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Role Title: Contract Security Manager

Duration: Contract to run until 09/07/2025 with a potential to move to perm

Location: Bristol, Hybrid 3 days onsite 2 days remote

Rate: £654 p/d Umbrella inside IR35

Clearance required: Eligible for SC

Role purpose / summary

We're partnering with a leading telecoms company supporting a critical Emergency Services programme, where security is essential to ensure reliable communication for emergency situations.

Role Overview:

As the Contract Security Manager, you'll manage the delivery of security processes, ensuring all security obligations are met. You'll work closely with security professionals, internal teams, and customer security teams to safeguard communications and ensure compliance with security requirements. Your role will also involve maintaining strong relationships with the customer, overseeing security performance, and managing contract commercials.

This job matters because it:

Manages the delivery of the ESN Security Management Plan, ISMS and Security Processes - ensuring effective management of security within the Programme and that Contract obligations are met.
Works with other Security professionals and other teams to meet ESN security objectives.
Engages with Customer security teams, providing assurance that Security requirements are met and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Provides assurance that internal teams and suppliers have met ESN security requirements.
In support of the above the ESN Contract Security Manager manages a team that contributes to the Group's overall Cyber Security risk management program, which is designed to ensure that the Group's technology systems and data are adequately protected.
The role of the ESN Contract Security Manager is wide ranging and individuals need to prioritise across the four key components summarised below based on individual customer circumstance (life-cycle).

Relationship:

Work across all security functions to orchestrate and lead our customer contact strategy.
Build strong relationships with Customer Security Team or equivalent with the aim of becoming a trusted security advisor.

Delivery

Maintain oversight of delivery activities including in-life contract change requests.
Ensure delivery against all contractual Security obligations.
Service
Maintain oversight of Security in-life delivery performance against compliance, obligations and risks.
Translate the output of any PIRs into improvement plans.
Commercials
Maintain oversight of all contract commercials including Revenue, CCRs and BRF to maximise profitability.
Contribute to demand generation as outcome of trusted advisor status.

Key Skills/ requirements

Have a proven track record in security management (3-5 years)
Have demonstrable experience implementing and managing ISO Certifications (eg 27001)
Experience with evaluating policies and procedures
Security Incident Reporting
Knowledge of mobile networks up to 5G is extremely desirable
Complying with security obligations
Security assessments
Security Risk assessments
Security testing
Reporting issues with compliance to customer

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply