Senior Security Governance Manager

ReckittSlough, EnglandOn-siteFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 51 minutes ago

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About this role

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.
Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
## ​Facilities​

Our Workplace and Facilities Management team plays a pivotal role in creating and delivering a positive and successful employee experience across our real estate portfolio. We're proud of how our sustainability efforts minimise energy consumption, reduce waste and promote ecofriendly practices, all while orchestrating best-in-class facilities for our people.

We're here to create inspiring spaces that our people want to be in, providing a conducive, inclusive and productive work environment, always thinking about workflow efficiency, employee comfort and collaboration.

Our team optimises the use of physical spaces, ensuring that we align with organisational goals. This can include defining and evolving our workplace strategy, managing office layouts, seating arrangements, meeting rooms and the associated services required to ensure the successful day-to-day operation of our facilities � including the physical assets such as furniture, equipment, and infrastructure.
## About the role

As the Senior Security Governance Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping and strengthening Reckitt’s global security governance, assurance, and risk management framework across a diverse international footprint.

Reporting to the Head of Security Operations, this new role is responsible for developing and implementing enterprise-wide security governance processes, assurance mechanisms, and risk management frameworks that support safe, secure, and resilient business operations across Reckitt’s global operations.

The position plays a key role in driving security maturity, improving control effectiveness, and embedding consistent governance standards across manufacturing, R&D, commercial, and corporate environments. You will work closely with regional security teams and cross-functional stakeholders to support compliance, strengthen assurance capabilities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives globally.

Your responsibilities

- Security Governance & Assurance Frameworks. Lead the development and continuous improvement of Reckitt’s global security governance, assurance, and compliance frameworks, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk management and business objectives.

- Security Risk Management & Control Effectiveness. Support the integration of security risk management processes into global operations, conducting security assessments, assurance reviews, and control effectiveness activities across multiple sites and regions.

- Policy, Standards & Regulatory Compliance. Develop and maintain security policies, standards, procedures, and governance mechanisms that support consistent implementation of security requirements across Reckitt’s global footprint.

- Governance Reporting & Strategic Insights. Establish reporting frameworks, dashboards, KPIs, and maturity metrics to provide strategic insight into Reckitt’s global security risk posture, programme effectiveness, and compliance performance.

- Global Security Programmes & Continuous Improvement. Support key global security initiatives and transformation programmes, driving standardisation, operational improvement, and the ongoing enhancement of security governance capabilities.

- Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Collaboration. Partner with regional security teams and key stakeholders across Facilities, H&S, Supply Chain, Procurement, and business leadership to strengthen governance adoption, improve resilience, and support strategic priorities.

The experience we're looking for

- Significant experience in corporate security, security governance, assurance, risk management within a global organisation.

- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing governance, assurance, or compliance frameworks across multinational environments.

- Strong understanding of security risk management, control assurance, regulatory compliance, and operational governance principles.

- Experience conducting security assessments, audits, assurance reviews, or maturity evaluations across multiple sites or business functions.

- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate effectively across complex, matrixed organisations.

- Experience supporting global transformation programmes, governance initiatives, or operational improvement activities desirable.

- Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent experience in security, risk, compliance, or related disciplines preferred.

The skills for success

Strategic and analytical thinking

Governance and assurance capability

Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills

Risk-based thinking and decision-making

Policy development and standards implementation

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
## Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.