Senior Strategic Partner Security Manager

Reading, England, United Kingdom

1/9/2025

About Us

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.

Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.

With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.

Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.

Job Purpose

To provide assurance to LG of the security performance of their strategic partners. The individual will manage the ‘Strategic Partner Security Function’ for LG.

The individual will be responsible for management of the end to end security oversight and security governance of LG strategic partners. They will be the primary single point of contact and stakeholder manager for all security governance activities involving major third parties. They will be accountable to the ‘Director Cyber Security Oversight & Assurance’ for planning, drafting, owning, maintaining and delivering a ‘Strategic Partner Security Oversight and Governance Framework’. They will provide assurance of strategic partner’s security governance, management, deliverables, controls, processes and operating procedures on an ongoing basis.

The role will support with holding the strategic partners to account for all key security deliverables, addressing shortfalls, and ensuring SLA compliance. They will be the primary internal point of contact for the business to raise security concerns or issues relating to strategic third parties.

Responsibilities

The Strategic Partner Oversight Framework will include a number of mechanisms, all of which the role will be responsible for arranging and supporting, including:

• Routine governance and management meetings
• Routine security oversight boards
• Partner compliance and assurance reviews and audits
• Security Questionnaires
• Ad-hoc reporting relating to security operations
  
  

The individual will act as a point of contact for delivery of security relevant supplier reporting.

The individual will produce and distribute reports to both the strategic partner and LG management; which include any recommendations and non-conformances with strategic partners. They will feed into KPIs which reflect the current status of security; and which will support governance reporting.

The individual will input into, and take output from, the wider strategic partner governance processes managed by LG; and the more general third party security processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop a thorough understanding of LG’s Strategic Partners; including their roles, responsibilities, deliverables, interfaces with LG and operating model.
• To act as the primary security interface and stakeholder manager for strategic partners.
• Delivery of a ‘Strategic Partner Security Oversight and Governance Framework’
• To undertake assessments of administrative, logical and physical security controls across relevant parts of Strategic Partners. Including deep dive technical assessments of security controls.
• Definition, ownership and delivery of a Strategic Partner Security Oversight and Governance Plan
• Ownership of relevant strategic partner documentation and tools (including standards, plans, templates, meetings, and other documentation)
• Deliver clear reports against the Strategic Partner Security Oversight and Governance Plan
• To understand strategic partner compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements
• To clearly understand the scope and coverage of strategic partners external certifications.
• To articulate clearly where the strategic partner is not compliant with their obligations
• Present clear, accurate and actionable corrective actions.
• Manage and track to completion all corrective actions.
• Highlight trends in compliance, schedule adherence control effectiveness and corrective actions.
• Production of metrics, reports and KPIs over the team
• Act in good faith, impartially and fair.
• Management of workload; and escalation where further support is required.
• Identification and Escalation of governance issues beyond the scope of security governance.
• To continuously improve the Strategic Partner Security approach
• Other tasks as required by security leadership
  
  

Knowledge & Experience

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Effective verbal communicator to ensure engagement with personnel from across the organisation and Strategic Partners.
• Ability to adapt communication and management style to suit formality of the partner engagement.
• Excellent documentation and report writing skills.
• The ability to manage and prioritise workload.
• Customer and stakeholder focussed with attention to detail and the ability to meet multiple competing deadlines.
• Ability to adapt approach and content to audiences across operational, security, and management.
  
  

Desirable Skills & Abilities

• Proven experience of undertaking security assurance
• Previous experience of managing formal supplier relationships
• Experience of a large, complex, global matrix organisation
• Experience in an information security role in a large commercial organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of working internationally
• Knowledge or experience of the telecoms industry
• Knowledge of Penetration Testing and other Security Testing
• Knowledge or experience of third party supplier management
  
  

Preferred Education / Qualifications

Ideally: educated to degree level or holding a professional qualification (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CISA, Auditor/Implementer for ISO 27001 or equivalent)

Benefits

• Competitive salary + Eligibility for our Bonus Plan
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
• 24 hours of Volunteering Time Off
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning to continue to develop and grow your career with us
• Free premium subscription to Calm – a renowned well-being & meditation app
• Company Laptop, Mobile and Phone Subscription
• Company Pension Contributions
• Access to personal medical and dental insurance (UK)
• Access to discounts on superfast fibre broadband subscriptions.
• Liberty Global is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. We’re 100% committed to having a workforce that represents every part of our society. So we’re keen to hear from candidates of all background and circumstances.