Europe Information Security Officer

Join us as an Information Security Officer for Barclays Europe within the Governance, Risk and Control team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening cyber governance and regulatory compliance across the organisation. This AVP-level role offers high visibility and impact, producing board-level cybersecurity reporting, supporting executive committees, and coordinating responses to complex regulatory requirements. You’ll produce executive level reporting to help demonstrate and visualise the business cyber risk posture, evidence compliance, support governance and oversight and drive security awareness across the business.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who combines strong cybersecurity knowledge with excellent communication, data management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Strong risk management experience and demonstrable cybersecurity knowledge across all key cyber domains.
• Solid understanding of the Cyber and Information Security regulatory landscape across the European Union.
• Experience in effective data analysis, including structuring and data visualisation and the ability to create clear and meaningful reports.
• Ability to identify root cause, impact assessment and insights into the business cyber risk posture.
• Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to produce clear reports and present to executive leadership.
• Proven experience in implementing or managing cyber information security risk management processes and tools.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, and the ability to manage cyber information security risk management processes and tools.
• A high level of proficiency in the M365 suite of tools.

• Experience in designing and delivering training programmes.
• Financial services experience, with an understanding of working in a highly regulated environment.
• Cyber information security certifications such as CISM, CISSP, or similar recognised standards.
• Solid understand of industry standard Cyber Security frameworks such as NIST, ISO
  27001.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, data management and visualisation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate will be based in Frankfurt (Taunus Turm).

To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk.

• Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management.
• Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the banks operations and data and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies and communicate findings to relevant findings to relevant senior stakeholders.
• Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the banks operations aligned to the risk management framework.
• Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the banks IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk.
• Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices.
• Management of complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
• Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing…