Overview
Deadline: The deadline for applying is 23:59 the day before the job posting end date.
Job Title: Insider Risk Security Manager (E Discovery)
Business Function: Cyber Security
Location: Kingston
Reports to: Director Insider Risk
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching billions of consumers daily. Unilever’s purpose is to make sustainable living commonplace.
Unilever strives for a culture where everyone can thrive, is treated fairly and respectfully, and where diversity is celebrated. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in our policies and practices. More about our commitment is available on our website.
Unilever’s Cyber Security team is a global, product‑led function aligned to the NIST Cyber Security Framework. We deliver capabilities across governance, protection, detection, response, and recovery to safeguard our people, operations, and digital assets. Our structure is built around product families and risk‑based priorities, with teams embedded across regions and business units.
JOB PURPOSE
The Insider Risk team focuses on the security of our people and data. Insider Risk helps prevent data loss through controls and by recognizing unusual behaviours that could indicate malicious activity or a compromised account. The team also manages the E Discovery forensic service to support self-identified incidents and supports other UL investigative departments. Insider Risk also supports the management of policies that apply to our data to ensure it is safe and usable across the business.
A vacancy exists for a Forensic Investigations manager within Unilever’s Insider Risk Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for helping to keep Unilever and our systems, data, and customers secure.
Key areas delivered by the Insider Risk team include:
* Ensuring the deployment and running of security tooling, in conjunction with the Tech & Ops team.
* Playing an active role in the definition and iteration of the Unilever Cyber Security transformation.
* Continuously explore and implement cost effective measures to optimize security investment.
* Influencing a broad range of stakeholders in various teams across the business, including IT architects, developers and engineers, programme managers, and business data owners.
* Managing and utilizing cyber security tooling and capabilities, including detection and monitoring activities.
* Investigating and managing investigations into any suspicious activities on our systems and taking any necessary steps to remedy them in a timely manner.
* Providing sensitive investigative services to other key UL functions
* Reducing any risk or impact caused by a cyber incident
* Advising the broader organization on security best practices where applicable
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Supervise forensic analysis of devices and systems
* Ensure proper evidence collection and handling in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.
* Analyze logs, malware, and traffic data to determine attack vectors and impacts.
* Maintain forensic readiness in environments with high availability and low tolerance for downtime.
* Ensure forensic activities comply with sector-specific regulations (e.g., NIST CSF, NERC CIP, ISA/IEC 62443).
* Support audits, insurance claims, and legal proceedings with documented forensic evidence.
* Maintain readiness for compliance reviews related to critical infrastructure.
* Continuously explore and implement cost-effective measures to optimize security investment where relevant to insider security.
* Prioritize and manage multiple workloads and support junior team members in achieving required outcomes.
* Own and update playbooks for relevant security best practices for the team.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Skills:
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to be understood by both technical and non-technical personnel.
* Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate a team.
* The ability to lead through accountability with delegated responsibilities.
* Ability to manage conflicting priorities and multiple tasks.
* Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills at both a technical and non-technical level.
* Able to work in a collaborative environment with international team members.
* Outstanding critical reasoning and problem-solving skills
* Customer-orientated, whether responding to queries or delivering new services.
* Skills in Programme and Project Management.
Experience:
* Good experience in using Purview E Discovery.
* Experience of use case management technologies and fully documenting incident resolution.
* Solid understanding of sensitive investigations and experience of handling multiple stakeholders with different investigative output requirements.
* Deep base of experience in cyber forensic principles and practical application in investigative scenarios.
* Building or maturing a forensic readiness and response program.
* Selecting and deploying forensic and threat detection tools.
* Establishing metrics/KPIs for incident response performance.
* Aligning forensic practices with organizational risk management strategies.
* Working knowledge of legal processes for evidence handling and chain of custody.
* Familiarity with standards and regulations such as NIST CSF / NIST 800-61, ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001.
* Conducting end-to-end digital forensic investigations (disk, memory, network).
* Hands-on experience with forensic tools (EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Volatility, Autopsy).
* Experience with SIEMs and EDR solutions (Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Carbon Black).
* Familiarity with log analysis from Windows, Linux, firewalls, and ICS/SCADA systems.
Behaviours
* Agility – Flexes leadership style and plans to meet changing situations with urgency. Learns from the past, envisions the future, has a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo.
* Personal Mastery – Actively builds wellbeing and resilience in themselves and their team. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others. Sets high standards for themselves and always brings their best self.
* Passion for High Performance – Inspires the energy needed to win, generating intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed.
Notes
About Unilever: Unilever is a global leader with brands including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, and more. We are committed to sustainable living and equity, diversity, and inclusion. We offer flexible working options and a supportive, inclusive environment.
What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits, annual bonus, pensions, gym subsidies, staff discounts, and a hybrid working environment. We are committed to wellbeing and provide development opportunities and a family-friendly workplace. Diversity and inclusion are central to our recruitment and employment practices, with reasonable adjustments available during application and interview processes.
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