Director of Cyber Security – Governance

Twinings

Director of Cyber Security & Governance leading cyber security and IT compliance for Twinings OvO. Steering technology direction and risk management in a global business unit.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeAndover • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive leadership in Cyber Security and IT Governance, Risk and Compliance, with a strong focus on embedding security capabilities and managing IT control environments. Proven ability to communicate technical risks in commercial terms and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

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Cyber Security LeadershipIT Governance, Risk And ComplianceIT Control EnvironmentsAudit Readiness And RemediationISO 27001 Familiarity

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Hard Skills

Cyber Risk ManagementITGCsControl TestingVulnerability ManagementPatch ManagementSecurity AssuranceRisk FrameworksIncident ResponseTransformation Portfolio ManagementCommercial Risk Translation

Soft Skills

Diplomatic CommunicationDecisive LeadershipCredibility With Senior LeadershipHonest Challenge

Tools & Technologies

SAP S/4HANACloud (RISE)AI Governance

Certifications & Qualifications

ISO 27001

Industry Keywords

NIST CSFCIS ControlsGovernance ForumsPolicy AdoptionContinuous Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead cyber security and IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) for TwiningsOvO and set the local roadmap, priorities and investment case within ABF Group standards.
Own TwiningsOvO’s cyber risk posture; maintain a single, prioritised cyber risk register with named owners and tracked remediation.
Give the GM and Leadership Team clear visibility of risk exposure and control effectiveness.
Coordinate local response to security incidents, with rapid escalation to and alignment with the ABF Group security function.
Drive vulnerability, patch and exposure management in line with Group expectations.
Own the IT control environment, including ITGCs across SAP S/4HANA and other core applications.
Operate IT GRC in BAU: governance forums, policy adoption and exceptions, control testing and continuous compliance against ABF and regulatory expectations.
Lead audit readiness and remediation; act as single point of contact for Internal Audit and external auditors on IT and security, and close findings on time.
Govern identity, access and segregation-of-duties controls for critical systems.
Embed proportionate security and control requirements into BizTX delivery standards and the project lifecycle.
Provide security assurance across the transformation portfolio from initiation through to go-live.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant leadership experience in cyber security and IT governance, risk and compliance.
Proven track record embedding or maturing security and control capability in a complex organisation.
Strong grasp of IT control environments, ITGCs, audit and risk frameworks, applied pragmatically rather than dogmatically.
Credible with senior leadership; challenges honestly and translates technical risk into commercial, decision-ready terms.
Comfortable owning local accountability while operating within Group governance — diplomatic with the centre, decisive locally.
Experience as a Head of Cyber Security, BISO, divisional / business security lead, or in a senior IT GRC leadership role (desirable).
SAP / ERP, cloud (RISE), AI governance and major transformation experience (desirable).
Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST CSF and CIS Controls (desirable).

Benefits

Comp & perks

- Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
- Flexible working options
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
- Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
- Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
- Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- SimplyHealth Cash plan
- Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
- Bupa Private Medical Insurance
- Competitive Car Allowance
- Electric Car Scheme
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.