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Cyber Security Programme Manager
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On behalf of UKRI we are looking for a Cyber Security Programme Manager for a 9 month contract. Remote working with occasional travel to Swindon.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.
UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields - from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.
As a Cyber Security Programme Manager you will coordinate activities across four high priority Security projects:
- Cyber Resilience (CR) project.
- Gov Cyber Security Strategy (GCSS) delivery project.
- Security: Enterprise Identity (EI)
- Security: People & Culture (SP&C) project.
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Essential:
- Experience of shaping and rolling out Security projects within a complex multi-organisation enterprise.
- Experience of Security Monitoring (SIEM) / Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) / Security Operations Centre (SOC).
- Experience rationalising Identity Access Management (IAM) in a multi-organisation ecosystem.
- Experience managing multiple hybrid teams comprising permanent staff, contractors and Suppliers.
- Experience procuring and managing Security training providers, Security consultancy services and Security tooling vendors.
- Experience working with senior leaders up to C-Suite to influence Security Awareness and help shape organisational Security culture change.
- Security Governance & Assurance experience.
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.
Disability Confident
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.
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