Vice President, Security Architecture & Engineering Job at Mastercard (London)

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the function overseeing Security for Vocalink Limited, a company that enables the payments of 90% of salaries, 70% of utility bills, most ATM transactions and every cheque cleared in the UK. The successful candidate will become part of a high functioning team, dedicated to delivering a robust, secure and resilient service to 60+million citizens every day with transactional volume of 11 billion/year and total annual transactional value in excess of GBP6 Trillion. The Technology & Engineering, Security Vice President plays a crucial role in defining technology goals and establishing a technology strategy aligned to Vocalink’s business imperatives and industry standards and best practices.

Job Responsibility

Overseeing Vocalink’s Security Architecture and Engineering function
Defining and implementing the security capabilities of the organisation, driving a tiered approach to balance the risk of threats proportionally
evaluating and protecting Vocalink services and assets including the people and processes
Ensuring that Vocalink’s technology infrastructure is aligned with its overall business goals and objectives
Oversee control ownership and domain specialisms of the data security, network security and endpoint domains
Partner with the CTO function too ensure alignment and best practice
Oversight and ownership of delivery of technology projects, roadmaps, configurations and tooling
Evaluating new technologies and ensuring technology infrastructure is scalable and secure
In partnership with the Business Security Officer, engaging senior management in understanding cybersecurity priorities and creating leadership buy in for cyber risk management programs
Preparing and enforcing a governance framework that thoroughly validates technologies used in the organization and ensures a security-first approach, where technologies and processes inherently less secure become obsolete within the organization
Continually identifies tools and platforms used throughout the organization and evaluates whether the underlying maintenance and patching processes are relevant and robust against today’s cyber threats
Drives a culture that prioritizes security as the responsibility of the whole organisation
Sets security standard that dictate how the organisation chooses to work with or acquire tools from third parties and restricts business units from collaborating with third parties that do not meet required security and compliance requirements

Requirements

Track record of technology strategy development in a complex organization
Expertise across a variety of security domains and products such as data security, network security, endpoint, Identity Management and Vulnerability Management
The commercial acumen to provide cost-effective security solutions
Strong time management and organisational skills
Previous exposure to Linux and/or Windows Operating Systems, coding languages, and/or Networks
Relevant experience of working in a complex (preferably multi-national) stakeholder environment that includes complex customers and regulators
Ability to articulate themselves clearly and concisely to a broad range of senior and junior stakeholders, acting as a bridge as well as guide for the implementation of new capabilities
Strong influencing skills
organizationally savvy
Experience working with regulators and executing in a regulatory driven and managed environment
Experience of presenting and communicating at board level
Communication - requires effective communication skills – both written and oral - to deal with large diverse customer base (internal and external)
Problem solving – excellent analysis and deductive skills
Customer focus – passion for excellence
Ethics – strong personal and professional ethics
Highly motivated and conscientious individual
Embodies and demonstrates all of the brand values required by Vocalink and Mastercard
Ability to motivate, inspire and lead people effectively
Line manager and a team player – leads by example
Strategic thinker – able to develop and communicate direction
Commercially aware

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