Cyber Security Programme Manager - Higher Education
Posted 6 days ago by Lorien
£760 Per day
Inside
Onsite
City of London
Summary: The Cyber Security Programme Manager will lead a significant organisation-wide Cyber Security Programme within the higher education sector, focusing on enhancing security capabilities and governance. This role requires deep expertise in cyber security and involves overseeing a transformation programme that includes tool selection, capability enhancement, and restructuring of the Information Security function. The position is based in London and requires onsite presence three days a week for a six-month contract. The role is classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the organisation-wide Cyber Security Programme, overseeing security capability uplift and governance.
- Manage the selection and onboarding of new security tools and enhance existing technical capabilities.
- Restructure the Information Security function and establish a cross-organisation accountability model.
- Oversee an external cyber assessment to refine programme priorities and structure.
- Convene a cross-organisation cyber advisory group to shape the cyber accountability operating model.
- Develop and refine the Cyber Security Programme Scorecard to measure progress and success.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience managing large, complex cyber security programmes in similarly scaled organisations.
- Strong cyber security domain expertise.
- Proactive, self-starting approach with the ability to operate autonomously.
- Excellent senior stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- High-quality verbal and written communication, including executive-level reporting.
- Experience working in the Higher Education Sector.
Salary (Rate): £760 per day
City: City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
- Cyber Security Programme Manager - Higher Education
- London - Onsite 3 days a week
- 6 month iniial contract
- Inside of IR35
- £760 per day
We are seeking an experienced and proactive Cyber Programme Manager with deep cyber security domain expertise to lead a major, organisation-wide Cyber Security Programme. This is a high-impact role overseeing the uplift of security capabilities, operating models, and strategic governance across a large and complex environment.
The Cyber Programme Manager will take ownership of a broad transformation programme that includes selecting and onboarding new security tools, enhancing existing technical capabilities, restructuring the Information Security function, establishing a cross-organisation accountability model, and delivering a range of targeted improvements to strengthen overall cyber maturity.
Short-Term Priorities
- Oversee an external cyber assessment and use the findings to refine programme priorities and structure.
- Convene a cross-organisation cyber advisory group and begin shaping the cyber accountability operating model.
- Develop and refine the first iteration of the Cyber Security Programme Scorecard to measure progress and success.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Proven experience managing large, complex cyber security programmes in similarly scaled organisations.
- Strong cyber security domain expertise.
- A proactive, self-starting approach and ability to operate autonomously.
- Excellent senior stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- High-quality verbal and written communication, including executive-level reporting.
- Experience working in Higher Education Sector
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.