Principal Cyber Risk Management & Assurance Advisor

Overview

In this role you will lead cyber risk management and assurance for a major public sector digital transformation. You will steer risk-based decisions, review architectures, and embed secure-by-design across large-scale programmes. You’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure governance and regulatory alignment while supporting cloud and digital initiatives from a cyber security perspective. The position offers hybrid working in London, Bristol or Manchester and requires active SC clearance. You will shape secure and resilient technology delivery for a mission-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert leadership on cyber risk management and assurance activities
• Assess and manage security risks across enterprise technology programmes and services
• Support the implementation of secure-by-design principles throughout project and operational lifecycles
• Provide assurance against security standards, regulatory requirements and risk frameworks
• Engage with senior stakeholders to influence risk-based decision making
• Review and challenge technical designs, architectures and security controls
• Contribute to cloud and digital transformation programmes from a cyber security perspective

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in cyber security risk management and assurance
• Strong understanding of security governance, risk frameworks and control assurance
• Demonstrable experience applying secure-by-design principles
• Experience assessing and managing cyber risks within large, complex organisations
• Ability to communicate security risks effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Active SC Clearance (must be transferable)

• clear communication
• stakeholder engagement
• influencing and advisory abilities
• Cloud security
• AWS
• Cloud-native environments

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