Insider Risk Lead - Data Security & Awareness

Kingfisher; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Benefits package

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Kingfisher is seeking an Insider Risk Manager to protect data, systems and people from internal security risks across Information Security, Technology, Legal, Privacy and People teams. You will develop and mature the insider risk programme, drive technical controls and awareness, and lead investigations and reporting to reduce risk.

You'll collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen preventative measures, monitor data protection, and deliver security training.

Qualifications

• Experience within information security, cyber risk, insider risk, data protection, security operations or a similar risk-focused environment.
• Strong understanding of insider risk scenarios, including data loss, privileged access misuse, policy violations and account compromise.
• Experience supporting investigations, incident response, risk assessments or security monitoring activities.
• Ability to analyse data, security alerts and behavioural trends to identify risks and control gaps.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, GDPR or equivalent would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve Kingfisher's insider risk programme across people, process, data and technology controls.
• Identify, assess and mitigate insider risk scenarios, including data leakage, policy breaches, inappropriate access and compromised accounts.
• Partner with Information Security, Technology and business teams to strengthen preventative controls, monitoring and data protection measures.
• Deliver targeted awareness, communications and training activities that promote secure behaviours across the organisation.
• Support phishing simulations and other colleague-focused security initiatives, providing insight and recommendations for improvement.
• Coordinate the triage, investigation and escalation of suspected insider risk events, ensuring appropriate governance and confidentiality.
• Produce meaningful reporting and insights to identify trends, measure control effectiveness and inform security improvements.

Skills

Information security

Cyber risk

Insider risk

Data protection

Incident response

Stakeholder management

Security monitoring

Job description

Kingfisher is seeking an Insider Risk Manager to protect data, systems and people from internal security risks across Information Security, Technology, Legal, Privacy and People teams. You will develop and mature the insider risk programme, drive technical controls and awareness, and lead investigations and reporting to reduce risk.

You'll collaborate with stakeholders to strengthen preventative measures, monitor data protection, and deliver security training.