IT Security Maturity Assessment Lead - JORBA
Preston, Hybrid – £57k + excellent pension and bonus
My client has an urgent need for an IT Security Maturity Assessment Lead to play a key role in ensuring that its IT and Cyber Security function can deliver on agreed capacity and performance targets and drive continuous improvement across the IT landscape. You will design and deliver maturity assessments, analyse performance data, monitor progress against Security Maturity standards and plan all resources needed for this activity.
Responsibilities
* Work collaboratively with stakeholders to assess the level of maturity of the IT and Cyber Security function and conduct gap analyses to a defined maturity standard.
* Develop and lead the organisation’s maturity and assessment framework.
* Prepare plans and reports to track resource status, utilisation and efficiency.
* Conduct assessments across teams, functions and services to evaluate maturity of policies, capabilities and processes.
* Develop and implement resource planning strategies and processes.
Skills & Experience
* Significant experience of working in a similar role performing maturity assessments across multi‑functional teams.
* Strong understanding of capability development frameworks and continuous improvement principles.
* Extensive stakeholder management experience, working with teams with conflicting priorities.
* Experience of resource management and financial estimating planning for IT project work.
* Working knowledge of any maturity models, standards or frameworks (CMMI, COBIT, NIST, ITIL, ISO 27001) would be ideal.
The role will also involve managing and reporting on KPIs for the IT and Security function, recommending improvements/changes to these KPIs and striving for operational excellence by identifying threats and opportunities to optimise resource usage, reduce waste and improve cost‑efficiency.
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Information Technology
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