Graduate Scheme (UFLP) - UK & Ireland - Technology Management Cyber Security

Sep 13, 2026

Unilever’s Graduate Scheme (UFLP) targets candidates with strong people skills and a genuine passion for technology, business, and sustainability. The Technology Management-Cyber Security role within UniOps is designed to build expertise in mitigating cyber risk, understanding evolving threats, and applying tactics for detection, response, and recovery. The three-year programme includes six 6-month rotations across specialisms, guided by a learning roadmap that strengthens business acumen, commercial awareness, and leadership potential, with options for an out-of-function rotation and cross-office work.

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What do we look for?

The role: Technology Management-Cyber Security

What will the programme involve?

The Cyber Security stream

What could your day-to-day role include?

Skills required

Our application process involves:

Step 1: Online Application

Step 2: Profile Assessment

Step 3: Digital Interview

Step 4: Discovery Centre

What can Unilever offer you?

Graduate Scheme (UFLP) -UK & Ireland FUNCTION: Technology Management Cyber Security Your Future Employer Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home, and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 3.4 billion consumers daily. Founded in Port Sunlight (Wirral) in 1929 by Lord Lever, Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, TRESemmé, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze, Vaseline, Sure, Wall’s, Colman’s and Pot Noodle. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the desire for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’. What do we look for? We look for motivated, self-starters with a passion for technology, business, and the planet. You’ll possess 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 largescale global programmes, or with niche technology s

FAQs

What qualities and interests does Unilever look for in applicants?

Unilever seeks motivated self-starters with strong people skills and a proven team-player mindset, alongside a keen interest in forward-thinking technology and innovation that supports business growth. No specific degree background is required across streams.

How long is the UFLP programme and what rotations are included?

The programme lasts three years and includes six 6-month rotations. Rotations are split across the chosen specialisation for depth and across the other streams for breadth, with the option of an out-of-function rotation.

What will you focus on in the Cyber Security stream?

You will specialise in cyber security to mitigate cyber risk, covering emerging cyber threats, adversary tactics, and capabilities for detection, response, and recovery. The stream also includes stakeholder engagement, employee awareness, cyber risk governance and assessment, and assurance processes to verify industry-standard controls.

Sep 13, 2026

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