Security Portfolio Director
Docklands, London (Hybrid)

Salary - £140,000 + Discretionary Bonus

London - Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office

Spencer Rose are currently recruiting for a Security Portfolio Director with a background in defining and delivering Security and IT Infrastructure based programmes within a leading Financial Services organisation.

The Security Portfolio Director will have the following responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of Security portfolio of projects
• Responsible for defining and delivering vendor Infrastructure roadmap
• Responsible for managing stakeholders ensuring strong communication and governance is in place.
• Responsible for developing, in conjunction with the Project Sponsor, a definition of the project(s) and ensures the project is effectively resourced and manages the relationships with a wide range of groups (including all project contributors).
• Responsible for managing the work of consultants, securing and utilising internal resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful team.
• Responsible for detailed project/program reporting and governance
• Capable of managing a project team effectively through Matrix management.
• Need to be able to get the best out of a team of people who may not be direct reports.
• Effectively apply, support and champion the Governance methodology and enforce project standards

The Security Portfolio Director will have the following experience/skills:

• Extensive practical experience of leading and managing the delivery of Security projects/programmes.
• Significant practical experience of leading and managing Infrastructure change programs across an end-to-end project life cycle
• Extensive experience working within a highly regulated environment, ideally within Financial Services or Banking
• Strong governance and controls implementation
• Background working and engaging with senior level stakeholders at a C-Suite Level
• Strong history of managing third party tech service providers to deliver a range of change activities is essential
• Extensive knowledge of delivering with vendor organisations and suppliers
• Extensive hands-on experience of delivering complex IT change projects in a high performance organisation preferably financial services
• Demonstrable experience of quantifying the effort required to deliver a solution whilst articulating any implications of any proposed solution on the wider business and existing systems