Security engineer in digital risk

Help Marketing & Communications manage technology, cybersecurity, privacy and digital risk through practical governance that enables responsible innovation. About the Role Pearson is looking for a Lead Specialist, Marketing Operations - Digital Risk & Governance to establish and improve how Marketing & Communications manages technology, cybersecurity, privacy and digital-risk obligations. You will translate enterprise requirements into practical governance, processes, controls and guidance that teams can understand and use.

• Establish and continuously improve governance for technology, cybersecurity, privacy and digital-risk obligations across Marketing & Communications.
• Translate enterprise requirements and security standards into practical processes, controls, guidance and scalable ways of working.
• Create visibility of material risks, compliance obligations, exceptions, open issues and remediation actions.
• Strengthen application and access governance, including ownership, certifications, reviews, evidence and audit readiness.
• Advise teams early when evaluating new technology and help them navigate required governance and approvals.
• Coordinate risk and compliance considerations across the technology lifecycle, from introduction and renewal through ownership change and retirement.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Privacy, Legal, OCTO, Procurement, application owners and platform teams to clarify requirements and resolve complex issues.
• Identify recurring friction and opportunities to simplify or automate governance while strengthening accountability.

• Deep experience in governance, operational risk, compliance, information security or a related discipline.
• Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity, privacy and technology risk in a large enterprise environment.
• Experience translating complex policies, standards and control requirements into practical operating processes.
• Understanding of application and access governance, audit readiness, evidence requirements and technology lifecycle controls.
• Pragmatic problem-solving skills and the confidence to work through constraints with business and technical stakeholders.
• Evidence of influencing accountable owners, driving follow-through and escalating material issues without taking ownership away from others.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, communication and change-leadership capability.
• Ability to synthesise complex risks, dependencies and requirements into clear priorities, decisions and actions.
• Будет плюсом: Experience in a regulated sector such as financial services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare or government is helpful; A broad and adaptable background across different roles or environments is also valuable

• This is an opportunity to build a practical governance capability around a visible enterprise challenge. You will help Marketing & Communications reduce technology and digital risk, improve security, strengthen evidence and accountability, and adopt new capabilities more responsibly with less friction.