Information Security Business Relationship Manager

Recruiter
PWC-1
Location
London
Salary
Competitive
Posted
26 Apr 2017
Closes
07 May 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Summary Description:

The Information Security Business Relationship Manager role is responsible for providing comprehensive information security services and routine coordination internally to the PwC UK firm. The team works closely with business stakeholders and engagement teams across the member firm on information security matters and coordinates with other functional groups as needed. The role will provide advice and inform member firm / line of service teams about various contractual requirements and government laws and regulations as they pertain to information security. This role leverages functional expertise to solve security problems.

Strategic & Technical Orientation / Job Content:

The Information Security Business Relationship Manager will team with the member firm or line of service Chief Information Security Officer to drive the development, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of all information security related activities in alignment with Information Security Strategy.

The candidate for this role requires thorough experience in the areas of IT and IT security strategy, operations, and roadmap planning. This role has a deep functional understanding of information security that is applied in the context of a broader understanding of the member firm or line of service and contributes to the development of new subject matter.

Range of Impact:

The Information Security Business Relationship Manager role


Review compliance and risk management for mission/business processes
Hotline/helpline oversight on security events
Develop and maintain system security plans
Prepare to convert strategic vision into actionable tasks and drive those tasks to completion
Demonstrate success working in new organizations and has illustrated critical attributes to include flexibility and innovative thinking
Communicate and maintain leadership directives to the Information Security Organization.
Provide key insight to overall security strategies and evaluate organizational progress towards agreed upon goals and find solution to complex issues in order to maintain timelines and achieve project success.
Resolve complex problems by continuously applying significant independent judgment and collaborating with others
Influence others through work on projects and in teams or by leading portions of larger projects


Scope of responsibility:

The Information Security Business Relationship Manager demonstrates a proven track record of project management and managing multiple projects and/or work streams to include; managing projects to stay on budget and on time, escalating risks or dependencies to senior stakeholders and managing multiple work streams to maintain the consistency across the project. This role demonstrates proven, considerable knowledge and success of system security, controls or information security management environment, specifically the following information security areas:


Information security policy and procedure development and maintenance
Oversight of annual security awareness training and role-based security training processes
Developing and maintaining system security plans
Implementing and overseeing a compliant Risk Management Strategy
Oversight with an eye on compliance and risk management for mission/business processes
Performing and maintaining formalized risk assessments
Building a Security Governance Structure
Internal security and privacy control testing or operational auditing.
Overall Information Security Governance
Quality assurance reviews
Responsibilities Metrics
Demonstrates considerable experience managing overall governance coordination and quality assurance reviews as well as the oversight of an information security program from a technical and financial standpoint
Demonstrates considerable experience in security governance planning and management, as well as delegation of planning and management responsibilities to staff
Demonstrates proven, refined abilities and success with identifying and addressing leadership and stakeholders needs
Builds solid relationships with leadership and stakeholders
Maintains significant awareness of Firm services and capabilities
Communicates with the leadership and stakeholders in an organized and knowledgeable manner
Demonstrates proven, refined abilities and success with leveraging creative thinking and problem solving skills, individual initiative, and utilizing MS Office
Manages modest financial resources or risk exposure
Manages functional initiatives with short-term impact


Education Level:


Undergraduate Degree (e.g. BA, BS) or equivalent experience
Preferred: MBA or Management Information Systems (MIS) degree


Percentage of travel time: 0-20%

Location: London

Internal firm services

In order to deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need first-class support internally. Internal firm services is a network of specialist support professionals and includes marketing, recruitment, human capital, finance, technology, learning and development, procurement, to name but a few. Each team plays a vital role in making sure we have all the right resources, services and technology across our business.

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.

Diversity

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool, as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.