Senior Cyber Security Architecture Manager

Please Note: The deadline for applying is 23.59 the day before the job posting end date.

Job Title: Senior Cyber Security Architecture Manager

Location: Kingston

Work-Level: 2B/2C

Unilever is one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies with operations in over 190 countries and serving 3.4 billion consumers every day. Unilever delivers best in class performance with market making, unmissably superior brands which include Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Marmite and Lynx. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places our consumers at the heart of everything we do, “Brighten everyday life for all”.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is one of the world’s leading consumer goods companies with operations in over 190 countries and serving 3.4 billion consumers every day. Unilever delivers best in class performance with market making, unmissably superior brands which include Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Marmite and Lynx. Our strategy begins with a purpose that places our consumers at the heart of everything we do, “Brighten everyday life for all”.

Role Purpose:

Unilever’s Cyber Security team is a global, product-led function aligned to the NIST Cyber Security Framework. We deliver capabilities across governance, protection, detection, response, and recovery to safeguard our people, operations, and digital assets. Operating alongside our Technology and Data teams, Cyber Security enables secure innovation and resilience across our global business. Our structure is built around product families and risk-based priorities, with teams embedded across regions and business units.

The role of the Senior Cyber Security Architecture Manager is to clearly understand the requirements our GRAC, Identify, Protect, Detect and Respond teams have in their aim of reducing Cyber Security Risk at Unilever and to then align those requirements to a carefully selected landscape of technologies. This careful selection of technologies needs to encompass consideration for cost, simplicity in vendor landscape and efforts to ensure that we do not overlap, too extensively, capabilities from different vendors.

The second facet of the role is to stay abreast of Cyber Security technology advancements across our existing vendor landscape and beyond. Being aware of product advancements and shifts in the vendor landscape enable us to surface these opportunities and insights to our GRAC, Identify, Protect, Detect and Respond teams.

Role Summary:

This role will report into the Director for Cyber Security Architecture wherein the incumbent will take on responsibility for the Cyber Security Technology Architecture for 2-3 of the following NIST Product Families, namely, Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and/or Recover.

The incumbent into this Senior Manager position will line manage 1-2 Architecture Managers and potentially 1-2 Architecture Analysts, with added responsibility for managing occasional Graduate Trainee and/or Apprentice placements in their team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Becoming a trusted advisor in Security Architecture, pro-actively providing security leadership and guidance to Cyber Security NIST Product Teams, Projects and Third Parties.
• Developing and designing Cyber Security solutions that will be adopted for the protection of OT, IoT, IT infrastructure, Hybrid Cloud, Zero Trust and IT applications.
• Advising on security best practice on cyber elements of business initiatives.
• Scanning the market for security solutions and evaluation through Proof of Value and Proof of Concept activities
• Playing an active role in the definition and iteration of the Unilever Cyber Security transformation.
• Advising on security architecture implementation to facilitate world-class security solution design and ensure Unilever’s cyber protection is continually reviewed and improved to reflect emerging new threats.
• Creation of solution designs that underpin our broad ranging global Cyber Security Transformation Programme ensuring solutions are effectively designed and implemented.

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, being able to be understood by both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple senior stakeholders, across the globe, to design programs that meet the requirements of the organization & strengthens the resilience posture of Unilever.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and diverse stakeholders.
• Any Industry accepted Cyber Security/Business Continuity certification is desirable such as CISSP.
• Should have sound knowledge of IT Disaster Recovery scenarios and Cyber related Business Continuity Planning.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and presentation skills.
• A sound understanding of Cyber Security Risk and its interplay with compliance to Standards.

Experience

• Managerial experience in Cyber Security and/or IT Teams.
• At least 10 years of work experience in Technology, within a global organisation – ideally within Retail, Manufacturing, Pharma or FMCG, or, a breadth of experience with a range of employers across sectors.
• At least 3 years of work experience in a senior role in Cyber Security, Information Security, Business Continuity Management/Disaster Recovery or direct support to Senior Management.
• Good strategic and operational business awareness, customer concerns, with a deep understanding of the key drivers, levers, issues, and constraints of digital businesses.
• Understanding of global best practices / standards (e.g., NIST, CIS), Information Security standards and controls, and business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud) and their resilience features.

NOTES

Please apply via this portal as e-mail applications may not be processed and include your Future Fit Plan if possible.

By applying for this vacancy, you are confirming that you have made your Line Manager aware of your application and that you are at a point in your career with Unilever where it is appropriate for you to be applying for other positions.   

Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact your Talent Partner Anisha Kanani on Anisha.kanani@unilever.com

What we offer

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).

Location

In June 2020 we announced our plan to consolidate a number of Unilever’s offices across the South East of England into a new Unilever campus in Kingston-upon-Thames in or around early 2025. However, on the 08 August 2024 we announced to our existing staff our proposal to retain our central Head Office in London, 100 Victoria Embankment (“100VE”) until our lease expires in 2027. As a result of this new proposal, we will be consulting with our existing staff, and new joiners who join during this period of consultation at 100VE, on the proposal made in August 2024. During consultation we will clarify the future location of each team and function. This means your role will either be based in 100VE until 2027 or in Kingston-Upon-Thames from early 2025. As we are yet to commence consultation on the proposal you agree, until such a time when consultation has concluded, your normal place of work as set out in the enclosed Statement of Terms & Conditions will be 100VE. You agree that on the conclusion of the consultation your place of work will be 100VE or 100VE until early 2025 and then Kingston-upon-Thames ("the locations") and you will be notified of which of the locations will be your place of work after that consultation ends.

Relocation to the UK

Please be aware if you are applying for this role from outside the UK, if successful, your application will be treated as a self-initiated Change Location Outside of Country (CLOC) transfer. This means any relocation costs must be self-funded with the potential to reclaim some specific pre-approved expenses up to £5,000. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you have any questions.