Chennai & Bangalore•Tamil NaduIndiaAsia•May 16, 2024
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WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide. We are quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Key performance indicators for WPP (2020) include Billings of £46.9bn and Revenue of £12bn.
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Why we're hiring:
Specialist & Hogarth (S&H) Archetype
The S&H archetype together with WPP IT are the technology solutions partner for WPP Corporate Functions, Production, PR & Specialist Agencies and are accountable for co-ordinating and assuring end-to-end change delivery, managing the IT technology life-cycle and innovation pipeline.
Operation Assurance
The Operation Assurance (OA) team in the S&H archetype is responsible for ensuring safe and secure IT operations, protecting our customers, employees, and shareholders, whilst making sure we remain compliant with our legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations. As a Risk & Compliance Lead you will play a critical role in developing and implementing a world class information security risk and compliance programme to protect operating companies and agencies in the S&H archetype from cyber threats. Working closely WPP CSO organisation, WPP IT Security, and the OA department head you will assist in setting the vision and strategy for the OA function and be responsible for escalations relating to IT operations, risks, compliance, audit, BCP and DR assessments. As a subject-matter-expert you will be responsible for managing and developing a highly effective risk and compliance function that strengthens our defences and creates a proactive and collaborative approach to IT Security and IT Security risk management.
You will operate in a highly complex environment with multiple risk categories, including IT operations, information security, legal, regulatory, financial and commercial with broad impacts spanning both the S&H Archetype and the WPP Group.
You’ll have a deep understanding of the information security risk standards, frameworks, and methodologies we can use to strengthen our risk and compliance posture. You will work across all OpCo’s and agencies part of the S&H archetype to implement agreed processes and practices mandated by WPP CSO organisation and WPP IT Security function.
You’ll be able to actively manage live security risk issues from an issue resolution and communication standpoint and be able to prioritise remediation to minimise impact to the S&H archetype and the wider WPP group.
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Who you are:
You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
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