Cyber Strategy & Portfolio Manager

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Reading

Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Reading

214267-en_GB

Life on the team

We are now looking for a Cyber Strategy & Portfolio Manager within our GIS Security Management Office.

As the Cyber Strategy & Portfolio Manager, you play a critical role in the SMO, directly supporting the CISO. You are responsible for overseeing cybersecurity transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic cybersecurity priorities, and enhancing Computacenter’s security posture and resilience. Your role involves aligning cybersecurity strategy with the business goals, evaluating security initiative options, and supporting the prioritisation of changes.

What you’ll do

Role Overview: The Cyber Strategy & Portfolio Manager will ensure alignment of cybersecurity projects with the overall cyber strategy and objectives.

Portfolio Management (80%)

Evaluate and Adjust Strategy: Continuously assess and inform the Head of SMO and CISO of necessary strategy adjustments to address new threats, evolving technologies, and regulatory changes.
Align Initiatives: Ensure all transformation initiatives align with the overarching cyber security strategy and objectives.
Impact Assessment: Identify and address the impact of portfolio initiatives on policies, control scoring levels, and other cyber requirements.
Monitor Progress: Oversee the progress of initiatives to ensure they meet objectives and provide value.
Provide Artifacts: Deliver clear, accurate, and reliable information to the Head of SMO and CISO.
Leverage Reporting Platform: Use the Security Reporting Platform to prioritize activities, oversee project progress, and realize benefits.
Engage in Prioritisation: Participate in projects influencing prioritization and cyber risk impact.

Meetings: Actively lead in Security Portfolio Review Meetings to assess portfolio progression and alignment with security capabilities.
Stakeholder Engagement: Understand and address stakeholder needs, expectations, and priorities.
Communicate Decisions: Clearly communicate the rationale behind portfolio prioritization decisions and manage expectations.
Feedback and Improvement: Provide feedback to improve future portfolio initiatives and outcomes.

Metrics: Evaluate KPIs to measure the effectiveness and progress of the cyber security portfolio.
Develop Roadmap: Create and implement a cyber transformation roadmap aligned with strategic objectives and risk appetite.
Generate Reports: Produce relevant reports on the cyber security portfolio.
Communicate Value: Use insights and reports to demonstrate the value of transformations, securing stakeholder buy-in and commitment.

Business Engagement (20%)

Collaborate with Capability Owners: Identify project value to support CMMI scores.
Coordinate with GIS Functions: Ensure communication of portfolio initiatives aligns with CISO requirements.
Engage Key Stakeholders: Work with management, business units, and IT teams to ensure alignment and support for cyber security initiatives.
Manage Expectations: Maintain regular and effective communication and collaboration to manage stakeholder expectations.

What you’ll need

Minimum 4 years of professional experience in an Information Security / Cyber Security function.
Leadership and strategic thinking
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Strong people skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
Awareness and understanding of security strategy and its drivers and goals.
Ability to measure and suggest security investments based on cost-benefit analysis.
Ability to consistently evaluate prioritisation decisions.
Strong organisational and time management abilities.
Familiar with regulatory requirements and industry standards related to cybersecurity.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent PowerPoint skills.
Awareness and understanding of GIS operating model.
Awareness of GIS adopted frameworks and processes including ITIL, SAFe, DevSecOps, etc.

Key Technical Skills (SFIA Codes where applicable)

Cybersecurity frameworks inc. NIST CSF, and Secure Controls Framework SCF
Information security standards inc. GDPR, SOC 2 and ISO27001

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.