Data Loss Prevention Lead
Barclays is seeking a Data Loss Prevention Lead with deep expertise and a strong understanding of the operational value of enterprise data. This role is responsible for leading DLP operations that protect personal, financial, customer, and confidential business information across multiple channels and platforms. Bring a global, enterprise‑first mindset to understand how data flows across regions, systems, and teams, and how effective DLP controls enable the business to operate securely and compliantly at scale.
Key Responsibilities and Qualifications
* Deep DLP Technical Expertise: Strong hands‑on understanding of DLP tooling and techniques across email, endpoint, network, and cloud environments, including content inspection, data classification integration, rule tuning, and incident triggers.
* Operational Leadership in a Regulated Environment: Proven capability to lead a high‑volume security control function, including alert triage, incident escalation, continuous improvement, and KPI/KRI‑driven assurance within financial services or a similarly regulated industry.
* Regulatory & Data Protection Knowledge (GDPR‑Focused): Strong understanding of data protection and privacy regulations, especially GDPR, with the ability to translate requirements into effective, defensible DLP controls and operational reporting.
Highly Valued Skills
* Industry Certifications: CISSP, CIPP/E, CIPT, SANS/GIAC credentials in DLP, cloud security, or data security.
* Global Team Leadership Experience: Experience managing specialist security teams across multiple regions and time zones, supporting 24x7 operational models.
* Vendor & Product Management Experience: Ability to manage DLP vendor relationships, evaluate product roadmaps, influence capability direction, and ensure alignment with enterprise security and data strategy.
Assessment Criteria
Key critical skills include risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology competencies, and job‑specific technical skills.
This role is based in Knutsford.
Purpose of the Role
Purpose of the role
To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions in order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and support the mitigation of security risk.
Accountabilities
* Collaborate with stakeholders to understand security requirements in business processes and IT projects, enhancing overall risk management.
* Execute risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the bank’s operations and data, guide mitigation strategies, and communicate findings to senior stakeholders.
* Work with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures aligned to the risk management framework.
* Manage the implementation, testing, and monitoring of security controls across the bank’s IT systems to ensure effectiveness and risk mitigation.
* Execute training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness, and provide guidance on safe online practices.
* Manage complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to resolve cases through analysis, expertise support, and project supervision.
* Identify emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions.
Vice President Expectations
* Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, make recommendations for change, plan resources and budgets, manage policies and processes, deliver continuous improvements, and address breaches.
* Define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future departmental needs, counsel employees on performance, influence operations, balance short‑and‑long‑term goals, and meet budgets and schedules.
* Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
* Act as a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead collaborative assignments, train and coach specialists.
* Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, supporting the control and governance agenda.
* Show leadership and accountability in managing risk and strengthening controls.
* Understand organisational functions and contribute to business goals.
* Collaborate with other areas to keep up with business activity and strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, selecting alternatives, and conducting in‑depth analysis.
* Incorporate research outcomes into problem‑solving processes.
* Build and maintain trusting relationships, negotiate, and influence stakeholder outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
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