Security Risk Manager

We are seeking a Security Risk Management Specialist to help define and execute our company's security risk program. The team drives the strategy and practices for identifying, tracking, and reducing security risk across the organization.

The security risk management team combines industry best practices with emerging threat information to identify, quantify, and model risk, guiding decision making. In this role, you will establish and execute a broad strategic vision for the security risk program, working cross-functionally with teams across the organization.

The team contributes to product security, improving resilience for customers and users facing cyber threats, and collaborates with our Organisational Learning and Development team to develop playbooks and security training.

The security risk management team also aims to contribute to the security of the wider open source ecosystem; they may share knowledge at public events, share threat intelligence with the community, or represent our company in sector governance bodies.

• Define our company's security risk management standards and playbooks
• Analyse and improve our company's security risk practices
• Evaluate, select and implement new security requirements, tools and practices
• Grow the presence and thought leadership of our company's security risk management practice
• Develop learning and development materials for security risk
• Work with leadership to present information and influence change
• Participate in developing key risk indicators, provide inputs to the development of key control indicators, and key performance indicators for various programs
• Apply statistical models to risk frameworks (such as FAIR, sensitivity analysis, and others)
• Participate in risk management, decision-making, and collaborative discussions
• Lead quantified risk assessments and understand the value of qualitative data for improvements to quality and engineering processes
• Interpret internal or external cyber security risk analyses in business terms and recommend a responsible course of action
• Develop templates and materials to help with self-service risk management actions
• Monitor and identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness of risk management processes
• Launch campaigns to perform security assessments and help mitigate security risks across the company

• An exceptional academic track record
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Deep personal motivation to be at the forefront of technology security
• Leadership and management ability
• Excellent business English writing and presentation skills
• Problem-solver with excellent communication skills, a deep technical understanding of security assessments and risk management
• Expertise in threat modelling and risk management frameworks
• Broad knowledge of how to operationalize the management of security risk
• Experience in Secure Development Lifecycle and Security by Design methodology

We provide a compensation framework that considers geography, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and a performance-driven bonus.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Travel upgrades for long-haul company events

We are a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are shaping the world daily.

We recruit globally and maintain high standards for new hires. Our company has been a remote-first company since its inception. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.