Description
Job Overview:
This role aligns to industry-level title such as Business Information Security Officer (BISO), is a leadership role focused on providing security guidance to the whole of Pearson. This individual serves as the primary security leader and strategic partner for the assigned Business Unit(s), ensuring cybersecurity is integrated into divisional operations, product delivery, and customer trust.
BISOS are trusted technical leads, regularly delivering complex tasks, leading vulnerability management efforts, and ensuring security architecture is executed to high standards. They are points of contact for teams requiring in-depth guidance on responding to incidents or remediating problematic findings. While acting as technical mentors, their primary attention is on ensuring controls are applied effectively, compliance checks are accurate, and projects achieve desired outcomes with minimal risk. Typical activities involve supporting project planning, drafting incident case reports, and recommending process improvements based on identified trends.



Risk at this stage centers on incomplete application of controls or misunderstanding root causes, which could delay remediation or allow issues to persist unnoticed.
This role is responsible for shaping divisional security governance, managing risk, and driving security initiatives that enable innovation while protecting Pearson’s global testing and assessment platform. The BISO will directly engage with Business Unit (BU) leadership and technology teams, while also collaborating with enterprise security and business stakeholders to ensure seamless alignment.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership
- Act as the executive-level cybersecurity advisor to BU leadership, ensuring security priorities align with divisional strategy.
- Serve as the bridge between BU technology teams, divisional stakeholders, and the Office of CISO.

Governance & Alignment
- Lead monthly divisional governan

📌 Lead Specialist, Cybersecurity (Bengaluru)
🏢 Pearson
📍 Bengaluru