Security Engineering Manager - Workplace Technology

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Job summary

WeAreTechWomen is looking for a Security Engineering Manager to lead a team of security engineers ensuring the safety of workplace technology platforms. You will oversee operational demands while driving strategic improvements in security practices.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical leadership, team development, and a solid understanding of enterprise technologies and cyber risks. Join us to foster a culture of inclusion and continuous learning in cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing technical teams in a security context.
• Knowledge of enterprise workplace technologies and cyber security.
• Ability to communicate complex risks to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Platform Security roadmap and ensure effective implementation.
• Ensure high performance in Platform Security Engineering and measurable outcomes.
• Lead and mentor a diverse team of security professionals.

Skills

Leadership & Team Development

Strong Technical Knowledge

Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving

Communication & Influencing

Change Leadership

Applied AI Awareness

Technical Interviewing & Talent Building

Collaboration & Inclusion

Education

Relevant certifications such as CISSP or CISM

Job description

Security Engineering Manager – Workplace Technology

The Security Engineering Manager – Workplace Technology is responsible for leading a team of 5 security engineers who secure and enhance workplace technology platforms. This includes technologies such as Microsoft 365, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), email security, Windows and Mac client hardening, Active Directory, etc. The role ensures that security engineering practices align with organisational priorities while maintaining a strong operational posture across all supported platforms.

The manager provides leadership, guidance, and development opportunities to the team, setting clear objectives aligned with Tesco's security strategy. They are accountable for ensuring high quality delivery, balancing day‑to‑day operational demands with longer‑term security improvements. This includes overseeing workload distribution, ensuring the team is focused on the highest priority risks and initiatives, and maintaining a strong engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Transformation & Change: Deliver the Platform Security roadmap, ensuring new capabilities (process, tooling, AI, and operating models) are effectively scoped, implemented, and embedded without compromising operational performance.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Ensure Platform Security Engineering operates at high performance, maintaining strong prevention capability, service reliability, and measurable outcomes aligned to business risk.
• Develop High Performing Teams: Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of security professionals, fostering a culture of inclusion, continuous learning, and engineering‑led ways of working.
• Strengthen Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a senior interface between Platform Security, Technology, and Business stakeholders, clearly communicating risk, influencing outcomes, and aligning priorities.
• Own Service & Product Mindset: Embed a product and service‑oriented approach ensuring changes are outcome driven, measurable, and aligned to customer and organisational needs.

Essential Qualifications

• Leadership & Team Development: Demonstrable experience leading and managing technical teams, including coaching, performance development, and building inclusive, high‑performing environments.
• Strong Technical Knowledge: Demonstrable knowledge of common enterprise workplace technologies.
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving: Proven ability to define and execute strategic roadmaps, translating complex challenges into clear, actionable plans aligned to business objectives.
• Communication & Influencing: Strong capability to communicate complex cyber risks effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, influencing decisions at senior levels.
• Change Leadership: Experience embracing and enabling change, successfully integrating new tools, processes, and operating models whilst maintaining service continuity.
• Applied AI Awareness: Foundational understanding of how AI and automation can be applied to cyber security particularly in improving efficiency and decision making.
• Technical Interviewing & Talent Building: Experience in hiring and assessing technical talent, building teams that meet both current and future capability needs.
• Collaboration & Inclusion: Demonstrable commitment to fostering inclusive teams and working effectively across diverse technology and security domains.

Desirable Qualifications

• Awareness of core technology landscape and retail systems, and how cyber risk translates into customer and business impact.
• Understanding of cyber incident management models and escalation frameworks across enterprise environments.
• Experience with product methodologies and service‑oriented delivery models.
• Exposure to data analytics and insights to drive operational decision making and performance improvement.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, or procurement processes within a technical environment.
• Demonstrated curiosity, learning mindset, and contribution to professional communities.
• Awareness of responsible AI governance principles and how they apply to operational environments.
• Familiarity with engineering and development lifecycle concepts to better align security with technology delivery.
• GIAC certification and/or relevant certifications such as CISSP or CISM.

We are an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.