Zero Trust – Delivery Lead

Zero Trust – Delivery Lead Overview

We are looking for a Zero Trust Delivery Lead to join a significant cyber security transformation initiative in London. This is a contract position for six months, with a hybrid working pattern that includes two days per week in Reading and three days remote. The role offers a competitive daily rate of £700.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the design and execution of an enterprise Zero Trust strategy, ensuring its implementation across a complex, global organization. This position requires a strong expertise in both Zero Trust and network security, along with proven delivery capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Zero Trust workstream from strategy definition through to implementation and transition to business-as-usual.
• Define the enterprise Zero Trust strategy, architecture, and phased global rollout roadmap.
• Develop a scalable, practical Zero Trust blueprint for adoption across multiple divisions and geographies.
• Translate architecture into delivery plans, standards, and reference designs for rapid adoption.
• Coordinate delivery across identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and cyber architecture teams.
• Manage dependencies across multiple workstreams, including identity transformation and network security.
• Oversee program governance, including milestones, risks, issues, budgets, and reporting.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders across Group and divisional IT teams to secure alignment and adoption.
• Manage key vendor relationships, ensuring delivery against scope, quality, and timelines.
• Support adoption and change across divisions, ensuring solutions are embedded and operationally sustainable.
• Ensure smooth transition of Zero Trust capabilities into business-as-usual ownership and support models.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering Zero Trust or large-scale network/security transformation programs.
• Strong background in enterprise security architecture and Zero Trust principles across identity, device, network, and cloud domains.
• Experience with identity and access technologies such as Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Intune, and Zscaler (or equivalent).
• Ability to design and deliver at scale in complex, federated, multi-country organizations.
• Strong program delivery capability including governance, planning, budgeting, risk, and dependency management.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders across Group and divisional IT environments.
• Strong understanding of cyber security frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills at senior and executive levels.
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF, MSP) are highly desirable.

This is a high-impact leadership role for a delivery-focused cyber security professional who can effectively bridge architecture and execution to deliver a global Zero Trust transformation.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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