Cyber Assurance and Compliance Lead

Cyber Assurance and Compliance Lead

Glasgow

Salary: £54-£68K, plus benefits (15% bonus & healthcare)

Hybrid working

Help us create a better future, quicker.

Scottish Power is embarking on a Cyber Security Transformation Programme. We’re looking for Cyber Assurance and Compliance Lead to help define, implement, and manage the Cyber Security Assurance Model and to track the Regulatory Compliance posture across ScottishPower (including the NIS Regulation).

The role leads the definition and implementation of Cyber Assurance Reviews, Programmes, and Initiatives as well as the Cyber Assurance and Compliance objectives, contributing to ScottishPower’s Cyber Security Strategy.

What you’ll be doing

This role sits within the 2nd Line of defence, leading and supporting the Business in risk and compliance, by performing assurance, and providing Senior Leaders with independent assurance of their cyber risk and regulatory compliance posture.

You’ll collaborate with 1st Line Cyber Teams, ensuring Business Assurance plans are known, and understood, considering any Regulatory commitment, and delivering the needed assurance.

Playing a critical part in helping to define the Cyber Security Strategy, you’ll establish an Enterprise Cyber Assurance Plan, ensuring the defined Assurance Model is supported by Senior Leaders across the Business.

The role will be responsible for supporting and monitoring adherence to the 3rd Party Risk Management Methodology. The execution of 3rd Party Security Assessments will be required.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, enabling them to build and maintain strong relationships with both local and global colleagues. Proficiency in establishing and maintaining strong communication mechanisms, such as regular updates, collaborative tools, and feedback systems, essential to the alignment with organisational goals.

What you’ll bring

• Knowledge and experience of Cyber Security (e.g. GICSP, CISSP, CISM)

• Significant experience developing and leading Cyber Security Assurance Programs in an organisation of similar scope and scale to ScottishPower, with previous Security Management experience in a global organisation preferred.

• Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and standards

• Experience defining and delivering cyber security risk strategies.

• Experienced in developing and communicating Cyber Security Risk Strategies. Awareness of key legislation and regulation impacting the delivery of IT and OT Cyber Security in an energy utility (nice to have)

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why ScottishPower

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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