Director, Security Portfolio, Transformation and Strategy Lead

About CLS:

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

• Pivotal purpose
• Trusted guardian
• Targeted innovation
• Facilitate connections
• Delivering excellence
• Inclusive culture

Job Information:

• Functional Title: Security Portfolio, Transformation and Strategy Lead Department: IT Security Corporate Level: Director Reports To: Executive Director. IT Security Strategy and Transformation Location: UK (London)

Overview of the role:

As a result of the growth and restructure of IT Security in CLS, we are recruiting a key new Director position to lead the development and ongoing management of the cyber strategy for the organisation. This will involve working extensively with security, technology and business stakeholders, as well as external advisors, to ensure the security strategy is comprehensive and future-proofs our cyber defences against emerging cyber threats.

Furthermore, to use the strategy to develop and manage the security transformation portfolio roadmap, ensuring initiatives are prioritised, developed and mobilised. This will require both portfolio level planning and financial management, as well as developing business cases and mobilising new initiatives.

The successful candidate will preferably have extensive financial services and / or cyber security senior management experience, with a demonstrable background in developing and maintaining enterprise level strategies in this respect. Furthermore, experience in the successful management of large-scale security transformation portfolios, taking initiatives from concept through to delivery.

What you will be doing:

• Leading the development, update and refresh of the CLS IT security strategy
• Working with key stakeholders across the organisation to ensure the security strategy reflects business priorities
• Translating the strategy into an actionable security transformation roadmap
• Creating and managing a security transformation portfolio, ensuring priorities are continuously reviewed and updated
• Conducting the necessary planning and financial management of the overall security portfolio
• Playing a leadership role in ensuring the effective mobilisation of prioritised new initiatives, including business case definition
• Working closely with the project delivery leadership and team, to ensure projects and programs are scoped and planned to meet strategic roadmap commitments
• Creating and managing relevant metrics and governance to ensure overall security strategy goals are realised
• Playing an active leadership role in the development of security strategy deliverables and artefacts for executive committees and boards

What we are looking for:

• Extensive senior management experience in cyber security in a consulting and / or financial services environment
• Demonstrable experience in leading the development and management of IT security strategies
• Track record of delivering major cyber security transformation portfolios
• Somebody who brings extensive experience and knowledge of how emerging technologies impact defence and attack considerations for cyber security
• Experience of operating in a heavily regulated environment
• Highly collaborative mindset, with the ability to work constructively with security, technology and business stakeholders of all levels

Our commitment to employees:

At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:

• Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
• 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
• Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
• Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
• Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
• Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
• Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
• Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
• Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
• Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
• Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
• Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
• Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
• All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
• Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.