Job Title: Strategic Reporting and Service Management Senior Manager – Cyber Security
Location: UK/India (location agnostic)
Work Level: W2C
Function: GDT – Cyber Security
Reports to: Katy Cory
Role Purpose
The Cyber Strategy Execution & Performance Senior Manager supports the Director of Cyber Strategy & Transformation by driving governance, accountability, and performance excellence across the Cyber Product Operating Model.
This role acts as the functional integrator and governance lead across the Cyber organisation — ensuring that the function operates efficiently, transparently, and in alignment with Unilever’s NIST-based operating model. The role partners closely with the CISO and Cyber Leadership Team (CLT) to ensure delivery against strategic priorities, effective resource utilisation, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
1. Governance & Operating Model Oversight
Manage and evolve the Cyber Operating Model governance framework, ensuring clarity of ownership, accountability, and performance tracking.
2. L1 strategic milestones & NIST-aligned maturity targets
Maintain oversight of L1 strategic milestones and NIST-aligned maturity targets across Cyber domains.
3. Cyber governance forums
Coordinate and support Cyber governance forums, including leadership reviews, steering committees, and transformation boards.
4. Governance practices
Ensure consistent and auditable governance practices are embedded across all Cyber capabilities.
5. Strategic Performance, Insights & Value
Serve as the functional owner for Cyber performance insight, using data and reporting produced by the Cyber Reporting & Analytics team to assess how effectively the function delivers against strategy and maturity targets.
6. OKRs, KPIs & performance trends
Partner with the analytics team and Cyber Product Leads to interpret OKRs, KPIs, and performance trends, ensuring insights drive accountability and improvement.
7. Communication of performance
Synthesize and communicate performance outcomes to the CISO, Director of Strategy & Transformation, and senior stakeholders — translating data into clear narratives of value, risk, and progress.
8. Functional health
Maintain a forward-looking view of functional health, identifying opportunities for efficiency, maturity, and impact enhancement across the Cyber organisation.
9. Financial, Resource & Workforce Governance
Support the Director in managing the Cyber functional budget, ensuring transparency of spend and alignment to strategic goals.
10. Forecasting & resourcing
Coordinate financial forecasting, resourcing, and workforce planning across domains.
11. Cost-to-serve & investment tracking
Drive consistency in tracking cost-to-serve, investment efficiency, and sourcing models.
12. Continuous Improvement & Functional Enablement
Identify and drive cross-domain efficiency and maturity improvements, leveraging insights from reporting and stakeholder feedback.
13. Governance tools & reporting frameworks
Implement standardised governance tools, templates, and reporting frameworks to enhance consistency and transparency.
14. Cyber Talent and Capability Framework
Contribute to the Cyber Talent and Capability Framework, supporting career development, succession planning, and skills evolution.
15. Leadership, Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
Serve as a strategic partner to the Director of Strategy & Transformation, supporting leadership preparation, insights, and decision-making.
16. Engagement
Engage regularly with Cyber Product Leads, Risk, Compliance, and Technology peers to ensure cohesive delivery.
17. Culture & accountability
Foster a culture of high accountability, accuracy, and collaboration across the Cyber function.
18. Team leadership
Lead a small team of governance and reporting professionals to deliver high-quality outputs.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
Essential
* Proven experience in Technology Governance, Strategy Execution, or Performance Management in a global enterprise.
* Strong understanding of Cyber Security or Technology Operating Models and enterprise governance structures.
* Demonstrated success in building executive reporting and governance frameworks.
* Financial and resource planning experience, ideally in multi-domain or matrixed environments.
* Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
* Strong analytical capability and meticulous attention to detail.
* Demonstrated ability to hold others accountable for delivery, quality, and performance.
Desirable
* Knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or similar frameworks.
* Experience working within or adjacent to a Cyber Security or Risk function.
* Experience in product-based or agile operating environments.
Success Measures
* Cyber governance and reporting frameworks are mature, consistent, and embedded across all domains.
* Cyber LT and CISO have clear visibility of performance, spend, and risk.
* Functional performance is transparent, efficient, and continuously improving.
* The Cyber function operates as a cohesive, data-driven, and accountable enterprise.
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