Strategic CISO & Cyber Resilience Lead, Remote UK

DAC Beachcroft LLP; England; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Discounted gym membership

Flexible working arrangements

ESG activities participation

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to own our information security strategy, regulatory compliance, and cyber resilience across the organisation. You will shape security governance, manage risk, and lead a response to evolving threats while maintaining client trust.

Working with senior leadership, you will partner with the CTO, legal, and risk teams to ensure GDPR compliance, DPIAs, data processing agreements, and data subject rights.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in information security leadership roles.
• Proven knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, and data protection regulations.
• Experience in incident response, breach management, and forensics.
• Strong governance, policy development, and regulatory reporting.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud security controls.

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the information security strategy, roadmap, and risk framework.
• Coordinate security incident response with MSSP and stakeholders.
• Ensure GDPR and data protection compliance including DPIAs and data subject requests.
• Maintain SRA compliance and information security standards.
• Manage third-party security assessments and vendor risk reviews.
• Establish security controls for data classification, access, encryption, monitoring.
• Promote security awareness through training and exercises.
• Provide leadership reporting to executives and regulators.

Skills

Information security leadership

Regulatory compliance

GDPR knowledge

Incident response

Cloud security (Azure)

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Job description

DAC Beachcroft LLP is seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to own our information security strategy, regulatory compliance, and cyber resilience across the organisation. You will shape security governance, manage risk, and lead a response to evolving threats while maintaining client trust.

Working with senior leadership, you will partner with the CTO, legal, and risk teams to ensure GDPR compliance, DPIAs, data processing agreements, and data subject rights.