Head of Information Security

TradingHub Group; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking a Head of Information Security to lead their cybersecurity strategy and manage risk across the organization. The successful candidate will oversee security practices and audits, manage tools to detect vulnerabilities, and enhance the firm's security posture. A strong background in technical security and risk management is essential for this position.

Benefits

Annual discretionary performance bonus

Hybrid working policy

Office lunches twice a week

Private medical insurance + dental cover

Extended parental leave

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced company pension plan

5 days study leave towards professional qualifications

Death in service coverage

Qualifications

• Significant industry experience in a technical security role.
• Proven ability to identify and articulate information security requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of InfoSec, risk management, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the firm’s Information Security function.
• Lead the development of information security practices across all teams.
• Monitor SIEM and maintain useful reports and alerts.

Skills

Technical security experience

Customer relations

Risk-based approach

Programming/scripting

Information security knowledge

Job description

Compensation

Competitive (Financial Services)

About TradingHub

Founded in 2010, TradingHub delivers uniquely intelligent trade surveillance software to world leading financial institutions. Developed by market professionals, our solutions use sophisticated modelling techniques to detect single and cross-product market manipulation. With a team of over 140 experts based in London, Toronto, Singapore and Sydney, TradingHub combines global reach with deep markets expertise to help our customers protect themselves from financial, regulatory, and reputational risk.

The Role

We are seeking a Head of Information Security to join our team in London and lead our cybersecurity strategy and manage risk across our corporate estate. You can expect to work closely with our Engineering and Infrastructure teams to effect change through our organisation, as well as customer facing teams such as Relationship Management to enable new customer acquisition. Responsibilities will cover both the physical office and our cloud estate, with a primary focus on the cloud estate.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the firm’s Information Security function and maintain/improve its security posture
• Take the lead in responding to customer security questionnaires or audit follow-ups
• Oversee our regular ISO27001 and SOC 2 Type II audits
• Research and choose technical tools to proactively detect and respond to weaknesses, threats and potential compromises
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of information security practices across all teams
• Manage regular pentests by external consultants and coordinate with internal resources to remediate issues
• Information security risk assessment of third‑party service providers
• Offer guidance, direction and approval on security solutions and approaches
• Advocate for secure engineering best practices throughout the company
• Manage the standards, policies and guidelines of the InfoSec frameworks
• Maintain an on‑going information security awareness program
• Monitor our SIEM and maintain useful reports and alerts in the system

Requirements

• Significant industry experience in a technical security role (Security Engineering or Application Security Engineering)
• Experience speaking to customers and establishing a good working relationship with infosec counterparts at major financial institutions
• Strong technical intuition, with an ability to partner with engineering to evaluate and develop good security standards
• Take a risk‑based approach when suggesting improvements, or proposing fixes
• Ability to perform design reviews and/or technical assessments of software and infrastructure
• Excellent knowledge of InfoSec, risk management and governance, data protection
• Programming/scripting experience, especially to automate repetitive tasks
• Used to multi‑tasking and working in a fast‑paced environment
• Proven ability to identify and articulate information security requirements, risks and issues, and to make clear decisions/recommendations
• Ability to understand business drivers and risk appetite and align information security compliance accordingly
• Strong ability to communicate clearly and simply, both verbally and in writing

Benefits

Life at TradingHub is a rewarding journey within a fast‑growing company that thrives on innovation and collaboration. By combining the best of both technology and global markets, we’re able to solve complex problems together and deliver meaningful results to our customers. Everybody has value to bring, and we welcome individuality as a key driving force behind our collective success.

Rooted in everything that we do are our core values: Accountability, Ambition, Partnership and Trust. These provide the foundation for a sustainable workplace culture and the platform for you to harness your unique experience and become the best version of yourself. We believe in our people and invest in their growth, and together, we can sit on the right side of history.

Employee Benefits

• Annual discretionary performance bonus (permanent employees only)
• Hybrid working policy
• Office lunches twice a week
• Private medical insurance + dental cover
• Extended parental leave (up to 6 months of fully paid maternity leave)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Enhanced company pension plan
• 5 days study leave towards professional qualifications
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Death in service coverage

Diversity and Equal Opportunity

TradingHub is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnic or national origins, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, socio‑economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. TradingHub selects candidates for interview based solely on their skills, experience and qualifications.

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all and we encourage candidates to inform us of any required adjustments. A full copy of our diversity, equity and inclusion policy will be made available to you upon request.