Regional Security Manager

MERITUS Talent has partnered with one of the UK's most Embedded National Security consultancies for the hire of a Regional Security Manager to join on a permanent basis

Regional Security Manager - Cheltenham - Up to £110,000pa - Active DV is a must - Some travel required around the UK

Role

You will lead a team of security professionals driving customer advocacy in delivering effective security shared services working with multiple stakeholders across our regional operating units and locations to meet the evolving business needs. Security is at the heart of everything we do, and you will be responsible for leading and ensuring the security of employees, property, assets, programmes, and information, while ensuring security compliance with company policies and customer and regional regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and further develop the regional security function, interactions, and reporting, working collaboratively with the Sector and Enterprise (as necessary) security leads and team(s) to ensure the optimisation of Security Shared Services across the region, with a focus on the effective, efficient, and compliant delivery of services to sector, company, and applicable ISO standards.
• Evolve interactions and lead the team of multi-disciplined security-related employees in the region and develop trusted support relationships with the site leads of all facilities in the region, subsidiary Managing Directors (MD), and the CE region.
• Provide the UK Security manager support to grow and develop talented UK-based individuals into a cohesive, high-performing team.
• Deliver effective and efficient security support services for personnel, property, assets, programs, and information to the Corporate and Sector businesses, predominantly in the UK and including involvement in Security Councils to support the region and our Global Security leadership on Governance and awareness.
• Lead the UK Crisis Management and Business Resiliency efforts for the company whilst coordinating with Sector and Corporate Security leadership as needed to support our Global Security program.
• Partner with and support Corporate (eg Global Assistance Center - GAC) and Sector Security, and Sector programme/capture pursuit activities in the region while ensuring adherence to company procedures for business pursuits and proposals in elevated threat countries (ETC).
• Drive the continual assessment of potential security risks and develop mitigation strategies, escalating any concerns, recommendations and mitigation plans in a timely manner to site, regional, and sector Security leadership in accordance with established internal messaging protocols.
• Work collaboratively with in-country and in-region security teams to drive excellence in local security management and compliance, and to anticipate and exceed customer expectation while driving risk mitigation practices.
• Support UK Cybersecurity efforts as necessary in collaboration with US CISO and provide Security support to our sector CISO and Security leadership as needed for the wider region to enable a cohesive multi-tiered approach to cyber threat mitigation.
• Lead the review, analysis, recommendation, and implementation of security solutions to meet Northrop Grumman standards, optimization, and customer requirements for the use of enterprise and programme security tools, systems, and processes in the UK.
• Foster and ensure maintenance of effective working relationships with functional and program teams, site Security leads, regional Customers, and national security agencies.
• Provide inputs and guidance as on UK requirements, as requested, to sector Security leadership and the Security Council and maintain an awareness of the wider regional requirements to support our Global Security leadership for our non-UK and subsidiary businesses.
• Update and maintain UK security procedures and documentation, and review site local procedures to ensure harmonisation and compliance with UK and regional security requirements & and Sector policies.
• Support Corporate Security Council Strategies and plans in and ensure alignment of the function with the Company's strategic security direction, providing regular updates and awareness communications to the functional teams and sector Security leadership, as required.
• Regularly review UK and regional Security Operations, ensuring compliance with ISO standards (as applicable) and best practices and co-ordinating alignment with our wider corporate policies including leading Community of Practice (CoP) for Security

General Operational duties

• Attend Mission Systems and Shared Services and Operational meetings as requested and necessary.
• Remain compliant with all applicable UK Customer and Company Processes and procedures.
• Support the MS Director of International Security in developing and growing our professional and fit for purpose security services in the region.
• Understand and apply all policies, processes and procedures around people management, compliance and governance while always exhibiting values.

Essential Qualifications/Experience

• Demonstrable experience in the Security profession at a senior manager level within Government and/or the defence industry, engaging/advising at VP and Director Level
• Proven track record of effective team leadership in both direct and matrixed organisations
• Successful delivery of significant security projects within a major global organisation
• Experience of leading and delivering during transition within a fast-changing environment
• ISO27001 familiarity
• One or more of the following Security certifications:
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
  • Industrial Security Professional (ISP)
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NCSF)