Head of Corporate Security

Job Description

Join us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers — we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world.

If you want to grow your career whilst finding the right balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunity to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

With us, you can shape how we protect our people, customers and business in a constantly evolving risk landscape.

You’ll set the direction for corporate security across Vodafone, building and maintaining a sector leading strategy that reflects the realities of operating a global telecommunications business. You’ll lead all local corporate security operations end to end, ensuring our approach to business resilience, crisis management, investigations, law enforcement engagement, physical security, travel and event security, regulatory compliance and security culture is clear, effective and fit for purpose.
Operating at executive level, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing clear, practical guidance that balances risk, customer impact, regulatory expectations and commercial priorities. You’ll also represent Vodafone externally with regulators, government bodies and law enforcement, ensuring we meet our obligations and maintain strong, credible partnerships.

You’ll shape how we protect what matters most. This includes safeguarding our people, customers, infrastructure and assets through a robust security framework and a well managed physical security environment that supports our network and minimises disruption to the business. You’ll lead the response to major incidents and crises, ensuring decisions consider customer impact, regulatory implications and brand reputation, while providing visibility to senior leaders to support timely escalation where needed.

You’ll drive continuous improvement across security operations, simplifying processes, embedding automation where possible and ensuring our controls, audits and assessments are effective without being unnecessarily complex. You’ll also build and embed best practice across the organisation, developing and sharing guidance that is practical and widely adopted.
A key part of your role will be strengthening our investigations capability, putting in place a clear framework to support the prevention of internal fraud and providing timely, insight led recommendations to the business. You’ll oversee supplier security where customer or company data is involved, ensuring appropriate audits and compensating controls are in place when full compliance cannot be achieved.

You’ll lead on meeting our legal and regulatory obligations in corporate security, maintaining strong relationships with government and law enforcement, and ensuring we are always operating to the required standards. You’ll manage quarterly reviews with senior leadership, clearly outlining performance, risks, improvements and priorities.
Alongside this, you’ll build and lead a high performing Corporate Security team, creating an inclusive culture where people are stretched, supported and developed. You’ll embed a strong security mindset across the organisation, helping colleagues understand their role in protecting Vodafone and our customers.

You’ll also take accountability for delivering outcomes: meeting agreed KPIs and deadlines, managing budgets effectively, supporting senior level crisis management activity and maintaining regular, impactful engagement with senior leaders.

Who you are

• An experienced senior leader with a strong track record in operational security, ideally within complex or regulated environments

• A confident communicator who can influence at all levels, including executive stakeholders and external bodies such as regulators and law enforcement

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage risk, and make balanced decisions during incidents or crisis situations

• Demonstrated experience building, leading and developing high performing, inclusive teams

• A track record of driving change, simplifying processes and introducing innovation or automation in operational environments

• Strong understanding of security governance, controls, audits and regulatory requirements

• Experience in investigations and fraud prevention frameworks, with the ability to translate insight into practical business recommendations

• Commercial awareness, with the ability to align security investment to risk appetite and business priorities

• Experience in telecommunications or a similar industry is helpful, but not essential

• A pragmatic, solutions focused mindset — Must be able to think “outside the box” rather than just tick the box

• Comfortable operating in a role that includes senior stakeholder engagement, regular executive reporting, and participation in crisis activity, including on call responsibilities

Not a perfect fit?

• Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.

• If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply — you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What’s in it for you?

• The flexibility to work how you perform best, with hybrid ways of working and real focus on work-life balance

• A competitive package including salary, bonus and a strong pension to support you now and long-term

• €2400 flexible benefits allowance, plus access to comprehensive health and wellbeing support

• Access to our on-site wellness centre and gym, alongside a wider wellbeing programme

• Free mobile plan, device offers and exclusive discounts for you, your family and friends

• Market-leading family policies and flexibility to support you at every stage of life

• Real opportunities for career growth through learning, development and internal progression

Who we are

• We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people’s lives and the world around us.

• Through our technology, we empower people — connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live — and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

• Belonging at Vodafone isn’t a concept; it’s lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You’ll be part of a global and diverse community with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures.

• We’re committed to increasing diversity, ensuring equal representation, and making Vodafone a place where everyone feels safe, valued and included.

• Vodafone is committed to supporting candidates with disabilities during the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments, please let us know

Together we can.

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