Head of Product Security - CISO function - BPL
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Job Description Purpose of the role To provide specialist proactive and reactive investigative service in response to physical incidents, cyber security incidents, external fraud insider threats and criminal conduct. Accountabilities Implementation of governance, risk and controls principles to inform risk assessment, identifying risks by adhering to the banks Risk and Control Framework and takes accountability in mitigating risk. Engagement with internal stakeholders and provide subject matter knowledge and expertise in investigative techniques across physical incidents, cyber security incidents, external fraud insider threats and criminal conduct. Contribution to and enhancement of an effective control environment, ensuring that processes, risks and controls are applied in way that achieves a good outcome for the bank and its customers/clients. Enhancement of processes, tools, and techniques for detecting, addressing and preventing fraud, using knowledge and understanding of fraud methodology and industry benchmarks. Identification and analysis of emerging insider threats and vulnerabilities in the banking industry, including security logs, alerts and suspicious activities, though assessments to detect and prevent insider threat behaviours. . Collaboration with external stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, to provide technical support and guidance during investigations and legal proceedings. . Data management systems use, support and access for searching, extracting and formatting data to support the investigative processes. . Director Expectations To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.. They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function. Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately. Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence. Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate. Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives. Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives. Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations. Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area. Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally. Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions. Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division. All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave. Head of Product Security - CISO Function - BPL The Head of Product Security - BPL, leads the pillar responsible for ensuring everything the company builds and ships is secure by design. This is the most agile-facing pillar in the CISO function in BPL - it must embed into product squads without becoming a bottleneck, own the shift-left programme, manage the developer security toolchain, and provide assurance that releases meet the organisation's security