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Twinings

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

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools
Cyber Risk ManagementITGCsControl TestingVulnerability ManagementPatch ManagementSecurity AssuranceRisk FrameworksIncident ResponseTransformation Portfolio ManagementCommercial Risk Translation
Soft Skills
Diplomatic CommunicationDecisive LeadershipCredibility With Senior LeadershipHonest Challenge
Certifications
ISO 27001