Unilever Future Leadership Programme - Technology Management - Cyber Security UK at Unilever

What do we look for? 

We look for motivated, self-starters with a passion for technology, business, and the planet. You’llpossess strong people skills and be a proven team player. While there is no specific degree background required across any of our streams, a keen interest in forward-thinking innovations and technology that enables business growth is a must. 

The role: Technology Management - Cyber Security 

You’ll be joining Unilever’s Technology function, UniOps. UniOps touches every area of the business; providing critical internal services to keep the business running, alongside enabling Unilever to respond to external technological trends and challenges, such as the digitisation of business & consumer buying habits, accelerating cyber threats, and rapid developments in big data and artificial intelligence.

What will the programme involve? 

This three-year development scheme is packed with a variety and challenges designed to prepare you for your first managerial position. The scheme is composed of three streams that allow you to specialise in Technology, Cyber Security, or Data & Analytics. Whilst on the scheme you will complete six 6-month rotations. These will be split between your chosen specialisation, enabling you to build functional depth, alongside rotations across the other two streams to build breadth of knowledge. You may also complete an out-of-function rotation (e.g., in digital marketing or supply chain), enabling you to develop a more diverse set of skills and experiences outside of your chosen specialisation. Alongside your rotations, you will follow an established learning roadmap designed to build your business acumen, develop commercial awareness, and establish leadership potential. You will also get the opportunity to work across a variety of Unilever offices.  

Please see further information on the Cyber Security stream below:  

In this stream you will specialise in Cyber Security, developing deeper expertise on how to mitigate Cyber Risk. You will build an understanding of the emerging and evolving Cyber threats Unilever faces, the tactics, and techniques our adversaries use, and the capabilities and mitigations that can be deployed to detect, respond, and recover from Cyber events.  You will learn how to engage with business stakeholders to ensure appropriate mitigations are deployed across the business and understand how you can build awareness with employees to educate them on how to avoid being exploited. You will also develop an understanding of how Cyber Risk is assessed and governed, and how to operate assurance processes to check that industry-standard Cyber Security controls are in place and are adopted. 

What could your day-to-day role include (depending on your role)? 

Throughout the programme, you will gain experience across our diverse technology organisation, designed to equip you with the necessary skills and expertise to become one of Unilever’s many senior technology leaders. You could be working with some of our strategic technology partners like Microsoft, Salesforce, and SAP, to deliver large-scale global programmes, or with niche technology start-ups and industry innovators to solve current business and sustainability challenges. 

Some of our positions you could be allocated to include: 

• Cyber Security Human Risk & Awareness
• Cyber Security Policy & Standards SME
• Artificial Intelligence Product Owner
• Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

Skills required include: 

• Data Ethics
• Cyber security 
• Risk and compliance 
• DevOps 
• Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)