Head of Security
£70k - £80k GBP
📍Manchester (Hybrid, up to 4 days WFH) | 💰 £70k-£80k
Street Group is one of the fastest-growing PropTech companies in the UK. We want to be the leading creator of delightful experiences for everybody involved in buying, selling, renting and letting property, regardless of their involvement, to improve the industry for everybody by elevating UK Estate Agencies through world-class technology.
Our flagship product, Spectre has become the gold standard for instruction generation in the UK, with thousands of the country’s leading estate agencies already using our platform to help grow their business. Street.co.uk is our game-changing CRM: a truly modern estate agency platform, creating a next-level digital experience for customers, putting transparency, user experience and beautiful design at the heart of our industry.
Here’s what you can expect to be working on as Head of Security at Street Group
Taking full ownership over our organisational security.
Working closely in partnership with IT and Engineering teams to ensure we have a strong security posture and culture across the company.
Providing clear, data-driven answers to the leadership team regarding our current security status and areas for improvement.
Designing and implementing pragmatic security policies that protect the business while allowing our teams to remain fast and flexible.
Managing the documentation and communication of our security standards to clients, including completing security assessments and compliance.
Acting as Data Protection Officer for the group.
Proactively identifying and mitigating new threat vectors emerging from AI technologies.
A bit about you
You have a proven track record in a security role, ideally within a high-growth, start-up or scale-up and you understand the unique pressures of a company moving through investment rounds.
You have personally led a company through the audit and maintenance processes for either ISO27001 or SOC2.
You are comfortable working across both application security and infrastructure, with a deep understanding of data protection laws and policies.
Why join Street Group?
🏠 Hybrid-working, you can work from home up to 4 days per week
🏖️ Guilt-Free R&R - £1000 towards a holiday after your first year with the team (we'll even cover the tax!)
💪 Joining a culture that supports your development and encourages growth
📚 £500 yearly L&D budget for your career development
🎂 Your birthday on us - we pay, you stay away
🙋 ‘Give something back’ - 2 paid days volunteering on us
👶 Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay
🧠 Mental health & well-being support via Health Assured
🧘 Regular well-being initiatives
🕒 Flexible working hours
🚂 Public transport season ticket loans
🌷 Paid menopause leave
🌞 Holiday buying scheme
🚀 Joining a new team in an exciting business with huge ambition
👥 Be a part of something bigger - everyone in our team is passionate about improving the entire property industry! It's a huge goal, but it motivates us to do better every single day
👩🏿💻 A chance to work on cutting-edge technology
🐶 Comfortable, relaxed office space - office dogs welcome!
🍻 Fully stocked fridge and beers (or an alternative) on us every Friday afternoon
🎊 Company and team off-sites, events and happy hours
🚴 Cycle to work scheme
🚗 Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
🌍 Feel good about sustainability - we're a climate-positive company!
Research has shown that women tend to rule themselves out of applying for jobs unless they meet 100% of the requirements. If you fall into that category and were about to rule yourself out based on the above criteria; please consider applying anyway. We'd love to see your application!
Salary
£70,000 - £80,000 dependent on experience. However, sometimes the perfect person is far more or less experienced than we anticipated. In these situations planned ranges go out the window. If you think that might be the case, please apply and just let us know.
We care deeply about helping the tech industry become a more inclusive and diverse place and we work hard to lead by example. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity through attracting and retaining a complementary team of employees and building an inclusive environment for all. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to perform the work specified.
Interview Process
3 stages = An introductory call with one of our Talent team > Technical Interview > Final interview with our Co-Founder and Head of Marketing.
We want to make our interviews as inclusive as possible, so if you need any adjustments made, or if there's anything you think we should be aware of during the interview process, please do let us know.
A note on using AI in your job application
As a fast-moving and rapidly evolving tech company, we embrace the advantages of AI and encourage its use throughout our application process. However, our goal is to get to know and hire the authentic you - your skills, experience, and values. We don’t want to hire an AI-generated version of you. We consider AI to be a valuable tool, not something that should overshadow you as an individual.