Head of Security Jobs in the UK

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Head of Information Security, EMEA

Slough, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Head of Information Security, EMEA, slough col-narrow-left Client: Location: slough, United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 2 Posted: 04.06.2025 Expiry Date: 19.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: Key Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing … and leading a team of security personnel across multiple domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Your role will encompass a wide range of strategic, managerial, and technical responsibilities, including but not limited to: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide … strategic security guidance and direction for the engineering of multiple high-performing teams across diverse domains. Drive the vision and direction of security solutions through active participation in the information security market through involvement with vendors, conferences, connecting with peers for all the firms’ various key technologies. Lead, supervise and inspire local team multiple key More ❯
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Head of Information Security, EMEA

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jefferies
Key Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and leading a team of security personnel across multiple domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Your role will encompass a wide range of strategic, managerial, and technical … responsibilities, including but not limited to: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic security guidance and direction for the engineering of multiple high-performing teams across diverse domains. Drive the vision and direction of security solutions through active participation in the information security market through involvement with vendors, conferences, connecting with peers for all the firms … various key technologies. Lead, supervise and inspire local team multiple key areas, Global Security Admins, Security Operations, Data Security Scientists and other areas/teams as assigned. Security Responsibility: Conduct in-depth technical vendor security reviews for all vendor solutions integrated into the organization's technology stack to ensure proactive security measures from vendors. More ❯
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Head of Information Security, EMEA

London Area, United Kingdom
Jefferies
Key Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and leading a team of security personnel across multiple domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Your role will encompass a wide range of strategic, managerial, and technical … responsibilities, including but not limited to: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic security guidance and direction for the engineering of multiple high-performing teams across diverse domains. Drive the vision and direction of security solutions through active participation in the information security market through involvement with vendors, conferences, connecting with peers for all the firms … various key technologies. Lead, supervise and inspire local team multiple key areas, Global Security Admins, Security Operations, Data Security Scientists and other areas/teams as assigned. Security Responsibility: Conduct in-depth technical vendor security reviews for all vendor solutions integrated into the organization's technology stack to ensure proactive security measures from vendors. More ❯
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Head of Information Security, EMEA

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Jefferies
Key Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and leading a team of security personnel across multiple domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Your role will encompass a wide range of strategic, managerial, and technical … responsibilities, including but not limited to: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic security guidance and direction for the engineering of multiple high-performing teams across diverse domains. Drive the vision and direction of security solutions through active participation in the information security market through involvement with vendors, conferences, connecting with peers for all the firms … various key technologies. Lead, supervise and inspire local team multiple key areas, Global Security Admins, Security Operations, Data Security Scientists and other areas/teams as assigned. Security Responsibility: Conduct in-depth technical vendor security reviews for all vendor solutions integrated into the organization's technology stack to ensure proactive security measures from vendors. More ❯
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Head of Information Security, EMEA

london, south east england, united kingdom
Jefferies
Key Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and leading a team of security personnel across multiple domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Your role will encompass a wide range of strategic, managerial, and technical … responsibilities, including but not limited to: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic security guidance and direction for the engineering of multiple high-performing teams across diverse domains. Drive the vision and direction of security solutions through active participation in the information security market through involvement with vendors, conferences, connecting with peers for all the firms … various key technologies. Lead, supervise and inspire local team multiple key areas, Global Security Admins, Security Operations, Data Security Scientists and other areas/teams as assigned. Security Responsibility: Conduct in-depth technical vendor security reviews for all vendor solutions integrated into the organization's technology stack to ensure proactive security measures from vendors. More ❯
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Head of Information Security

