Join Whitbread’s Information Security Team as a Senior Information Security Manager and help safeguard our customer and colleague data. Protecting nearly £2 billion in annual transactions ...
Join Whitbread’s Information Security Team as a Senior Information Security Manager and help safeguard our customer and colleague data. Protecting nearly £2 billion in annual transactions and a workforce of around 40,000, this role offers a unique challenge in a dynamic environment.
You’ll lead the development and implementation of information security strategies to protect Whitbread’s Commercial platforms. Managing a team of five and serve as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders, enhancing the organisation's resilience against cyber threats.
Role: Senior Information Security Manager
Contract Type: Full-Time and Permanent
Salary: Up to £100,000 per annum
Location: Holborn, London and hybrid working with coming to the office a minimum of 3 days a week (and able to come to our Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire Office)
Why You’ll Love It Here
- Private healthcare
- Up to 10% matched pension
- Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brand
- Company Car or Car Allowance
- Annual Incentive of up to 30% Bonus
Check out all our benefits here: https://www.whitbreadcareers.com/about-us/benefits/
What you’ll be doing:
- You will lead a team to operate and support an information security Governance structure of the digital environment that provides oversight on key activities and facilitate the implementation of an agreed strategy into the Whitbread businesses.
- Drive Security Architecture Strategy and roadmap vision in alignment with Whitbread technology vision.
- Lead the assessment of new business initiatives, advising colleagues of all levels to ensure new features and products meet required standards and best practices.
- Manage strategy definition and implementation of technologies to support and deliver Information Security Strategy.
- Own and maintain Security Solutions and capabilities supporting our development pipelines and web and mobile services.
- Drive assurance processes for UK DPA, GDPR, PCI, 3rd party and IT General controls and operate assurance processes and establish escalation and risk reporting.
- You’ll design, implement and operate effective security controls.
What you’ll need:
- Commercial security background, particularly in digital and website payment gateways.
- Experience of securing a rapid software development lifecycle for a large commercial organisation.
- Hands on experience of implementing and maintaining Security solutions protecting Webservice and Mobile environments.
- Experience of working in a digital/Application development environment, with knowledge of development principles and best practices.
- Knowledge of security frameworks and standards (ISF SoGP, ISO27000, NIST, CIS, OWAP etc.).
- Experience with cloud security (AWS, Azure, 365, Oracle).
- Able to work and collaborate at all levels.
- Budget and supplier/vendor management experience.
- Hands-on experience in major security incident management.
- Line Management experience
Be part of our Information Technology Team at Whitbread
Through collaboration, passion and hiring the smartest minds, our Technology team builds products and services that are used by 38,000 of us at Whitbread and millions of guests. Everything from an eCommerce website that handles £2 billion in transactions per year, applications that are scalable across our 1,200 hotel and restaurants, devices that enable our teams and guests to have a seamless experience, all whilst keeping data secure. Together we’re building the hotel of the future.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 75438-4492
Advertised: 09 Jun 2025
