IT Security Design Manager

Contract

Leeds (4 days a week onsite)

Inside IR35 - 3 month contract

An established international organisation is seeking an IT Security Design Manager to join its security design team on a contract basis.

This is a role for someone who wants to shape security outcomes at the point decisions are made rather than assess them afterwards. You will sit alongside project and architecture teams from initiation onwards, embedding security requirements into IT and business initiatives from the outset. The remit blends hands-on technical depth in solution design and architecture with the advisory skill to influence stakeholders who are not security specialists.

As a key point of contact for project teams, you will make sure new initiatives receive appropriate security assessment and pragmatic, risk-based design advice. You will conduct and oversee security risk assessments across projects, defining control requirements and ensuring alignment with organisational standards, while bringing genuine expertise in solution design and architecture so that security principles are embedded in technical decisions rather than bolted on afterwards. Working closely with IT, business and architecture teams, you will integrate security by design into delivered solutions and support the ongoing refinement of the IT Security Framework so practice stays consistent as the estate evolves. Where significant risks emerge, you will identify, influence and escalate them to senior security leadership, ensuring critical issues are resolved promptly and without derailing project objectives.