Barclays
Financial Services
DataSecurityGovernance&ComplianceLead
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“Data Security Governance & Compliance Lead at Barclays. Skills: Data Security Governance, Policy Leadership, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Influence. provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information”
What You'll Achieve.
enhance overall risk management; mitigation of risk; effectively resolve cases; address potential risks; achieving the goals of the business; accomplish key business objectives
Industry & Context.
sophisticated analytical thought; interpretative thinking; define problems; Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Data Security Governance & Policy Leadership, Regulatory & Risk Management Expertise, Senior Stakeholder Influence & Leadership
Nice to Have
Senior Leadership Experience within Global Financial Services, Professional Security or Privacy Certifications, Awareness of Emerging Data & AI Security Topics
What You'll Do.
provide a primary liaison service between the business
and security functions
ensure the confidentiality
integrity and availability of information
support the mitigation of security risk
Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects
to enhance overall risk management
Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats
guide the implementation of mitigation strategies
communicate findings to relevant senior stakeholders
Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures
Management of the implementation
testing and monitoring of security controls
Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees
enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices
Management of complex cybersecurity incidents
Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends
advocating the adoption of new security solutions
and enforce the organisation’s data security strategy
and regulatory alignment
lead a centralised governance function that ensures data protection controls are consistent
and regulator‑defensible
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaboration with stakeholders; Collaboration with business units; collaborating with IT teams and response experts; influence senior executives and cross‑functional leaders (CISO, CDO, CTO, Privacy, Operations); lead teams within a global, matrixed organisation; lead collaborative, multi-year assignments; guide team members through structured assignments; Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management; Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas
Communication Scope
communicate findings to relevant senior stakeholders; Senior Stakeholder Influence & Leadership; executive engagement
Process & Methodology
project supervision, Plan resources, budgets, manage and maintain policies, deliver continuous improvements, escalate breaches of policies/procedures, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, balancing short and long term goals, ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements, multi-year assignments
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk. **Accountabilities** * Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management. * Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the banks operations and data and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies and communicate findings to relevant findings to relevant senior stakeholders. * Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the banks operations aligned to the risk management framework. * Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the banks IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk. * Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices. * Management of complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expertise support and project supervision. * Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions. **Vice President Expectations** * To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. * If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to
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