Cyber Resilience & Metrics Manager

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Job Title: Cyber Resilience & Metrics Manager

Location: Kingston/Port Sunlight Office

Work-Level: 2B

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 beings with a purpose that places our consumers at the heart of everything we do, “Brighten everyday life for all”.

JOB PURPOSE

This role will support the Cyber Resilience Assurance Lead Manager in measuring Unilever’s Cyber resilience posture and provide assurance on our preparedness to minimize the impact of any disruptive cyber event. The role entails working with key stakeholders in partnership with our Security Engagement team to ensure that control measures including business continuity and disaster recovery processes and plans are in place to address key cyber risk scenarios to enable digital resilience and are effectively implemented across our global organization.

Role Summary:

The candidate will assist the Cyber Resilience Assurance Lead Manager in enabling and overseeing various cyber resilience activities including scenario planning, business continuity planning, disaster recovery and testing recovery of operations across Unilever. They will also be responsible for working in partnership with our Security Engagement Team, Platform teams and other stakeholders to ensure cyber resilience measures are effectively implemented across the company.

This role is responsible for implementing a risk-based approach to ensure that Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans are cyber resilient in the face of identified cyber risk scenarios. Additionally, the role oversees the effective application of Cyber Resilient BCP (Business Continuity Plan) and DR (Disaster Recovery) standards, training, scenario simulations and best practices by our Security Engagement team and other stakeholders across different business groups/markets.

This role also crucial to Unilever's overall cyber risk management efforts, as it enables “holding up a mirror” to the organization to drive the right focus on cyber risks and instilling confidence that adequate countermeasures are in place through assurance measurements and reporting in line with Unilever’s cyber standards and the NIST Cyber Security Framework (version 2.0).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Continuity Assurance (Cyber Risks Scenarios):

• Collaborate with Security Engagement team to assess and enhance business continuity plans related to cyber risks.
• Conduct assurance activities specific to cyber threats and identify vulnerabilities.
• Recommend cyber resilience strategies for critical business processes

Cyber Crisis Readiness Assurance:

• Conduct regular assessments of cyber crisis readiness, identifying gaps and recommending improvements.
• Monitor emerging threats and assess their potential impact on crisis response capabilities

IT Service Continuity/Disaster Recovery Assurance:

• Evaluate IT service continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Test and validate recovery procedures for critical systems and applications.
• Collaborate with IT teams to address gaps and improve recovery capabilities.

Metrics and Reporting (Including Cloud Resilience):

• Create and maintain cyber assurance and resilience metrics in line with NIST CSF v2.0 to provide our business with confidence that our countermeasures are adequate and inline with our risk appetite
• Collaborate with Unilever’s Cyber Security Analytics (CSA) team for alignment on reporting requirements on posture measurements.
• Assist in producing executive-level reports on over overall assurance posture and calls to action on emerging cyber risk areas

ALL ABOUT YOU

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to be understood by both technical and non-technical personnel
• Ability to work with multiple senior stakeholders, across the globe, to design programs that meet the requirements of the organization & strengthens the resilience posture and are aligned to business needs.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities, diverse stakeholders to influence the right priorities, collaboratively
• Any Industry accepted Cyber Security/Business Continuity certification is desirable such as CBCP, ITSC, ISO22301 etc. alongside cyber security certifications like CISM, CISSP etc.
• Should have sound knowledge, Subject Matter expertise of IT Disaster Recovery Program and Cyber related Business Continuity Planning, Cyber GRC.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and presentation skills

Experience:

• Managerial experience in Cyber Security, with a proven track record in cyber risk / compliance management and resilience.
• At least 12 to 14 years of work experience in Technology, with global organizations
• At least 5 years of work experience in a senior role in Cyber Security, Information Security, Business Continuity Management/Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management Lead Role 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, ISO), 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).

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.