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Our culture is centred on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.\nDo you want to work in a company that is transforming the world? How about working on cutting-edge issues, with world class clients and the support of a global community of professionals? If you are ready to work directly with business leaders and their teams to solve problems and drive change, then a career with the Microsoft National Security Team is for you.\nThe UK National Security Team (NST) is a small, high-impact group of security experts working at the intersection of compliance, technology, policy and business strategy. NST partners closely with sales, engineering, legal and business leaders to enable Microsoft’s most strategic customer opportunities while managing regulatory and reputational risk.\nWe have an immediate opening for a highly motivated and experienced Information Security Manager to join the NST, which sits within the UK & Ireland Legal Affairs team and National Security Team, and supports compliance with government personnel, project, information and facility-security requirements. The position is based at our offices in Reading and will report to a Principal Corporate Counsel in Legal Affairs.\nRole Purpose:\nThe Information Security Manager is responsible for information security governance, assurance and operational security support across Microsoft UK Public Safety and National Security activities. The role helps ensure compliance with UK Government security policy, contractual obligations and customer security requirements.\nThe post holder acts as a trusted information security adviser to programme teams, engineering, sales, legal, security stakeholders and leadership. They translate complex regulatory and contractual security requirements into practical controls that enable secure, compliant delivery throughout the programme lifecycle.\nA key priority is identifying security requirements early and reducing avoidable delivery friction without weakening compliance. This work supports customer confidence, programme delivery and revenue realisation by reducing the risk of contractual breaches, accreditation delays, security incidents and unplanned remediation.\nResponsibilities\nKey Responsibilities - Information Security Governance & Policy\nDefine, maintain and implement information and operational security policies, standards and procedures aligned with UK Government policy, Microsoft requirements and contractual obligations.\nAct as a subject matter expert on information security governance for UK national security programmes.\nTranslate government and customer security requirements into scalable, operationally workable controls.\nProvide independent advice and constructive challenge where security, contractual or compliance obligations may be at risk.\nSupport audits, inspections, assurance reviews and customer accreditation activity.\nMaintain awareness of evolving UK Government security policy, regulation and the national security threat landscape.\nProgramme Security Governance & Assurance\nProvide information security leadership across the programme lifecycle, from early engagement and tenders through delivery and operation.\nWork with programme management and engineering teams to embed security in programme design and delivery.\nReview and interpret Security Aspects Letters, Security Grading Guides, contractual security schedules and security flow-down requirements.\nSupport the development and maintenance of Security Management Plans, procedures and assurance documentation.\nHelp establish or participate in customer and programme Security Working Groups.\nEnsure information security risks are identified, documented, reviewed and escalated through appropriate governance.\nContract Security:\nEngage with sales, account and bid teams to identify security requirements early.\nReview relevant DEFCON, Defence Standard and customer-specific security requirements.\nAdvise on security obligations within Statements of Work and related contractual documents.\nIdentify delivery and compliance risks associated with proposed commitments or solutions.\nSupport customer discussions where security requirements require clarification or negotiation.\nEnsure agreed security requirements transition effectively into programme delivery.\nInformation Security Risk Management:\nSupport security risk assessments across UK national security programmes.\nReview programme risk registers and evaluate the effectiveness of proposed mitigations.\nEnsure significant security risks are escalated to the appropriate risk owner or governance body.\nProvide information security assurance to programme leadership and senior stakeholders.\nSupport remediation, assurance assessments, accreditation reviews and security testing.\nMonitor recurring issues and identify opportunities to improve controls, processes and programme security maturity.\nPromote consistent, evidence-based security risk management across programmes.\nInformation Protection & Secure Collaboration:\nProvide guidance on the handling, storage, sharing, transfer, retention and disposal of sensitive information.\nAdvise on the suitability of Microsoft tooling and collaboration environments for sensitive programme activity.\nSupport secure document management and customer-specific information handling requirements.\nAdvise on restricted collaboration environments, ethical firewalls and information-separation controls.\nHelp ensure sensitive information is handled in line with contractual and government requirements and need-to-know principles\nSecurity Incident Management:\nProvide information security advice and support during security incidents affecting relevant programmes.\nEnsure potential incidents are identified, recorded and escalated appropriately.\nSupport proportionate, independent incident investigations where required.\nAssess security, customer and contractual implications.\nRecommend containment, remediation and risk-reduction actions.\nProduce or support incident reports and after-action reviews.\nEnsure lessons learned are reflected in programme controls, guidance and training.\nCustomer & Stakeholder Engagement:\nAct as an information security point of contact for UK national security programmes.\nBuild trusted relationships with programme teams, Engineering, Sales, Legal and Microsoft security stakeholders.\nEngage with UK Government, defence and national security customers on security assurance and compliance matters.\nRepresent Microsoft at Security Working Groups, assurance meetings and security governance forums.\nDevelop security briefings for programme leadership, senior executives and customers.\nCommunicate complex security risks and requirements clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.\nPromote security as a practical business enabler.\nOther areas:\nDevelop positive relationships with legal colleagues within the UK & Ireland Legal Affairs team, with UK government affairs colleagues and with colleagues in the wider EMEA region to coach and advise on compliance issues.\nEngage with legal and business colleagues to identify and share best practices.\nSupport programme-specific security briefings, training and awareness material.\nSupport and collaborate with NST Personnel Security Controller and Facility Manager.\nDevelop positive relationships with customers, and partners to protect and advocate for Microsoft’s interests.\nCollaborate with service providers to develop strategies and innovative solutions to address business issues and achieve business objectives.\nSome knowledge of Defence exports compliance issues would be an advantage but not essential. The role includes support to project teams and liaison with Microsoft’s international trade specialists on matters involving US and other applicable export-control regimes.\nIdentify gaps and inefficiencies in security processes and lead proportionate improvements\nUse AI solutions to scale work and drive continuous improvement.\nMonitor emerging risks, policy developments and operational security trends.\nAttendance at our Reading offices as required.\nInternational travel will be required from time to time.\nQualifications\nRequired qualifications:\nDemonstrable experience in information security, operational security, programme security or a government security role. \nThe successful candidate is a sole UK National and hold, or be able to obtain and maintain, the UK Government security clearance required for the role (DV). \nKnowledge of UK Government security policy, security controls and government information handling requirements. \nDemonstrable experience supporting large, complex programmes for UK Government, defence or national security customers.\nPreferred qualifications:\nExperience interpreting contractual security requirements and translating them into practical operational controls.\nExperience managing information security risk, assurance or accreditation activities.\nStakeholder-management skills, including engagement with leaders, customers and multidisciplinary delivery teams and ability to establish a “trusted advisor” relationship.\nAn ability to work independently while also being a collaborator with the ability to work with colleagues based in different locations.\nA high tolerance for ambiguity and change.\nPassion for technology, the potential of digital transformation and Microsoft’s diverse range of products and services\nDesirable CISSP, CISM, CCSP.\nBusiness Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £ 70,300.00 - £ 133,900.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.\nFind additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/united-kingdom-corporate-pay.html\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. 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