelines and web and mobile services.
• Drive assurance processes for UK DPA, GDPR, PCI, 3 rd party and IT General controlsand operate assurance processes and establish escalation and risk reporting.
• You’ll design, implement and operate effective security controls.

What you’ll need:

• Commercial security background, particularly in digital and website payment gateways.
• Experience of securing a rapid software development lifecycle for a large commercial organisation.
• Hands on experience of implementing and maintaining Security solutions protecting Webservice and Mobile environments.
• Experience of working in a digital/Application development environment, with knowledge of development principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and standards (ISF SoGP, ISO27000, NIST, CIS, OWAP etc.).
• Experience with cloud security (AWS, Azure, 365, Oracle).
• Able to work and collaborate at all levels.
• Budget and supplier/vendor management experience.
• Hands-on experience in major security incident management.

Be part of our Information Technology Team at Whitbread

Through collaboration, passion and hiring the smartest minds, our Technology team builds products and services that are used by 38,000 of us at Whitbread and millions of guests. Everything from an eCommerce website that handles £2 billion in transactions per year, applications that are scalable across our 1,200 hotel and restaurants, devices that enable our teams and guests to have a seamless experience, all whilst keeping data secure. Together we’re building the hotel of the future.