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
JR United Kingdom
who operate within the residential real estate sector who manage over 300,000 homes across the UK. The business has been PE backed since 2022, and acquired a range of operating brands, the organisation has ambitions to accelerate growth across all of it's operating brands by focusing on existing organic momentum and acquisitions into the market. They … are looking for a Technical Head of Cyber Security to lead the existing team as they go through transformation. Responsibilities: Define and lead the cyber security strategy across IT Security, Cyber Security, and Information Security. Oversee security controls, risk management, and compliance across cloud and on-prem environments. Manage threat detection, monitoring, and … incident response using Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, and Entra ID. Lead identity & access management (IAM) and ensure secure authentication processes. Support M&A security assessments and integrations, ensuring due diligence. Communicate cyber risk insights to senior leadership and drive security culture. Skills & Qualifications Required: 5+ years in cyber security leadership with a strong technical security background. Expertise More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Head of IT Security – Investment Management ? Competitive Day Rate | Contract with Perm Option ? Central London | Hybrid Working Strategic & hands-on cyber security leadership Contract role with long-term view to go permanent You’ll be joining a globally recognised investment management firm as Head of IT Security , taking ownership of their end-to-end cyber security programme. This is a high-impact role where you’ll shape strategy, manage incidents, lead a small global team, and work closely with senior leadership to protect infrastructure, cloud, and application environments across the business. The Role: Own and execute the firm’s global cyber … security strategy Lead and grow a small, globally distributed security team Oversee security operations , threat detection, and incident response Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR and DORA Work with tech teams to embed secure software development practices (SDLC) Build and report on security KPIs and risk posture to the board Manage vendor relationships and run More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

London, England, United Kingdom
Nigel Wright Group
The Opportunity We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise–wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation's cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You'll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO … alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands–on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations.Regular travel to offices will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and regulatory expectations Risk More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
The Opportunity We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO … alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
The Opportunity We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO … alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

dunfermline, north east scotland, united kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
The Opportunity We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO … alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

broughton, central scotland, united kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
The Opportunity We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO … alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Leeds, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Head of Cyber Security, leeds, west yorkshire col-narrow-left Client: Location: leeds, west yorkshire, United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 3 Posted: 10.06.2025 Expiry Date: 25.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: The Opportunity We are delighted to support our … client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership … and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical … services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment … and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and regulatory More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nigel Wright Recruitment
We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical … services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment … and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and regulatory More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Bradford, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s … cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and … cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

London, England, United Kingdom
KDR Talent Solutions
to learn more. Base pay range Direct message the job poster from KDR Talent Solutions Data & Analytics Recruiter - Supporting companies in hiring the best professionals in Data, Digital & Analytics Head of Cyber Security Location: Isle of Man | Salary: £80,000-£100,000 | Reporting to: CIO We're proud to have partnered with a high-growth fintech … business that is looking for a hands-on and strategic Head of Cyber Security to lead its cyber defence efforts across infrastructure, cloud, endpoints, and digital platforms. This role offers a pathway to CISO, depending on experience and performance. As the Head of Cyber Security, you will be the only person solely focused on … Cyber Security and will report into the CIO. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to put a real stamp on something and have a massive impact, leading to an opportunity to grow a team and have a career path to a CISO role. Key Responsibilities: Define and deliver the cyber security strategy aligned with business and regulatory More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s … cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and … cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s … cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and … cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

Broughton Astley, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s … cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business. You’ll advise senior leadership and … cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations. Travel to offices across the North will be required. The Role Key responsibilities include: Strategic Leadership : Develop and implement a cyber strategy More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security Operations

London, England, United Kingdom
QA Ltd
Join to apply for the Head of Cyber Security Operations role at QA Ltd Join to apply for the Head of Cyber Security Operations role at QA Ltd Direct message the job poster from QA Ltd Remote (Once a month to London or Leeds office) This senior role will involve you in strategic decision … making, system implementations, and the adoption and testing of new processes and procedures which improve the security and robustness of QA’s organisational infrastructure and associated IT systems. As a Head of Cyber Security Operations you will be responsible for safeguarding QA from intrusion, security threats, security weaknesses, software bugs and exploits. … You will be responsible for direct and virtual teams involved in keeping QA secure. Role Responsibilities: Management of the Security Operations Centre service, ensuring resources are aligned to monitor and protect QA IT assets including 24/7 out of hours on call coverage. Responsible for security event monitoring, incident response and cyber/threat intelligence More ❯
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Head of Information Security, EMEA

London, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Job Description: This role involves overseeing and leading a team of security personnel across various domains including Security Operations, Global Security Administration, Physical Security, Data Security Analytics, PKI/Certificate Management, and Network Security Engineering. Responsibilities include strategic, managerial, and technical tasks such as: Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership and Strategy: Provide strategic guidance … for high-performing security teams across diverse domains. Drive security solutions' vision through market involvement, vendor interactions, and conferences. Lead and motivate local teams and global security admins. Security Responsibilities: Conduct vendor security reviews to ensure proactive security measures. Offer strategic guidance on technology controls and security practices. Collaborate with application and infrastructure … teams to embed security at all levels. Address emerging security threats, including cloud and data privacy risks. Develop risk mitigation strategies and conduct security awareness programs. Ensure compliance with industry standards and oversee security initiatives like DLP and network segmentation. Manage security incidents, liaise with regulators, and oversee security governance. Required Background: Deep knowledge More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security Operations

Leeds, England, United Kingdom
QA Ltd
QA Ltd West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Join or sign in to find your next job Join to apply for the Head of Cyber Security Operations role at QA Ltd QA Ltd West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Join to apply for the Head of Cyber Security Operations role at QA Ltd Remote (Once in … a month to London or Leeds office) This senior role will involve you in strategic decision-making, system implementations, and the adoption and testing of new processes and procedures which improve the security and robustness of QA’s organisational infrastructure and associated IT systems. As a Head of Cyber Security Operations you will be … responsible for safeguarding QA from intrusion, security threats, security weaknesses, software bugs and exploits. You will be responsible for direct and virtual teams involved in keeping QA secure. Role Responsibilities Management of the Security Operations Centre service, ensuring resources are aligned to monitor and protect QA IT assets including 24/7 out of hours More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

City of London, London, United Kingdom
InfraView - Specialist Cloud & IT Infrastructure Technology Recruitment
Head of Cyber Security – London/Hybrid - £100,000 This role requires someone who has/is working for a Managed Service Provider Build, develop and shape Security practice Define strategy aligning with business goals Potential to develop into CISO You will be responsible for technically leading and developing a team of Cyber Security experts. Building, maturing and providing Security services to multiple customers in multiple sectors. This is a management position but this person must also be able to lead from the front from a technical perspective. We need a “people manager” as well as someone who can drive technology, drive performance and create a collaborative environment where everyone feels valued. … You’ll report into board and will need to be the kind of person to “stand up and be counted”. Someone who has “been there and done it” is ideal but with the same passion, energy and love for the tech and role as they’ve ever had. This is my clients key hire for 2024 and the More ❯
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Head of Cyber Security

London Area, United Kingdom
InfraView - Specialist Cloud & IT Infrastructure Technology Recruitment
Head of Cyber Security – London/Hybrid - £100,000 This role requires someone who has/is working for a Managed Service Provider Build, develop and shape Security practice Define strategy aligning with business goals Potential to develop into CISO You will be responsible for technically leading and developing a team of Cyber Security experts. Building, maturing and providing Security services to multiple customers in multiple sectors. This is a management position but this person must also be able to lead from the front from a technical perspective. We need a “people manager” as well as someone who can drive technology, drive performance and create a collaborative environment where everyone feels valued. … You’ll report into board and will need to be the kind of person to “stand up and be counted”. Someone who has “been there and done it” is ideal but with the same passion, energy and love for the tech and role as they’ve ever had. This is my clients key hire for 2024 and the More ❯
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Head of Security
10th Percentile
£62,500
25th Percentile
£73,776
Median
£100,000
75th Percentile
£120,000
90th Percentile
£125,000