The Company
My client is a private equity owned legal firm who are growing exponentially. Due to this rapid expansion, they are scaling their technology function and are recruiting for a Head of Cyber Security to join their team and lead their security posture.
The Role
1. Define and execute the overall Cyber Security strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives, manages risk, and supports the firm's rapid growth.
2. Oversee the Cyber Security function, including Security Operations, Incident Response, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) specialists, providing leadership, mentorship, and effective resource allocation.
3. Establish and enforce a robust security governance framework, including policies and procedures for information security, risk management, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001, PCI DSS if applicable).
4. Manage and continuously improve the firm's security architecture and controls across all domains: network, cloud (SaaS/IaaS), endpoints, and applications.
5. Lead the Incident Response and Disaster Recovery programs, ensuring capabilities are tested, effective, and ready to mitigate the impact of security breaches.
6. Drive security awareness and training programs across the organization to champion a security-first culture and reduce human-centric risk.
7. Collaborate cross-functionally with executive leadership, IT, and legal teams to embed security best practices into all new projects, processes, and technology implementations.
8. Manage the security technology stack and infrastructure, evaluating and implementing new security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners) to improve efficiency and capability.
9. Manage the Cyber Security budget and all security-related vendor relationships and contracts.
Your Profile
The ideal candidate will have worked in a similar senior security leadership role and managed a team of approximately 5 security professionals. You will be happy to be hands-on where required, especially during complex incidents or architecture design, and have extensive experience setting up security processes and procedures from scratch in a high-growth environment. Proven experience within a regulated industry, such as legal or financial services, is highly desirable.
Salary & Benefits
The role is a permanent position with a salary of up to £125,000 per annum, depending on experience. This is in addition to a performance bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.
Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training.