The Security First Priority Lead is accountable for the successful end-to-end delivery of a Security First Priority, ensuring that delivery results in measurable security improvements in risk reduction, adoption, control effectiveness, and business value. The ideal candidate is a proven delivery leader with strong program and project management capabilities, excellent stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives from inception through operational handover.<\/p>\n
Planning and Delivery<\/strong> Governance and Controls<\/strong> Business Readiness and Adoption<\/strong> Reporting and Decision Support<\/strong> Accountabilities<\/strong> \u2022 Budget planning, spend management, forecast accuracy, and recovery actions. \u2022 Experience leading cybersecurity, risk reduction, compliance, or control improvement programs.
\n\u2022 Define work packages, milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
\n\u2022 Lead the Priority through initiation, execution, and closure.
\n\u2022 Manage day-to-day delivery activities to ensure commitments are met.
\n\u2022 Coordinate resource planning, capacity management, and conflict resolution.
\n\u2022 Drive team performance and delivery effectiveness.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Monitor performance against commitments and implement corrective actions where needed.
\n\u2022 Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
\n\u2022 Effectively drive resolution of Change Requests (CRs) and Help Requests (HRs).
\n\u2022 Ensure quality, completeness, and integrity of all deliverables.
\n\u2022 Ensure security controls are implemented, tested, and operating effectively.
\n\u2022 Maintain alignment with architecture standards, technology roadmaps, and security design principles.
\n\u2022 Adhere to PMO processes, governance requirements, and reporting standards.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Lead change management, training, and adoption activities.
\n\u2022 Drive adoption of solutions, controls, or standards across sectors and functions. \u2022 Coordinate closely with SMEs, architects, IT teams, engineering teams, and business \/ sector representatives to ensure readiness and successful implementation.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Prepare initiatives for governance forums with clear recommendations, options, impact assessments, key risk triggers, leading indicators, and required decisions. \u2022 Maintain accurate project data, reporting, and proactive risk sensing through PMO tools.
\n\u2022 Ensure smooth transition to BAU ownership following delivery.<\/p>\n
\nThe Security First Priority Lead is accountable for:
\n\u2022 End-to-end delivery of the assigned Security First Priority.
\n\u2022 Delivery of outcomes aligned to Security Value Delivery Targets (SVDT), including:<\/p>\n
\no Control effectiveness
\no Value realization<\/div>\n
\n\u2022 Ensuring investments translate into measurable outcomes within agreed risk appetite.
\n\u2022 Business readiness and adoption across impacted sectors and functions.
\n\u2022 Compliance with control requirements and maintenance of audit-ready evidence. \u2022 Data integrity and traceability from business case and planning through outcome realization.
\n\u2022 Sustainable handover to operational ownership.
\n\u2022 Creation and maintenance of the Priority dependency map.
\n\u2022 Communication of dependencies, impacts, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders.<\/p>\nQualifications and Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n\u2022 Experience working within regulated environments and governance frameworks. \u2022 Knowledge of security controls, architecture governance, audit requirements, and enterprise delivery methodologies
\n\u2022 Program or project management certifications (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or equivalent).
\n\u2022 Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business, Engineering, or related field.
\n\u2022 Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technology, security, or transformation initiatives, with a strong focus on budget management, forecasting, risk management, and dependency management.
\n\u2022 Significant experience in program and project delivery within large enterprise environments, working across security, architecture, IT, operations, and business teams.
\n\u2022 Excellent executive communication, influencing, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.
\n\u2022 Demonstrated success driving organizational change and adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"vacancy_categories":[10],"class_list":["post-11157","vacancies","type-vacancies","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","vacancy_categories-it"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n