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Chief Information Security Officer

Man GroupLondon, United KingdomPosted Jul 15
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About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

* As at 30 June 2026

The Team

We are looking for a CISO to take full ownership of Information Security and Identity & Access Management at Man Group. This is a leadership role that is as much about driving change across the firm as it is about running the security function. They will set standards, influence behaviour, embed security into business processes, and work with departments across the organisation to raise the bar on how Man Group manages risk.


Role Responsibilities

Strategy & Standards

  • Own the information security strategy, aligning security investment to the firm's risk appetite
  • Drive security culture and awareness across the firm through training, engagement, and communications
  • Set and enforce security standards across technology, operations, and business departments, not just within InfoSec
  • Work with teams across the organisation to understand existing process and embed secure access into existing systems
  • Enable the safe adoption of AI and emerging technologies by defining practical security guardrails
  • Own the Information Security and IAM Risks and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA), ensuring that risks are identified, controls are documented and remediation is tracked
  • Own the IAM strategy and transformation roadmap, driving the migration from legacy provisioning to a modern, governed identity platform
  • Directly oversee the identity governance implementation, including application onboarding, lifecycle automation, access controls and defining central APIs
  • Remediate audit findings related to identity and access management

Governance & Reporting

  • Chair the Information Security Steering Committee
  • Present security posture, risk, and programme updates to boards and the Risk and Finance Committee
  • Provide oversight of third-party risk management in coordination with the dedicated TPRM team
  • Support SOC-1 audit processes

Key Competencies

Essential

  • A builder mindset, comfortable with balancing competing priorities
  • Strong understanding of technical security implementations, trade-offs, APIs and architectural design patterns and a working understanding of modern open-source based application design
  • Demonstrable experience in a senior information security role, ready to step into a full CISO mandate
  • Proven ability to drive change outside of a direct reporting line, influencing technology, operations, and business teams to adopt security standards
  • Strong communicator, comfortable presenting to boards and equally comfortable in a technical design review
  • CISSP certification
  • Experience with identity governance platforms and large-scale IAM transformation programmes
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code environments (Terraform, GitOps workflows)
  • Experience with hybrid identity environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO platforms)
  • Experience defining security frameworks for emerging technology enablement
  • Background in a regulated industry, with an appreciation for the governance, operational, and compliance requirements that come with itith cloud platforms (e.g., Azure or AWS) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.
You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

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