Senior Technology Risk & Resilience Partner

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ is a fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

The Senior Technology Risk & Resilience Partner is a senior member of EQ’s second‑line Risk & Resilience function, responsible for driving effective technology and security risk management across EQ’s global technology estate. The role provides independent oversight, challenge and specialist insight to ensure EQ maintains strong control standards, meets UK/US regulatory expectations, and delivers resilient, secure and well‑governed technology services. The role partners with business and technology leaders to support EQ’s ambition to operate as a digitally enabled, resilient fintech. It oversees risks across internal and third‑party technology, supports resilience practices, and ensures senior leaders understand key technology risk exposures.

Core Responsibilities

• Technology & Security Risk Oversight: Lead development and enhancement of EQ’s technology and security risk profile. Deliver high‑quality RCSAs and provide guidance on complex technology and security control issues. Ensure risks, controls and assessments meet internal standards and regulatory expectations (including FCA operational resilience, outsourcing and governance requirements). Maintain accurate and complete risk records in the GRC platform.
• Resilience, Incidents & Lessons Learned: Provide oversight of operational and technology resilience capabilities. Review technology‑related incidents, conduct root‑cause analysis and identify thematic trends. Promote a strong “lessons‑learned” culture, ensuring effective and proportionate remediation.
• Risk Reporting and Insight: Produce dashboards, KRIs, thematic analysis and risk escalations for governance forums. Provide clear, evidence‑based challenge to support informed decision‑making.
• Resilience by Design and Change Oversight: Partner with technology teams to embed resilience into design, architecture and change delivery. Ensure technology risks are considered early and throughout the change lifecycle. Provide second‑line oversight of outsourcing and third‑party arrangements, including service levels, contractual protections and resilience obligations.
• Strategic Stakeholder Partnership: Act as the key interface between first and second line for technology risk. Build strong relationships with Digital Solutions & Data, IT Service Management, Architecture, Information Security and related teams. Support internal/external assurance activities, ensuring issues are identified, challenged and remediated on time. Guide enhancements to EQ’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring scalability and regulatory alignment.
• Strong Risk Governance and Culture: Promote strong technology risk culture, ownership and accountability across EQ. Comply with – and advocate for – Conduct Rules and best‑practice governance standards.

Skills, Capabilities & Attributes

• Strong experience in technology risk and resilience within FCA/SEC‑regulated firms.
• Deep understanding of operational resilience, outsourcing, security and systems control expectations.
• Knowledge of frameworks such as ITIL, NIST and ISO standards.
• Proven ability to challenge effectively while building strong stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent analytical, communication and influencing skills; able to present clear, actionable insights to senior leaders.
• Strong problem‑solving capability and ability to manage complex priorities with attention to detail.

What We Offer (UK ONLY)

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%.
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households.
• Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhanced cover.
• Employee discounts – Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off – Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development – Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.