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Summary

Responsible for driving a culture of security across Corporate Functions teams including the introduction of security controls, identification/reduction of security risks and communication of key security priorities to senior leaders.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive a security-aware culture in IHG Corporate Functions organizations (including Legal, HR, Finance), by ensuring security is proactively built into programs, products, and initiatives.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders including identifying strategic initiatives and ensuring security controls are incorporated into new projects as well as BAU processes
• Provide business leadership with monthly security reporting – highlight top priority items of concern and produce metrics to show trends/progress month to month
• Collaborate with Security Architecture to identify security requirements for new projects; follow up with business stakeholders to validate that these requirements have been effectively implemented
• Document key business process flows, identify key applications, assets, and processes. Perform a risk assessment by partnering with Threat Management and the Security Risk team, producing, and presenting risk assessment collateral to senior business and security leadership, highlighting risks.
• Consult with Corporate Functions stakeholders on remediation options when gaps are identified; document Policy Exceptions and analyze associated risk
• Provide Security Leadership with insight into key BU initiatives for the year that will impact security resources/products.
• Develop an annual communication plan detailing content that will be delivered to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Corporate Functions leadership and vendor partners on annual assessments and incident follow up.
• Support Security leadership in communicating key security initiatives and potential impact to Corporate Functions, delivering key messaging to stakeholders.
• Meet regularly with Security Leadership to understand and capture key Security priorities/initiatives, timeframes, and potential impact to the business so that Corporate Functions can plan for any security controls that need to be planned for in budgets/projects.
• Gather commentary related to security control gap metrics/trends from Security Leaders to explain why data is trending up or down and what actions the business needs to take to address these.
• Provide monthly updates to security leadership on key Corporate Functions priorities to ensure they have a solid understanding of what initiatives are underway and how they tie into IHG Corporate priorities.

Key Interfaces

• CISO
• CTO
• Security Leadership
• SVPs, VPs in Finance, HR, BRR (Legal, Audit, Risk
• Corporate Business Partners and Stakeholders including:
  • Tech Services
  • BRR/Legal
  • Finance & Financial Governance
  • HR
  • External SOX Auditors

Key Skills & Experiences

Education

Bachelor’s degree with progressive work experience in Computer Science/MIS/IT, Business Administration or Engineering or related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience

Experience

• 10 years progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines, technologies or processes related to the position.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with ability to take highly technical information and present to all levels of management, technical staffs, and business/professional contacts.
• Strong customer-service orientation and a commitment to lead others to achieve outstanding customer satisfaction.
• Analytical abilities, result-focused, action oriented, and ability to work effectively with customers and IT Leaders.
• Change Agent capable of motivating and inspiring a team.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the key principles of Corporate Functions and Risk Management.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Crisis Management & Business Continuity.
• Ability to collect, analyze and assess information to draw meaningful conclusions.
• Detailed understanding of regional political, economic, crime and security risks.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the place of security in the wider business and its central role in Protecting and Championing the Trusted Brand of IHG.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to learn quickly and thoroughly in rapidly changing conditions.
• Demonstrated ability to think laterally and under pressure.
• Demonstrated capability to influence and persuade and to work across multiple levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leading and developing multi-disciplined work teams.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in executive presentation and escalation management.
• Strong leadership by influence, adaptability to multiple styles of management and decision authority.
• Create white papers that clearly state the advantages and ROI for new technology investments.
• Ability to proactively identify problems and recommend solutions – strong process improvement capabilities.
• Ability to accept and manage changing priorities and address issues quickly and professionally.
• Project management experience in organizing, planning and executing large-scale projects from conception through implementation.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Security Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA strongly desired

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training.

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