Security Education & Awareness Programme Lead

Control Risks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Control Risks is seeking a consultant to manage and evolve our Security Education & Awareness programme, protecting people, research, and intellectual property through training, communications, and engagement that drive security-conscious behaviour.

You will tailor content to each client’s unique research culture, lead with the why, and own end-to-end delivery across formats from video and e-learning to live onboarding, dashboards, and outreach.

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing security education and awareness programmes at scale in a technology or research organisation.
• Strong content creation skills across formats: video, e-learning, written communications, infographics, and audio.
• Broad corporate security expertise spanning insider risk, IP protection, travel and personal security, and event security.
• Ability to distil complex threats into clear, actionable guidance for non-security audiences.
• Credibility to present at all levels of the organisation, from new joiners to senior leadership.
• Autonomous owner of the programme, with collaboration with the wider security team.
• Comfort working with senior leadership, legal, communications, and people teams.
• Automation mindset—experience building workflows, dashboards, pipelines.
• Willingness to tailor training to client’s unique research culture by leading with the "why".

Responsibilities

• Own the annual security training cycle end-to-end, coordinating with an e-learning vendor to refresh content, manage rollout and tracking, and elevate non-compliance.
• Produce location-specific security briefings and short-form audio content for major conferences using threat intelligence inputs.
• Deliver monthly live onboarding sessions with interactive exercises and follow-up recordings and communications.
• Coordinate quarterly threat briefings for researchers and leadership forums with concise updates.
• Maintain and expand the client’s security portal with a library of bite-sized training content and best-practice guidance for AI research workflows.
• Produce regular security awareness content across internal channels to keep security top-of-mind between formal training cycles.

Job description

Control Risks is seeking a consultant to manage and evolve our Security Education & Awareness programme, protecting people, research, and intellectual property through training, communications, and engagement that drive security-conscious behaviour.

You will tailor content to each client’s unique research culture, lead with the why, and own end-to-end delivery across formats from video and e-learning to live onboarding, dashboards, and outreach.