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Southampton, England, Gb

London, Gb

Cybersecurity Strategy and Planning:Develop and implement a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy aligned with the organisation's overall goals and risk tolerance. Continuously assess and update the cybersecurity strategy to adapt to evolving threats and technologies.Policy Development and Compliance:Establish and enforce cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures across the organisation.Ensure compliance with industry regulations, legal requirements, and international cybersecurity standards.Risk Management:Identify, assess, and prioritise cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.Develop and implement risk mitigation plans and strategies.Security Operations:Oversee the day-to-day security operations, including incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring.Security Awareness and Training:Develop and support cybersecurity training and awareness programs for employees to promote a security-conscious culture.Ensure that employees are informed about current threats and best practices.Incident Response and Recovery:Develop and maintain an incident response plan to address security breaches.Coordinate and lead incident response efforts, including containment, eradication, and recovery.Conduct post-incident analysis to improve security measures.Security Governance and Reporting:Report regularly to senior management and the board on the state of cybersecurity within the organisation.Provide metrics and key performance indicators (OKRs) to measure the effectiveness of cybersecurity efforts.

London, Gb

Responsible for the strategic and technical SDLC activities across Kingfisher's global brands, including the management of 500+ developers, engineers and leads.Strategic and tactical responsibility for implementing engineering strategy and strategic operational goals to exceed customer expectations for development, quality, cost, and delivery, maximising efficiency, optimising and driving engineering excellence.Work with internal and external key stakeholders, service, banners and customers regarding technical support of their activities. Responsible for all areas of the Engineering function and quality of service delivery, striving for best-in-class products and business practices to deliver to the customer’s expectations, managing teams and projects across the business. Ensure that engineering strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality and delivery targets and which enables the company to function and compete effectively in the market,Leverage appropriate external contract resource as required to support projects and programmes and ensure that all required compliance projects are completed in line with regulatory expectations and that the top priority business projects are executed.Work collaboratively, negotiate and engage with Directors to facilitate delivery and compliance with the engineering strategy.Communicate and own the impact of market and technology change and potential effects on engineering. Recommend solutions without compromising quality or service while optimising cost.

Operational running, setup and management of the business.Contractual services for Southampton University & Southampton Connect.

Southampton, Gb

CIO/COO responsibilities• GDPR Expert• GCP/AWS (Cloud) and BigData inc BigQuery• To be the lead senior officer responsible for Software Development, Product, Data and ICT (Information & Communications Technology) strategy and delivery across the company.• Direct the advancement of the utilisation of Software Development, Product, Data and ICT through innovation. Work with third party suppliers to deliver solutions supporting integrated working. • Establish and promote the vision for Software Development, Product, Data and ICT to support transformation and innovation.• Lead on Software Development, Product, Data and ICT strategic sourcing and procurement across the business in all forms.• Lead on the co-ordination of Software Development, Product, Data and ICT activity across the business, actively prioritising competing programmes and projects and allocating available resources effectively/to drive greatest ROI. • Lead the development of the Software Development, Product, Data and ICT strategy and budget and ensure the strategy supports the business objectives including ongoing development in response to the fast-changing market. • Responsible for the measurement and effectiveness of all processes internal and external. Provides timely, accurate and complete reports on the operating condition of the company.• Partner with the Board to design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures.• Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (HR, IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance etc.).• Provides mentoring to all employees, including management, through day-to-day leadership and management that mirrors the adopted mission and core values of the company.• Builds and maintains a departmental structure, operating standards and practices that are responsive and adaptable to evolving business needs.• Assist Board in fundraising ventures and accountable for managing and reviewing all service agreements for supplied services to the Company.

Southampton, Gb

Owner of the technical strategy.Accountable for the line management, operations and day-to-day delivery of the development teams (inc Platform, Test & Development). Ensuring all application and platform services are delivered and maintained within time, scope and quality.Line manager for Data and HR teams, ensuring that the brain of the business feeds all aspects of the main body, driving fast innovation through support, insight and strong management.

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Project(s): Homefront: The Revolution, Warface, Crysis 3, The Collectibles, Hunt: ShowdownGlobal project management across multiple SKUs and regionsPrimary contact for publishers on all UK titlesEffectively maintain contracts with publishers, ensuring paid milestones and agreed deliverables are met.Lead the Project Management team of 5 with 140+ staff (+ outsourcers) working on multiple titles and platforms.Overseeing end to end development projects across both multiple platforms within an Agile environment.Populate and deliver executive reports to company owners and key stakeholders.Assure project legal documents (photo releases, property releases, etc.) are completed.Manage the resource plan and multi-million dollar budgets for the UK studio(s).

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Project(s): Stellar Dawn (PC), Runescape, FunOrbOwn production of games once they are approved for development or publishing, including project budget, SCRUM, schedule and resources. Identify and lead internal/external development teams, including artists, QA and other production resources to timely and successful project completion. 60+ team.Manage all facets of release process, including creation of marketing materials to support product launches and distribution of games to partner web sites.Develop and maintain strong relationships with industry leading developers, licensors, and distribution partners.Contribute to the success of Jagex by working effectively with the cross-functional departments and executive management.Source ideas and draft proposals consisting of concept docs, development plans, product plans, and schedules.Lead post-launch efforts to bring products to multiple platforms such as mobile, international, and retail.Understand and contribute to overall company values and misson, as well as sales and marketing requirements.