Senior Security Culture Analyst

Hargreaves Lansdown; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm based in Bristol seeks a Senior Security Culture Analyst to drive security awareness and promote safe behaviors. You will design engagement strategies and conduct targeted campaigns to educate colleagues. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a range of benefits including a bonus and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing and executing security culture and awareness programs.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Creative thinker with the ability to innovate and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of engagement strategies to educate colleagues about security.
• Develop targeted campaigns to engage different colleague groups.
• Conduct sophisticated phishing campaigns to enhance threat identification.

Skills

Developing security culture programs

Promoting security awareness

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Project management abilities

Education

Security qualification in Information or Cyber Security

Tools

Digital software for security culture

Job description

Excited to grow your career? Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

Overview

The Senior Security Culture Analyst is a pivotal role in fostering a culture of security awareness within HL. You will lead the design and delivery of engagement strategies to effectively educate and empower our colleagues, leveraging data insights to improve our security risk culture and reduce inherent risks.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyse external and internal triggers to help inform the security culture programme.
• Keep up to date on latest trends on security culture related topics and approaches, such as attitudes and engagement.
• Lead the design and delivery of engagement strategies to maximise engagement based on research and colleague demographics.
• Develop and maintain targeted campaigns to effectively engage and educate different colleague groups, to address inherent risks and leveraging insights to shape future initiatives.
• Develop comprehensive plans to educate colleagues about Information Security, including our Information Security roadshow and Security Champions Network.
• Lead and develop an information security awareness and training program.
• Lead and develop a schedule of sophisticated phishing campaigns that mirror real-world scenarios to enhance colleagues' ability to identify threats. Use this to identify trends, weak points, and areas for improvement.
• Provide an informed estimate of the resources, time and costs needed to nurture security aware behaviours and protect the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing and executing security culture and awareness programs.
• Passionate about promoting security awareness and empowering colleagues to adopt secure behaviours.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a talent for tailoring messages to diverse audiences.
• Creative thinker with the ability to innovate and adapt in a rapidly evolving cyber security landscape.
• Strong project management abilities to oversee multiple campaigns and initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience with a range of digital software and solutions that would enhance the components of our security culture programme.
• Have a security qualification in Information Security, Cyber security, or related qualification e.g. Communications
• Experience of working in a Financial Services environment (desirable).

Interview process

This role will be a two-stage interview process, consisting of an introductory conversation and a competency/behavioural based interview with presentation task.

Working schedule

We are based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What’s on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review
• 25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness provider s and w ellness c oach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.