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Also known in the market as: Security Engineer; Product Security Engineer; Business Information Security Officer; Technology Risk & Governance Lead.\nAbout the Role\nPearson 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.\nThis is a hands-on governance role for someone who can work comfortably between business teams and technical or policy specialists. You will help application and business owners understand what is required, solve barriers with them and create clear visibility of risks, decisions and remediation.\nYou will centralise governance discipline while preserving distributed accountability. The role enables, monitors and escalates. 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