Head of Information Security, Risk and Compliance Job at Travelodge Hotels Limited (Thame)

Head of Information Security, Risk and Compliance

Travelodge Hotels Limited

Location:
United Kingdom , Thame

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

110000.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

Senior leadership position within the IT Operations team. The primary mission is to reduce security risks through robust controls that align with Travelodge’s commercial strategy.

Job Responsibility:

Strategic Leadership: Develop a continuously evolving security roadmap and "defence in depth" strategy
manage both internal teams and strategic third-party partners
Operational Management: Oversee 24x7x365 security operations, including continuous monitoring, threat assessment, incident response (CIRT)
Risk & Compliance: Develop and maintain an industry-standard Risk Management framework
ensure compliance with PCI-DSS, GDPR, and NIST frameworks
Governance & Policy: Maintain Information Security policies and conduct regular audits of processes and controls
Technical Oversight: Coordinate vulnerability management, penetration testing, and code reviews
provide "Secure by Design" architectural guidance for all new initiatives
Supply Chain & Budget: Manage a portfolio of security vendors to ensure value and responsiveness
oversee the OPEX and CAPEX budgets that enable your function to operate and continuously improve
Business Integration: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and collaborate with Project Delivery to ensure risk reduction is baked into every project as well as BAU Operations
Testing and Readiness: Lead company-wide staff awareness, testing and education campaigns, as well as regular audits, scenario-based testing and penetration testing

Requirements:

Certifications: CCSP, CISSP-ISSMP, or CISM
Methodologies: ITIL v4 Foundation
FAIR Risk Modelling
experience in Project Management or Business Change
Advanced Tech: Experience defining Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and implementing security controls within public cloud environments (IaaS/PaaS)
pragmatic, hands-on leader
master of communication
self-starter
technical expertise rooted in securing critical B2B and B2C eCommerce platforms, particularly within hosted and SaaS-heavy environments
expert-level knowledge of perimeter, cloud, network, and data security
proven track record of embedding industry frameworks like NIST, ISO27001, or CIS into a large-scale operation
strong commercial acumen to navigate contract negotiations and vendor management

What we offer:

Annualise Bonus
Car Allowance
Contributory pension scheme
50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts too
25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing with length of service
A focus on learning and career development

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Chief Country Compliance Officer Sr Mgr

Oversees the Citi Compliance Risk Management Program for a medium to smaller fra...

Location

Bahamas , Nassau

Salary:

Not provided

Citi

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Credibility as a subject matter expert and experience of dealing with issues that have a high impact at all levels of the organization
Experience of working with key country level regulators and industry associations
Knowledge of local regulatory requirements and obligations and the ability to identify emerging compliance issues and themes
An ability to influence senior business leaders on all compliance risk-related matters affecting the business. The individual should have the ability to independently challenge, when needed, while at the same time being supportive and solution-based and not being perceived as obstructive
An ability to be “hands on” and “in the trenches” with the direct team, while also bringing a sense of strategic vision and a global sensibility to the function
Ability to navigate and negotiate through conflicting demands to maintain focus on priority objectives while ensuring key stakeholders’ needs are met
Strong team leadership, communication, interpersonal and management skills, with a track record of leading through change and the ability to effectively communicate the strategic vision to various stakeholder groups
Effective negotiation skills, a proactive and “no surprises” approach in communicating issues and strength in sustaining independent views. Strong presentation and relationship management and influencing skills are essential
The ability to thrive and execute in a complex, highly matrixed, global environment
Bachelor’s Degree highly preferred or relevant, equivalent experience. Preference for post graduate degree and/or recognized professional qualifications where applicable. Professional qualifications may include: CRMC or equivalent, CPA, ACA, CIA, CFA, ACAMS, etc. strong technical knowledge of compliance regulations and requirements, experience within a highly complex, global financial institution, regulator or related industry participant.

