Head of Security

Executive Benefits Package
Middlesex
Manufacturing | Senior Leadership

We are seeking an experienced Head of Security to lead and develop the enterprise security capability across our client, a world-leading engineering and manufacturing organisation. This is a comprehensive, strategic security leadership role with responsibility spanning physical and protective security, personnel security, government security, security risk, insider risk, investigations, security intelligence, incident management, and organisational resilience. The successful candidate will operate at senior level as a trusted security adviser to the Executive Management Team and Board, while maintaining effective relationships with UK Government, law enforcement, and relevant security authorities.

The Role

• Developing and implementing the company's enterprise security strategy.
• Leading a risk-based approach to security across the organisation.
• Providing authoritative security advice to senior management and the Board.
• Leading security risk management, assurance, and control testing.
• Overseeing Government and regulatory security requirements.
• Managing physical and protective security across two sites.
• Developing personnel security and insider-risk management.
• Leading security investigations and serious security incidents.
• Developing security resilience, crisis management, and response frameworks.
• Overseeing preparedness for protest, activism, hostile reconnaissance, and disruption.
• Working closely with Information Security & Cyber Operations to integrate physical, personnel and cyber security.
• Leading, developing and supporting a security team.