IT Security Manager

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Boohoo Group

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Your role

To provide leadership and management of all aspects of Security, InfoSec and Cybersecurity.


The team

We started out as one brand with only three team members in 2006, today we are now made up of 13 amazing brands and counting, we have offices all over the world and we've grown to a 6,000+ strong team we call our boohoo family - and we don’t plan on stopping yet. We have big ambitions, huge potential and a clear strategy to continually evolve and grow the business. It’s a seriously exciting time to join us and influence the next chapter of our success.

In Tech, we’re proud to support every brand and every function. We’re a digital-first company that is totally cloud-native. We embrace change and future-proof the business, delivering critical customer-facing and internal stakeholder facing systems. Everything from colleague tech to front-end websites and apps, buying and merchandising tooling and all that’s in-between, we take care of it. Our ideas support and drive the Group’s agenda.


What you'll be doing

  • Implementing security strategies and policies, including managing relationships with external organisations.
  • Manage and update business continuity and disaster recovery plans as well as coordinate disaster recovery and business continuity testing for Technology
  • Maintaining the Information Security and Cyber strategy.
  • Undertake threat and vulnerability assessments of applications and infrastructure components across the company
  • Advising senior management on specialised areas of expertise.
  • Ensuring security controls are in line with business risk.
  • Communicating with business managers and staff to advise, influence and determine operational business needs.
  • Monitoring external developments through links with professional associations, industry and academia.
  • Identifying and promoting appropriate risk management activities and security assessments.
  • Arrange the selection, testing, deployment, and maintenance of security hardware and software products as well as third party outsourcing arrangements.
  • Review business plans to ensure there is an adequate focus on security.


Working with us

To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.


More about you

  • Likely to have degree level qualification in Information Security
  • Outstanding client relationship management ability, with exceptional oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong business relation skills
  • Thorough understanding and direct experience of PCI Data Security Standards. The role will be responsible for ensuring the company's infrastructure meets the standards for PCI.
  • Knowledge and experience in DPA
  • Knowledge and experience in ISO/IEC 27001 / 27002
  • Information Security Qualification (CISSP, CISM, etc)
  • Proven leadership able coordinate the efforts of others in the delivery of IT Services to the business and engender a spirit of teamwork and cooperation amongst colleagues.
  • Negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Cost and budget management skills.
  • An attitude that embraces change.

Why join us

We’ve set our sights on dominating the global e-commerce fashion market, and because we’re 13 brands (and counting), there are plenty of opportunities to grow your career. Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception.

  • You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes
  • Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
  • Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
  • There’s up to 40% discount off our all of our brands
  • Our social calendar? Next level
  • With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe (some are dog friendly!), we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work
  • Find out about us more here https://careers.boohoogroup.com/

    Tags: Agile CISM CISSP Cloud E-commerce Monitoring Risk management Security assessment Strategy

    Perks/benefits: Flex vacation Health care

    Region: Europe
    Country: United Kingdom
    Job stats:  21  1  0
    Category: Leadership Jobs

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