Security Risk & Compliance Specialist - #1719901

Department: 61-543 - Technology Operations - Technology Governance

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: UK - Leeds

Reporting To: Finlay Stannard

Are you ready to take the challenge to educate all employees in a young and ambitious organisation about their role in making information security a core part of their modus operandi and conduct to appropriate behaviour change?

DAZN is looking to hire an experienced Head of Risk & Compliance to join their Technology Governance team as a Fixed Term 14-month maternity cover role. The successful candidate will lead a team overseeing the global strategic implementation of DAZN's information security management system (ISMS). They will be responsible for delivering annual workstream activities that ensure continued conformity with standards such as ISO27001 and PCI DSS.

• Leading the implementation and maintenance of DAZN’s information security management system (ISMS) in accordance with ISO27001.


• Managing and delivering annual workstreams to successfully complete audits against ISO27001 and PCI DSS.


• Providing expertise in information security risk, business continuity, and supplier risk management, including third-party risk activities.


• Maintaining standards and procedures related to information security management.


• Collaborating with senior leadership across departments to identify and implement solutions considering customer needs, operational requirements, and costs.


• Facilitating the identification and assessment of information security risks and documenting them in the Information Security Risk Register.


• Coordinating security education and awareness initiatives for all employees, including targeted role-based training.

• A strong background in information security governance, risk, and compliance.


• Experience achieving ISO27001 and PCI DSS 4.0 certification/attestation.


• Understanding of business continuity, data protection, and risk management standards like ISO22301 and ISO27005.


• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey strategic security information to both technical and non-technical audiences.


• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and cloud services.


• Experience working with C-level executives (e.g., CTO, CIO).


• Ability to deliver presentations and discussions effectively using collaborative tools such as Microsoft Teams.


• Proactiveness, confidence, prioritization skills, and accountability.


• Experience leading security training and awareness programs in large organizations is advantageous.


• Strong influencing skills, a bias for action, and a collaborative mindset.

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit options, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform (Unmind), learning and development resources, flexible working opportunities, and access to internal speaker series and events.