Job Responsibility

Annual Country Compliance Plan: Preparing, obtaining approval and successfully completing an annual compliance risk management plan, in accordance with the global template and content and presentation requirements, setting out how compliance risk will be managed within the jurisdiction and its constituent parts, and the role to be played by ICRM in order to achieve the plan. Identification of the jurisdictional requirements, accountabilities and the process ownership and monitoring and testing ownership, as well as the determination of suitable staffing, hours required and secured budget in order to achieve the state of compliance within risk appetite will be set out in the plan, which will be reviewed quarterly with the jurisdictional CCC and ICRM, as well as any applicable legal entity, as well as where required by applicable regulatory agencies. The annual country compliance plan must take into consideration the applicable compliance risk assessments and MCAs appropriate to the jurisdiction and its activities.
State of Compliance Reporting: Preparing quarterly, in accordance with the approved global format, and in adherence to all established requirements for the State of Compliance reporting. The State of Compliance report will be presented to the appropriate CCC, BRCC and legal entity Board or Board Audit Committee, or other such Board committee required within the jurisdiction.
Enhancing Governance: Providing a valued interactive program of support and compliance risk management services covering the assessment and reporting of Key Compliance Risks across products, services, functions, legal entities, service centers and the jurisdiction as a whole. Providing stakeholders with insight and practical solutions as well as credible challenge to improve the ethical control culture, and conduct risk environment. Timely reporting of significant local regulatory issues to local, overseas, regional, and global stakeholders. Same-day escalation of regulatory reports received. Maintaining on-going assessment and reporting of the State of Compliance through the relevant corporate governance committees such as country audit committee(s) and/or subsidiary board(s), country coordinating committee and business risk management committee, and other management body(ies). Key Activities Compliance Risk Culture:
Stakeholder Support and Relationships: Developing senior management relationships, including with legal entity management focus, inclusive of non-executive directors (where they exist in the jurisdiction), and the CCO as well as product functional and entity/service center line management. Informing senior management and directors of subsidiary boards, and the country/business management of significant compliance matters that require their attention or action. Proactively anticipate and help the business and functions plan for changes in the compliance and regulatory environment in the country. Provide support to compliance programs and country/business management on policy interpretation and “gray area” exposures. Build and maintain strong relationships with other functional leads, including Legal, Risk Management, including Operational Risk Management, and Internal Audit to create a supportive and seamless compliance and ethical control culture and an appropriate conduct risk environment. Key Activities Processes and Activities:
Regulatory Management and Coordination: Supporting the Citi Country Officer (CCO) in the management and development of regulatory relationships. Coordinating as the key interface with regulators on compliance risk management issues and supervisory exam management matters. Providing same day notification of regulator correspondence to Citi Compliance Officer, Regulatory Liaison and Exam Management CCO and ICRM COO. Providing leadership, coordination and regular interaction with the [insert country] authorities on behalf of ICRM and the Citi franchise. Record regulator correspondence and minutes of regulator meetings on Citi system in line with the Global Regulatory Exam Management Governance and Process Standards. Ensuring prompt recording of, responses to, and escalation of regulatory queries, notices of violations and breaches, any forbearance, and concerns identified. Deliver to regulators and supervisors a valued interactive program of support and assurance in accordance with requirements and appropriate expectations on compliance issues, trends, themes, root cases and impacts relating to governance, regulatory risk management and internal control issues. The overall objective is to earn the regulator’s trust and to establish a strong, independent and professional regulatory relationship across the franchise.
Regulatory Inventory: Ensuring prompt identification, logging in, evaluation and formulation of a plan to address requirements arising from new and amended laws, regulations, rules and other requirements and expectations from regulatory and enforcement authorities.
Regulatory Change Management and Controls: Ensuring that the regulatory change management requirements and processes, along with the regulatory control framework for existing requirements, are effectively operating within the country with respect to the identification, impact assessment and implementation of all applicable laws, regulations, rules and related processes, controls and reporting that impact Citi activities in the jurisdiction.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Risk Management (ACRM): Providing strategic direction, oversight, coordination and cooperation in respect of the country’s Anti-Money Laundering compliance risk management program. Partner closely and with the Head of ACRM to ensure a strong linkage between ICRM and ACRM.
Independent Compliance Risk Management (Program and Product/Service/Function focused*): Providing direction and oversight in supporting the ICRM teams in the country related to local requirements and the applicable extraterritorial laws, regulations, relevant Citi policies, standards, and global procedures. Deliver consistent application of program procedures and be accountable to program owners consistent with the ICRM methodology and CRM Framework. *Programs include but are not limited to: Sanctions
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Head of Information Security, Risk and Compliance

Travelodge Hotels Limited

Location:
United Kingdom , Thame

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

Requirements:

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

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