Cyber Security Standards & Oversight Manager in Knutsford

Join Barclays as a Cyber Security Standards & Oversight Manager, leading delivery of High Risk Assets, governance across cyber standards, and M&A integration. You will ensure compliance with Barclays standards and controls, manage issues, and provide insights to senior forums while overseeing both standard and non-standard environments. The role also includes bi-annual identification of critical assets, aligning acquired businesses to Barclays’ frameworks, and delivering board-level reporting in a highly regulated environment.

To be successful in this role, you will need the following:

• A deep understanding of external cybersecurity frameworks, such as NIST, ISO 27001, and MITRE, with the ability to demonstrate how these frameworks support the measurement and maturity of our cybersecurity controls and overall security posture.
• Proven line management and collaborative leadership experience, with a strong track record of leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong communication and reporting capabilities, including proven experience in translating complex framework and control performance into clear, actionable insights for senior management, the board, regulators, and risk and audit functions.
• Strong understanding of cyber threats and security principles, including IT risk management, control environments, and governance structures.
• Experience in cyber risk assessment, including identifying vulnerabilities and defining appropriate remediation actions.
• Working knowledge of effective end-to-end security management, particularly the application and lifecycle management of controls for high-risk assets, as well as within mergers and acquisitions (M&A) environments.

The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford (Radbroke Hall).

Purpose of the role: To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the bank's internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the bank's operational, financial, and reputational risk.

Accountabilities:

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Vice President Expectations:

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations.
• Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.