Cyber Prevent Technical Product Owner - IT & Cloud Hardening

What you’ll do

• Act as the Vodafone’s cyber security IT & Cloud Hardening technical expert.
• Lead the IT & Cloud Hardening product team to define and maintain the global IT & Cloud Hardening product strategy, vision and roadmap and lead its delivery, in collaboration with the IT & Cloud Hardening ADM, through virtual and matrixed teams.
• Leverage your deep platform expertise to lead the technical design and implementation of endpoint health platforms in Cyber Prevent to the optimal security posture.
• Communicate the product, vision & roadmap regularly to the ART and product stakeholders at agile ceremonies and governance boards, and prepare and deliver briefings for the Cyber, Technology Assurance & Strategy Leadership Team
• Liaise with large security vendors for financial and operational relationships.
• Liaise with Cyber Security Risk, Control & Compliance to ensure that the Cyber Prevent IT & Cloud Hardening roadmap is always aligned to Vodafone’s risk mitigation strategy with optimal risk reduction outcomes.
• Responsible for managing technical product related governance, regulatory and legal requirements such as registering and maintaining product related risks, supporting Internal Assurance, Audit, TSR, GDPR and SOX related activities 
• Support the Platform Manager and Service Design & Transition Manager in the service availability & quality management of IT & Cloud Hardening platforms including demand management, service design, platform management, change management, licence management, continual service improvement.  Conduct regular service reviews.
• Act as a role model and ambassador for the Technical Career Path, mentoring junior team members in their development and pursuit of Level accreditation.
   

Who you are

• Strong IT & Cloud Hardening knowledge to act as Cyber Security’s global technical lead.  5+ years of professional experience managing platforms in a technical role.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and influencing skills to present to and successfully work with a wide variety of stakeholders including the Cyber Leadership Team and other senior leaders across the organization.  Ability to communicate and report concise summaries of complex scenarios and information.
• Track record of delivering cyber strategies in a complex and dynamic technology environment
• Experience constructing security documentation and security standards/designs
• Strong organizational skills to support the cadence of various governance inputs such as vendor presentations, KPI reviews, weekly and monthly reports, CTAS papers and presentations etc.  
• Strong analytical skills to inform effective data driven decisions on service improvement & risk reduction
• Ability to create highly effective collaboration across globally dispersed teams in order to deliver the consistency, quality, and risk reduction outcomes required 
• Ability to create coaching and learning environments for our junior team members
• Vendor management experience
• Experience supporting security assurance and audits

Must have technical and professional qualifications: 

• Professional Security Qualification (like CISSP, CEH, CCSP, CISM, CISA, CCIE)
• Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Design, Engineering or similar

What's in it for you

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks out of which 39 weeks are fully paid + 13 weeks half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

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