Chapter Lead - Security Engineering & Operations Manager
Tesco Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Retail · 5,001-10,000 employees
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About the role
You will define and execute a multi-year security roadmap while leading high-performing teams to integrate security by design across engineering units. You are responsible for identifying emerging threats and ensuring systems remain secure through proactive risk management and data-driven metrics.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have project management experience in an agile environment and a proven record of integrating security features into the software development life cycle. You should possess knowledge of security tooling, AI governance frameworks, and experience implementing engineering solutions that meet regulatory expectations.
Benefits
Full description
Tesco Mobile Welwyn Garden City OR Slough OR Manchester Permanent Working hours 36 Apply by 30-Oct-2026
What is in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
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You will be responsible for
- Ability to define and execute a multi-year roadmap, translating business risk, regulatory requirements, and technical challenges into scalable engineering solutions.
- Establish a forward-looking capability across vulnerability management, incident response, threat intelligence, and research.
- An ambition to constantly learn new skills and develop knowledge, with a specific focus onmonitoring developments in frontier AI cyber capabilities
- Attention to detail and great communication skills.
- Identify emerging threats, proactively building a fluid roadmap to protect TMUK
- Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against threats by keeping in mind that the systems must be secure by design.
- Define success metrics,using data to inform risk management strategy
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing teams, while influencing senior stakeholders and driving adoption across engineering and business units
- Keen to cultivate a culture of collaboration, innovation and bringing industry standards to everything we do.
- Should be passionate about improving ways of working and best practices by understanding the customer.
You will need
- Project management experience, at an agileorganization.
- Proven record of integrating security features in the software development life cycle, integrating security by design & default in a complex environment.
- Have awareness and understanding of current cyber security threats, actors and their techniques.
- Implemented AI agents, either internally or customer facing.
- Experience implementing engineering solutions that meet internal control frameworks and regulatory expectations.
- Experience with security tooling & solutions e.g. SIEM, SOAR, EDR, vulnerability scanning, threat intelligence platforms.
- Knowledge of relevantsecurity & AI governanceframeworks and regulations, such as Mitre ATT&CK, NIST, TSA.
- Any relevant study or certifications, either formal or self-learning.
About us
A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VMO2 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.
We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology – it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do – allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.
We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.
We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
