# Group Director, Head of Security Architecture

**Company**: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
**Location**: London
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As Group Director, Head of Security Architecture, you'll be a core member of the LSEG Cyber Security team, leading and setting the direction for the Cyber Security Architecture team.

The team delivers across several areas:

- Principal Security architecture: a team of engineers ensuring security is built into all projects across the group.

- Security Architecture Design: a central function delivering design patterns to ensure consistent implementation of controls across the group.

- Security Architecture review: a central function delivering security reviews, including architecture governance reviews, network perimeter/firewall reviews, and third-party reviews.

You'll be involved in all major projects in the group, including technology new build, cloud migration projects, transformation programs, and mergers, acquisitions, and divestments.

**Responsibilities:**

- Leads the development and execution of strategy for Security Architecture team.

- Manages performance, development, and wellbeing of a team of architects.

- Owns relationships with key stakeholders, including Cyber Security peers, group CTO, and Heads of Architecture.

- Defines architecture principles, policies, and standards.

- Contributes to the development of global enterprise standards.

- Builds relationships with vendors, regulators, and industry bodies.

- Seeks latest technology and business innovations.

- Acts as trusted advisor and leader across the wider LSEG Engineering group.

- Ensures Engineering projects meet critical security regulations.

- Leads security engagement on major transformation projects.

**Requirements:**

- Knowledge of financial market infrastructure technology and experience in deploying pragmatic security controls.

- Strong deep expertise in Application Security Architecture and controls.

- Experience in Enterprise Architecture, Technology Strategy, Cloud, Security, Applications, and Infrastructure.

- Performing detailed security reviews of complex systems.

- Experience of working with architectural development methodology, standards development, and technology architecture.

- Qualifications in security leadership, such as CISSP, CISMP, or CISM, and TOGAF in architecture.

- Modern engineering practices, agile practices, automation, and deployment pipelines.

- Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture and Technology Strategy across multiple Financial Services organisations.

- Experience of developing and influencing strategic working relationships with key technology suppliers.

- Experience in a leadership role within Security in a global Financial Services, FinTech, or Technology organisation.

- Experience in managing high-performing teams and empowering them to deliver against the agreed strategy and roadmap.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Experience of successfully planning and delivering large-scale complex technology integrations and technology transformation programmes.

- Proven ability to work well under pressure.

**About LSEG:** LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, operating across 70 countries, employing 26,000 people globally.

**Benefits:** LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days, and wellbeing initiatives.

## Skills

### Required
- Application Security Architecture
- Cyber Security
- Enterprise Architecture
- Technology Strategy
- Cloud Security
- Security Architecture
- CISSP
- CISMP
- CISM
- TOGAF

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