Head of Information Security London, Cossington Hybrid Remote

Blue Light Card Ltd

Blue Light Card. Individually great, together unstoppable

The Role and the Team

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Head of Information Security to join us in a newly created role. You’ll report into our CTO and be responsible for establishing and building our security function. You’ll maintain the overall vision and strategy, whilst remaining hands on with the day-to-day, to ensure information assets, applications and technologies are adequately protected both in the UK and Australia.

What You’ll Do

• Develop, implement, and manage a security strategy and program, collaborating with the senior and executive team to align with business goals
• Regularly identify, assess, prioritise, and remediate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities
• Monitor and respond to emerging threats and security incidents
• Develop and execute risk mitigation plans, strategies, security policies and guidelines
• Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations
• Oversee security audits, assessments, and compliance reporting
• Design and implement a robust secure architecture for our enterprise network
• Ensure the right observability tools are implemented with the right levels of alerting and monitoring within the applications
• Maintain the incident response plan and lead incident response efforts
• Implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Promote a culture of security awareness among employees
• Evaluate and manage the security risks associated with 3rd party vendors

What You’ll Bring

• In-depth knowledge of information security principles, standards, and best practices and experience of developing and implementing security strategies and controls
• Extensive experience in network, application security, secure code development and deployment
• Prior experience in using modern observability tools to implement the right monitoring and alerting
• Proven success in developing cyber security policies and training, coaching, and mentoring technical and non-technical people about basic cyber security principles
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively and influence across the organisation
• Proficiency in risk assessment, threat intelligence and incident response
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security or a related field
• A professional certification such as CISSP, CISM or CISA is highly desirable

Our Culture

Our members are at the heart of everything we do, so our colleagues are integral to helping create the unique experience we deliver. We’re genuinely committed to creating a place where our team love to work, and people want to join. We recognise the importance of culture and the positive impact it can have on performance for you, the team, our organisation and our members.

We work as a team and try to have a bit of fun while we do it, so even if you’re not expected to be in the office every day – you may just want to be! Our HQ in Cossington is a great place to be with free onsite parking, gym, table tennis, pool table, TV and video games and free on-site refreshments and snacks.

We’re also officially recognised as a Top 100 Great Place To Work UK, one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Top 100 Best Workplaces for Women and recognised as investors in wellbeing by Investors in People.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• Free onsite parking
• 25 days plus public holidays, buy and sell and an additional day off for your birthday
• A company bonus scheme
• Great social events e.g., Christmas party, family fun day, summer party, sports matches
• Relaxed dress code and modern office space (games area, chill-out areas, book club, free coffee/tea/soft drinks/snacks)
• Onsite gym (including access to free HIIT & stretch classes)
• Learning and development opportunities
• Group auto-enrolment pension plan
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay
• Company funded private medical insurance
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme (including mental health support)