Industry Security Programme Director

Department: Technology 

Team: Security & Fraud  

Location: London 

Position type: Permanent 
 

What the hiring manager says 

“Security is an essential component of the mobile industry whether within the development of specifications or in supporting programmes and events at the GSMA. This role will be pivotal in directing the strategy of key Industry security programmes. It will specifically focus on supporting the industry to provide value in the positioning of fraud and cybersecurity matters for the industry. The role holder will be responsible for aligning GSMA work regionally and seeking to influence senior security leaders and other eco-system partners to lift the profile of industry security.” 
 

Sam Kight, Head of Industry Security 

About the Team 

The GSMA Industry Security team is continually enhancing the support offered to its membership as the threats targeting the mobile ecosystem emerge. Our vision is to provide value for our membership in three main areas:  

• Industry collaboration by convening membership to define industry specifications, facilitating intelligence sharing, promoting baseline controls, conducting external collaboration to ensure industry alignment.  

• Providing expertise through subject matter experts by supporting solution and service offering development to internal and external stakeholders, as well as promoting industry Fraud and Security awareness. 

• Defining the future by looking forward by assessing, analysing and reporting on the industry threat landscape. This is also done through engagement with standards bodies and reviewing new technologies to ensure adequate protection by design 

About the Role 

The Industry Security Programme Director is responsible for four main areas; Office of the CISO, T-ISAC, GSMA Security events and the development of new Global security initiatives. It requires alignment of security and fraud across the team, and requires engagement wider industry. The successful candidate will research security trends (threat landscape and emerging technologies), ensuring the strategy and priorities of the industry are reflected in internal/external platforms globally as well as programmes are being delivered and managed to a high quality.  

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Office of the CISO – Delivering Roundtables with senior stakeholders including agenda development, researching and identifying potential topics in existing/emerging technologies

• Support the T-ISAC to deliver a strategy that will successfully grow and develop the global programme

• Represent GSMA at industry leading events across a variety of regions. Working across several teams to support the development of presentations and ensuring alignment on GSMA content at these events

• Support the initiation of new programmes, identifying business and industry needs in the area of mobile fraud and security and translating these into the right area within GSMA’s Security team

• Keeping aligned the regional and local activities with the Fraud and Security Group, Regional Interest Groups and events to support a single voice for the ecosystem

• Advocacy of GSMA positions to external stakeholders

• Maintain GSMA process and procedural documents, to ensure transparency and compliance with GSMA policies

About You 

• Have previous experience cybersecurity function within a Mobile Network Operator or equipment supplier  

• Have previous experience having managed a successful team  

• Have previous experience in reporting to and influencing board /c-level management

• Have previous experience in setting strategies and delivering on agreed timescales

• Have knowledge of the mobile security threats faced and technologies used (legacy, current and future), and enjoy the respect of industry security professionals

• Have effective research, organisation and project management skills with key attention to detail and delivery of documentation

• Have a strong sense of business ethics and principles 

• Be able to effectively work with others to make up for gaps in your experience or knowledge

• Display cultural understanding and sensitivity, recognising that GSMA is a global organisation with members from many countries and cultures

• Ideally speak a second language (Spanish or French desirable not essential) 

• Be willing to do some global travel as required

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What We Offer

Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

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Being You at the GSMA

We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.

GSMA Values

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Passionately driven

We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.

Insightful leaders

We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.

Stronger together

We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.

Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.