A career without limits
As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.
So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.
We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.
The Role: Cyber Delivery Assurance Principal
Join our team as a Cyber Delivery Assurance Principal, where you'll play a pivotal role reporting to the Head of Cyber Delivery Assurance. Collaborating closely with BA Digital Delivery leadership and teams, the BA Cyber Team, and the International Airlines Group Cyber Security Office, you'll oversee multiple domains or tribes, ensuring effective assurance processes and embedding security within our operations.
What You'll Do:
- Provide assurance to the Head of Cyber Delivery Assurance regarding domain-specific product delivery and maintenance, ensuring alignment with BA's risk appetite and effective control operation.
- Lead a team of cyber delivery assurance leads, offering cyber requirements, oversight, advice, and guidance to BA Digital Delivery teams across designated domains.
- Forecast and manage cyber resourcing across multiple domains, ensuring cost alignment and consistency.
- Effectively communicate with and influence senior stakeholders across BA to enhance understanding of cyber assurance and embed cyber security in design and delivery within the designated domain.
- Incorporate BA’s business objectives and risk appetite into cyber assurance strategies and deliverables.
- Offer authoritative advice and guidance on the application and operation of various security controls, including legislative or regulatory requirements.
- Provide cyber leadership across designated business or technical domains, driving forward solutions in alignment with both BA Cyber Assurance and cyber strategic vision and goals.
What You'll Bring to British Airways:
- Demonstrated leadership skills, effective communication abilities, and the capacity to influence and persuade stakeholders at senior levels.
- Proficiency in conducting threat and risk assessments across diverse technology stacks, identifying suitable mitigating controls.
- Proven ability to initiate and manage change to secure the future direction of BA.
- Capability to recognize priorities and guide teams towards achieving strategic business goals and objectives.
- Strong ability to perform under pressure in a dynamic environment.
Your Experience:
- Experience working across various seniority levels and leading high-performing teams.
- Broad technical knowledge of cyber security controls demonstrated through relevant qualifications such as CISSP, ISO27001 Lead Implementor, relevant SANS GIAC certifications, or equivalents.
- Familiarity with frameworks including NIST, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIS, as well as NCSC cyber guidance.
- Experience in agile delivery environments is highly advantageous.
- Specific cyber expertise and demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas: Cloud security, network security, digital security (multi-platform), infrastructure security, security by design, security architecture.
What we offer:
We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.
From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.
At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.
We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.
Inclusion & Diversity
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
