About the Role
Shape and drive the delivery of critical cyber initiatives that protect and enable the business in a high-impact leadership role.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery and governance of the Information Security portfolio, ensuring successful execution of strategic cyber and transformation initiatives.
- Provide high levels of autonomy and strategic direction, aligning portfolio execution with senior leadership objectives and business priorities.
- Drive transparency and enable informed decision-making through high-quality reporting, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
- Continuously enhance portfolio effectiveness by evolving frameworks, governance models, and delivery practices while optimising tools and processes.
- Build strong stakeholder relationships and lead high-performing teams, influencing across all levels and providing coaching, direction, and oversight to ensure consistent, high-quality outcomes.
Requirements
- Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to influence decision-makers across Technology and business functions, and communicate complex topics as clear executive options.
- Extensive experience in project, programme, or portfolio management within Information Security or IT, including leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Solid understanding of cyber security risks, controls, and governance frameworks.
- Flexibility for occasional travel to operational sites.
Skills
- Project management expertise
- Stakeholder management skills
- Information Security
- IT
- Cyber security risks
- Controls
- Governance frameworks
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
Education Level
- Relevant academic background (Information Security, IT, Business, or equivalent experience)
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile
Salary/Compensations
- £75,000 to £85,000 per annum
Benefits
- Company car/car allowance
- Bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Option to buy additional days
- Flexible dental insurance plans
- Company sponsored pension scheme
- 24/7 online GP service
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Cashback cards
- Saving scheme
About the Company
- We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
- GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world.
- We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services.
- Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.
Equal Opportunity
- GXO is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
- We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
