Gm, Cyber Security

**Description**:
**Role Purpose**

Vodafone continues to invest in Cyber Security to mitigate its Cyber Risk. _VOIS is the Global Capability Center (GCC) of Vodafone in India, Romania, Egypt, and other locations. It provides various services and capabilities to its entities in various countries across the globe. _VOIS India has offices in Pune, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad. _VOIS Cyber Security operates in Pune and Bengaluru.

Within _VOIS, Cyber Security comprises of ~300+ cyber security professionals. We are continuously looking for industry’s top talent in Cyber Security to further grow the capabilities to further solidify our position of being the largest Cyber GCC in India.

Within our Cyber Security team, we are broadly organised into - Cyber Prevent, Cyber Defense, Risk & Compliance, Secure By Design, and Other capabilities.
The Cyber Prevent team focusses on reduction of Cyber Risk by focussing on prevention of cyber incidents. The Cyber Defense team focusses on reduction of Cyber Risk by focussing on defending against cyber incidents. The Secure By Design team focussing on ensuring that design is in-built into our internal and external products. The Risk and Compliance team sets the policies, standards, and baselines to reduce the risk.

The Cyber Prevent team is sub-organised into domains namely - Network Security, IT Endpoint and Hygiene, Information Protection, Identity and Access Management, and SecuRED. In addition, the First Line Security Operations (FLSO) team operates as a cross-domain in Cyber Prevent. The Cyber Defense team is sub-organised into Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC), Cyber Defense Incident Management (CDIM), and Security Testing (vulnerability management, penetration testing). The Risk and Compliance team and Secure By Design team are now the growing teams. There are Other new capabilities that we continued to add to our portfolio.

We are looking for a General Manager, Cyber Security to lead our Information Protection and Access Management Platform Engineering capabilities.

**Job Responsibility**:
**Key accountabilities (customize)**:

- Lead a team of 11 internal auditors that are responsible for delivery of audits in _VOIS (shared service operations) and in the Vodafone operating companies/markets in Europe and Africa to support their local audit plans.
- Ensure the local internal audit team is appropriately staffed and skilled and foster the culture to support delivery of the Vodafone IA team audit plan.
- Develop an audit plan for _VOIS based on assessment of internal and external risks.
- Accountable for the identification and reporting on all significant control weaknesses
- Direct the planning, coordination and delivery of the _VOIS audit plan
- Knowledge and experience - Identify and promote good business practice across the Group world-wide

Build and maintain positive working relationships within the Group/Local senior leaders/directors and within the global Internal Audit organisation.
- Experience a fast paced and high standard environment which is ever changing and evolving with the external environmental and internal digital initiatives and transformation of the functions- Own and lead Local/Group audit strategic initiatives taking the function closer to be world-class.
- Support ALT member and teams of peers in delivery of audit plans by providing knowledge and expertise.
- Ability to prioritise, multi-task and be comfortable with a changing environment.
- Experience in data analytics (scoping, delivering and/or consuming) e.g. in tools such as PowerBI or QlikSense.
- ‘Digital’ skills, i.e. fluent in working with audit software and the Microsoft Office365 suite (Excel,Word, Powerpoint, Teams, etc.)
- Experienced in working within complex multinational and /or multi
- cultural environments.
- Upto 10% of domestic and international travel as required

Preferred qualifications/experience:
- ACA/CIA, /CIMA/ACCA/MBA
- Working knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley

**Core competencies, knowledge and experience**:

- Bachelor or Masters in business administration or finance or law or related qualifications.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in audit (external and internal) and/or risk function..
- Experience of 8-10 years in leading people in a matrix organisation structure.
- Excellent English communication, report writing, presentation, negotiation and conflict management skills to interact effectively with senior management.
- Experienced in the telecom industry or related business will be a plus.
- Ability to make a high impact on senior management, to communicate clearly, to influence and have challenging conversations with senior management.
- Passionate about leading teams and driving personal development of our people.
- Well-versed in assessing business risks and controls, ability to articulate the risks, and recommend business-focused solutions.
- Ability to prioritise, multi-task and be comfortable with a changing environment.- Experience in data analytic