Head of Secure Design

- Proven leadership skills, with the ability to influence, engage and communicate effectively with senior leaders and lead direct teams with clarity and confidence. - Expert knowledge of protective security, with the ability to drive innovation while balancing security requirements with service delivery and transformation needs. - Strong ability to integrate external threat intelligence, organisational context and situational awareness to build a holistic threat picture. - Ability to provide strategic oversight and leadership to specialist security functions (e.g., penetration testing, Security Architecture, DevSecOps, product and compliance assurance). - Demonstrable experience managing risk across the full risk lifecycle, communicating risk in clear, actionable terms. - Significant experience working in large, complex and mission-critical programme or enterprise environments. - CISSP or similar certification or equivalent skills and experience.