Cyber Security Director, Financial Services, Identity & Access

Oliver James Associates Ltd.; London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 160,000

Job description

We are supporting a global consulting group's award-winning cyber security practice in the hiring of a Director specialising in Identity & Access Management (IAM) advising into the UK Financial Services sector.

The role, team and clients are London-centric - and will pay between c£140,000 - £160,000 basic plus extra cash benefits, annual bonuses and broad benefits.

Our client's cyber security services are defined within three capability groups:

• Cyber Risk, Resilience and Privacy
• Identity and access management (IAM) and cloud security
• Cyber Threat Management

They provide cyber security services to clients across three coverage groups:

• Financial Services
• Sectors
• Infrastructure, Government and Health

A key emphasis of the role will be leading the delivery of IAM engagements to clients and contributing to the leadership of the IAM capability.

The Director role will be responsible for the following areas:

• Lead the enhancement and development of an IAM strategy for the FS sector by working in collaboration with the leadership of the FS cyber security business, IAM capability and our alliance partners. This will include defining the vision, objectives and plan and oversee the implementation of this.
• Grow our current footprint to meet market demand and clients' issues whilst exploiting the adjacencies across our current engagements.
• Build relationships with other parts of the firm (e.g. IAM leads in other Cyber Security coverage groups and Technology Risk) to bind offerings together.
• Lead our relationships with IAM alliance partners (e.g. SailPoint, CyberArk, Okta, etc.) to drive collaboration and sales opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with the IAM capability leadership on the people management of the IAM business to enable the strategy to be successful.
• Connect and enable our business transformation work with IAM and shape the future of IAM through innovative services and tools.
• Develop relationships internally and externally and build a pipeline of opportunities and/or sell engagements to clients.
• Define the people requirements (e.g. skills, experience, etc.) to strengthen our team of cyber security resources and lead the recruitment of these resources.

Reporting to the Lead Cyber Security Partner for FS, the Director role involves:

• Taking accountability for the delivery of FS IAM engagements and leading multiple engagements on a day-to-day basis with the assistance of Senior Managers/Managers in the team.
• Being responsible for expanding our IAM services in the FS sector.
• Leading FS sales origination/business development initiatives and acting as an integral part of the broader Technology and Cyber Security leadership team.
• Contributing to the overall FS cyber security strategy by identifying where there are opportunities for growth and developing the strategy to capitalise on cyber security risk opportunities in this sector.
• Building and managing excellent networks and client relationships (typically at CIO, CRO, COO, CISO or Head of Technology level) across a range of FS organisations.

The person

• Experience of working in the Financial Services sector including working with large, global organisations.
• Experience of working at the senior level as an IAM Lead and Consultant.
• Wide industry exposure with a depth of technical security knowledge and experience in IAM.
• Proven experience of successfully leading, managing and delivering cyber security and technology advisory and assurance services to large/medium, multi-national clients.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical issues to a non-technical audience, extensive relevant sales experience, negotiation and project management skills.
• Sound understanding of risk management in a professional services environment.