Cyber Security Advisory Lead

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

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Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data. 

As we continue on this journey, we require a Cyber Security Advisory Lead responsible for the building and management of a team of security advisors supporting three principal business lines, for defining cyber security standards, development and management of an effective security education and awareness programme and management of security suppliers and partners. 

Reporting into the Global Head of Cyber Security, you will build and motivate a small team to support and advise three principal business lines in order to strengthen the firms security stance. 

You will also build and motivate a small team to define security standards and embed them within the three principal business lines by the provision of security advisory, consultancy, and support services.  

This is a critical role which will lead the development, delivery, and track the progress of an innovative and effective cyber security education and awareness programme to further improve the security culture of WPP. 

Liaising with and managing security schedules of third-party suppliers, vendors and service providers, you will help ensure WPP security requirements are met.  

What you'll be doing:

• Effective security monitoring. The role holder will ensure a fit for purpose Security Operations Centre (SOC) and monitoring capability that provides a richness and granularity of security data to enable swift response and incident management. 
• Detection. Ensure that the Security Operations function is equipped and able to accurately detect, analyse and triage security events in a timely manner through the effective management of people, processes, and tools. 
• Response. Ensure that the Security Operations function is equipped and able to accurately classify, define severity, contain, and remediate security incidents in a timely manner through the effective management of people, processes, and tools. The role holder must be able to provide clarity in complex and developing circumstances and take rapid decisions. 
• Leadership, management, and development of people. Build a high-performing team and develop it with appropriate training and career development. Act as a role model for team members and provide mentorship to more junior members. 
• Stakeholder management. Able to engage and influence stakeholders across the business with the ability to explain complex issues in simple language, and to lead the rapid assimilation of information to enable swift reaction to Cybersecurity incidents that could be damaging to both employees and customers. 
• Third party management. Able to manage third party providers to ensure their cooperation and support in determining the accuracy, criticality, and response to security incidents. 
• Ensure that WPP IT meets all local legislative and regulatory requirements in all aspects of Security Operations.

What you'll need:

• Experience in developing and leading high performing cyber security teams in a large and complex environment 
• Certifications in security (i.e. CISA, CISSP, CISM) desirable but not essential 
• Degree or equivalent (i.e. MBA) desirable but not essential 
• Comprehensive knowledge about vulnerability and security policies such as ISO standards 
• Significant experience and expert knowledge of Cybersecurity standards, technologies, and processes 
• Experience of developing and delivering effective cyber security education and awareness programmes 
• Experience of managing security requirements and SLAs with large and complex supplier arrangements 
• Experience of working closely with multiple teams in both security incident scenarios and in BAU. Able to relate to their roles and ensure that the Security Operations team is seamlessly integrated in process and technology terms. 

Who you are:

You’re open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You’re optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with confidence: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You’re extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we deliver extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, driven people – We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?