Technical Team Lead Cyber Security

Job Description

At M&G our vision is: to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business and were looking for people who are excited about joining us on our journey. Were digitally transforming and investing heavily in technology and innovation to develop new and improved customer propositions that really raise the bar for our customers.To help us achieve our vision were looking for exceptional people who live our values and behaviours and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple. We know that an inclusive environment makes us more accessible and ensures we attract, engage, promote and retain exceptional people. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity/nationality,disability, or military service and welcome those who have taken career breaks. We will consider flexible working arrangements or home working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectivelydeliver in your role. What you can expect from us:We are committed to creating an environment where you can be exceptional at all you do. To help us deliver this, we promise to:

• Challenge Your Limits by creating a stimulating working environment and providing opportunities for you to be involved in meaningful and challenging work
• Support Your Aspirations with a commitment to learning and development that helps you achieve and build your experience with people who want you to succeed
• Value Your Input whereby leaders and managers will involve you in key decisions, listen to your thoughts and recognise the important contribution you make
• Balance Your Life through a work life partnership that focuses on making this an inclusive, diverse and friendly place to work and offers the flexibility and support that enables everyone to be at their best

How do we support our employees: All M&G plc employees will be supported in the workplace through our M&G Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). If you need counselling, confidential financial or legal advice. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and offers access to qualifiedprofessionals who can provide specialist information, advice and support on many issues. It offers a broad range of services, including help with family issues, maintaining work/life balance and mental health support. Lead a highly skilled cyber security team consisting of a mix of security focussed engineers and cyber security consultant. Working within a fast moving and agile environment the team are responsible for ensuring that all production releases are measured against our security standards and any failings are highlighted and managed. Maintain and continually improve the sec capabilitywithin our DevSecOps world. Maintain and continually improve our security and compliance monitoring and alerting capability. Ensuring any alerts are highlighted and ownership is established with the correct team for remediation. Support any security majorincidents. Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage and organise the teams backlog whilst ensuring all BAU responsibilities are met.
• Build and maintain productive and effective relationships with the wider studio teams.
• Maintain and present MI to the leadership team, articulating our security risk position and direction of travel.
• Work with the wider security world to ensure corporate standards are maintained, best practice is shared and consolidation opportunities are identified and progressed.
• Work with our corporate risk management team to ensure any identified security risks are correctly categorised and managed.
• The role reports to Head of Platforms, Retail and Savings.

Skills and Qualifications

• Formal security qualifications are desirable but not required .
• A keen interest in cyber security or having work experience in cyber security environment would be an advantage.
• Min. 5 years technical team management or delivery lead experience.
• Experience of working within an Agile / DevOps environment.
• Any experience of Azure / Redhat OpenShift / Apigee / Salesforce / Container platforms. Note: this is not a hands on technical role but an appreciation of these technologies would be an advantage.
• Clear and effective communicator.
• Strong influencer, able to influence at Leadership team level to ensure good security outcomes.
• Able to balance and manage Operational and Change responsibilities for the team.

We live by four behaviours at M&G and we ask all our employees to:

• Inspire Others - Support and encourage each other, creating an environment where everyone can contribute and succeed
• Embrace Change - Be open to change, willing to be challenged and able to adapt quickly and imaginatively to new ideas
• Deliver Results - Focus on outcomes, set high standards and deliver with energy and determination
• Keep it Simple - Cut through complexity and bureaucracy, be clear and decisive and never overcomplicate things