Information Security Lead, Africa - La Lucia- at Unilever

Main Accountabilities

• Responsible for cyber security solution engineering and advisory across Unilever businesses in Africa.
• Responsible for ensuring SOC visibility across Africa.
• Responsible for cyber risk reporting within Africa to the CISO and to the business leaders.
• Responsible for tailoring and delivering cyber training and awareness across Africa.
• Responsible for encouraging and leading the cyber champions network participation across Africa.
• Responsible for leading cyber cultural transformation efforts across Africa.
• Responsible for maintaining and effectively directing timely closure of security exceptions in businesses across Africa.
• Responsible for providing standards and controls feedback based on local implementation requirements/restrictions in order to refine global policies, standards and controls requirements.
• Partner with corporate audit for planned cyber security audit review across their region of responsibility.
• Identify, categorize and risk assess third parties for cyber security implications across their region of responsibility.
• Attract, develop, and lead a team of Information Security Leads and subject matter experts across the region, as planned for in the central cyber security budget and headcount plan.

Key Skills and Relevant Experience

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to be understood by both technical and non-technical personnel.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate a senior team.
• The ability to lead through accountability with delegated responsibilities.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities and multiple tasks.
• Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills at both a technical and non-technical level.
• Outstanding influencing ability.
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Outstanding critical reasoning and problem-solving skills – sticking to the problem until it is resolved.
• Customer-orientated, whether responding to queries or delivering new services.
• Skills in Programme and Project Management.

Experience:

• The role holder will have practical experience in Cyber Security.
• Experience of leading major programs across a global organization.
• Experience and proven track record in Cyber Security.
• Experience in providing thought leadership, and driving a complex change agenda, and an ability to challenge the “status quo”.
• Excellent strategic and operational business awareness, with a deep understanding of the key drivers, levers, issues and constraints of digital businesses.
• Experience within a customer focused environment.
• Knowledge of the applications or the technical landscape within the domain and experience of delivering Cyber Security projects to its demands.