Overview
The successful candidate will have experience working with third parties, a good working knowledge of government commercial agreements and the ability to lead programmes of change. You will be a self-starter, someone who takes initiative and works autonomously, driving tasks forward with strong judgement, maintaining links across the wider GDS team and commercial functions.
Responsibilities
* Drive comprehensive engagement initiatives with government strategic suppliers to deliver better security outcomes as part of the Government Cyber Security Strategy Implementation Plan.
* Partner with government commercial teams and the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence to shape strategic direction for maximising government\'s supplier relationships, ensuring security considerations are prioritised throughout procurement processes to achieve superior protection of critical infrastructure and sensitive information.
* Facilitate communication between internal government stakeholders and external strategic suppliers, conduct thorough requirements analysis to identify security gaps and translate these into precise specifications that strengthen overall security posture and resilience.
* Manage multiple concurrent supplier cyber security delivery programmes.
* Build and maintain strategic partnerships with senior supplier representatives, and conduct regular governance reviews and strategic planning sessions specifically designed to advance security capabilities, threat detection, and incident response effectiveness.
* Evaluate supplier performance against security-focused key performance indicators, delivering comprehensive assessments and actionable recommendations that drive measurable improvements in government\'s security infrastructure and defensive capabilities.
* Align cross-departmental security requirements and priorities, ensuring a unified approach to supplier communication while resolving competing demands to maximise collective security benefits and eliminate vulnerabilities across government operations.
Additional capacity
You may also be required to provide additional capacity for wider teams within the Cyber Directorate on an ad-hoc basis.
Team and travel
The Policy & Supply Chain Team is a hybrid team based across multiple locations. We are committed to creating a collaborative, inclusive team, so this post will require occasional travel to other GDS locations so that we can work together face-to-face.
Security clearance
Please note that the level of security clearance required is SC (Security Check) but applicants must be willing to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) once in post.
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