Job Description
The Group Deputy CISO - Operations plays a critical leadership role in safeguarding Compass Group’s global digital environment. Reporting to the Group CISO, this role is responsible for directing cyber security operations and engineering to protect IT infrastructure, cloud environments, and data assets across the enterprise.
This position provides strategic oversight of the Security Operations Centre (SOC) and threat detection capabilities, leads the incident response and vulnerability management programmes, and drives the optimisation of security technologies and automation. This position also plays a key role in shaping internal security policies, standards and control frameworks.
Success in this role requires expertise in cyber security operations, strong leadership of high-performing teams, and the ability to collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners.
Key Accountabilities
1. Security Operations: Provide leadership for security operations, ensuring effective management of Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Managed Detection & Response (MDR) services. Oversee threat detection, monitoring, and incident response capabilities, ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement.
2. Incident Response: Develop the incident response strategy, ensuring robust processes for timely detection, tri...