DEFENCE SENIOR MANAGER

Location.
Bath + *Hybrid Salary.
Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits Working Hours.
Full time 37.
hours per week – Mon to Fri *Hybrid At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things.
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Join Vodafone Business Security Enhanced and strengthen the cyber security of the UK's Critical National Infrastructure and public sector organisations.
What you’ll do As Defence Senior Manager you will lead the security across UK defence accounts, acting as a security focal point to manage bid responses and support in life customers’ Information and Cybersecurity requirements within VBSE.
You will be the single Vodafone point of contact for the security of our secure defence customer base and will ensure the successful delivery of security bid responses and in-life service assurance.
You will own defence customer and VBSE security relationships at all required levels.
You will lead defence bid responses and support security activities within defence teams.
You will be accountable for the physical, personal and procedural security measures within our defence account delivery’s.
You will own the development and maintenance of policy and strategy documents relevant to defence security requirements.
You will deliver contractual security requirements, Security Management Plans (SMP) and Security Aspects Letters (SAL).
You will liaise with key UK Government Agencies, Defence Contractors & VBSE Security Manager to determine contract security requirements and delivery.
You will act as a subject matter expert for security related questions to VBSE and act as the focal point for security.
Who you are   You will have experience in a similar Security Defence position at a senior level.
You will have knowledge and implementation experience of HMG SPF, NIST & MoD publication.
You will have physical security and ISO Lead auditing experience.
You will have experience with Pre-Sales/Bid.
You will have experience and evidence of preparing, implementing and maintaining authorities contract specific security artifacts, accreditation requirements and security operation procedures.
You will have the ability to maintain customer confidentiality and hold Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance.
Security Clearance.
This position requires the person to hold or to be eligible to undergo UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What we offer We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success.
That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects.
We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes.
We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.
Together we can Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
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