Head of Security Data Services

Lloyds Banking Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 124,000 - 147,000

Job description

End Date

Thursday 03 April 2025

Salary Range

£124,653 - £146,650

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Head of Security Data Services

SALARY: From £125,000 dependent on experience and location

LOCATION(S): This position is based in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol or London, and will involve periodic travel between these locations.

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our office location.

About this opportunity

As the Head of Security Data Services, you will lead an elite team in crafting security data engineering at Lloyds Banking Group, spearheading the design and execution of our security data strategy.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading and motivating the security data team to concentrate on essential tasks that add value to customers and partners. Your leadership will be guided by a comprehensive understanding of the latest trends and innovations in data security.

• Build and maintain a high-performing and skilled team with the knowledge and capacity to deliver secure data services 24x7. Your goal will be to foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning, ensuring our operations remain robust and agile.

• Be accountable for achieving key performance metrics, including cost efficiency, contributions to strategic outcomes, and overall customer happiness. Your insights will drive simplification and improvement of security data.

• Manage risks related to security data through collaboration with senior engineers, the CSO, and business leaders to ensure alignment with strategy and industry standard methodologies.

• Set a collaborative and innovative culture within the security data team, promoting ownership of outcomes and a proactive approach to challenges.

What you’ll need

• Product Delivery: Leading improvements in data security processes and delivery using new methodologies, techniques, and tools. Crafting the direction for cross-functional teams to deliver secure data solutions.

• Customer Centricity: A strong focus on promoting secure customer outcomes, ensuring that all team efforts align with these values for maximum impact.

• Product Ownership: Taking ownership of secure data pipelines supported by multiple teams. Delivering secure tech changes and ensuring the success of data security initiatives.

• Leadership & Culture: Experience in driving cultural change initiatives, understanding the barriers to change, and encouraging leadership consensus. Your ability to encourage others through personal integrity and collaboration will be key.

• Values & Behaviours: A forward-thinking attitude that aligns with our Group Strategy, encouraging others through an inclusive and collaborative approach. Your vision will be integral to realizing our customer-centric goals and desired end state.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares.

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.

• Generous holiday allowance, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.