Senior Consultant - Risk and Governance

Salary Range: £44,171 - £63,000. Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Your work at Leonardo UK will see you support solving customer problems in an agile, innovative and team‑centric manner. The role may involve a blended hybrid working model, with a mixture of working from home and working on site at one of our Leonardo offices to ensure close collaboration with the wider team and with our customers.

This role is focused on helping a customer to identify, assess, treat and monitor their security risks in line with their security objectives. This could extend further and include defining and implementing a security strategy or programme of work, as well as producing security policies, processes and management plans.

What you will do as Senior Consultant:

• Relate – Help to actively listen and empathise with our customers to build intimacy.
• Understand – Help define potential solutions to problems with limited information based on your experience and technical knowledge.
• Assess – Understand and frame threats and other security concepts through the language of risk to help customers link back to their objectives.
• Treat – Assist in defining appropriate and proportionate security solutions across people, process and technology.
• Assure – Assist in defining, implementing and performing assessments of our customer’s environment against a given set of criteria.
• Develop – Assist in building a viable offering as part of the Leonardo business winning process for a customer.

What you’ll bring:

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of significant programmes, ensuring that products meet the highest standards, in accordance with customer’s requirements and risk appetite. You will be supported in this role as part of a larger team of consultants, engineers and product domain specialists.

In addition to a passion for cyber and information security, you really must have:

• Core consulting skills – building client relations; adaptability to changing schedules; reliability and quality of task delivery; flexibility in working hours and locations; team player.
• Qualifications – At least 1 recognised professional certification in Cyber Security such as Sec+, CISMP, and CCNA Security.
• Knowledge and Demonstrable Experience – Experience of indirectly managing project delivery and associated metrics such as time, cost and quality; managing multiple stakeholders and their needs with empathy; an ambitious and creative drive to help safeguard UK national infrastructure; varied experience in the development and mentoring of junior team members; confident understanding of risk management and general best practice; varied experience of assessing risk and building or evolving risk management framework components; good ability to articulate abstract risk‑based concepts; varied experience of assessing, defining and implementing security governance frameworks; confident understanding of TCP/IP based networking concepts.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

Security Clearance: This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply.

Why join us:

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity.
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website. Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Our employees are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety. At Leonardo, we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace.