Senior Manager – Information Protection

I’m representing a leading global financial services organisation looking to bring in a Senior Manager to lead and develop its global approach to protecting sensitive information and managing data-related cyber risks.

This is a senior opportunity to take ownership of a critical area of the organisations cyber security landscape, with responsibility for how the organisation identifies, investigates and prevents sensitive data from being lost, misused or exposed.

The role goes beyond keeping existing controls running. You’ll lead a global team, own the technology roadmap and have real influence over how the function develops, from improving detection and investigation processes to introducing greater automation and AI.

You’ll need to be comfortable getting deep into the technical detail, understanding the current platforms, policies and detection mechanisms in place, but more importantly you’ll be responsible for driving transformations/improvements while also setting direction and managing stakeholders above and below you across the function.

I’m particularly interested in speaking with people who have:

• Led or owned an enterprise DLP, Insider Risk or Insider Threat function.
• Strong technical experience across DLP technologies, policy design, detection logic and investigation workflows.
• Managed sensitive investigations involving insider activity and potential data exfiltration.
• Driven improvements to detection, automation, operational processes and control effectiveness.
• Owned technology roadmaps, budgets, vendors and service delivery.
• Led technical teams, ideally across multiple regions.
• Worked closely with senior stakeholders across Security, Legal, HR, Privacy and Compliance.

Experience with Microsoft Purview, Proofpoint, Forcepoint, Symantec DLP or equivalent platforms would be valuable.

Financial services experience would be advantageous, particularly within a complex, regulated environment.

If you are someone who enjoys combining technical depth with leadership and want the opportunity to shape how a global organisation approaches data security and insider risk, I’d be keen to have a conversation.