At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global technology risk strategy and manage risks across IT and digital platforms.
- Company: Join Nomad Foods, Europe's leading frozen food company with a strong growth trajectory.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, car allowance, up to 30% bonus, and excellent benefits package.
- Other info: Opportunity for career progression across various areas within Nomad Foods.
- Why this job: Shape the future of technology risk while enabling innovation in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Significant experience in technology risk and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We have an exceptional opportunity for a Head of Technology Risk to join Nomad Foods at a pivotal time in our transformation journey. In this senior leadership role, you will define and lead our global technology risk strategy, ensuring the safe and effective management of risks across IT, digital platforms, cyber security, data and third-party ecosystems across our international business. This is a highly visible role where you will partner with senior leadership and play a critical part in enabling innovation while protecting the organisation. You will shape how risk is understood, managed and embedded across our technology landscape, supporting business growth across 22 markets.
Responsibilities
- Defining and delivering a best-in-class technology risk strategy aligned to business and transformation priorities
- Leading the end-to-end technology risk lifecycle including identification, assessment and mitigation
- Establishing clear governance frameworks, controls and risk appetite models
- Providing oversight across technology, cyber security and digital risk areas
- Delivering insightful and impactful reporting to senior stakeholders and board level committees
- Translating complex technology risks into clear business implications and actions
- Embedding risk by design into transformation programmes and emerging technology adoption
- Partnering closely with CIO, CISO and business leaders to influence decision making
- Leading audits, driving remediation activity and ensuring strong control environments
- Building and leading a high performing team while fostering a strong risk aware culture
About you
You are a strategic and forward-thinking technology risk leader who thrives in a fast paced, evolving environment. You are confident influencing at senior levels and able to balance risk management with enabling innovation and growth. You bring strong technical expertise combined with excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills. You are naturally collaborative, commercially aware and passionate about driving continuous improvement across complex organisations.
What you will bring
- Significant experience in technology risk, IT risk, cyber risk or audit within complex enterprise environments
- Strong knowledge of risk frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001 or COBIT
- Proven ability to design and implement governance frameworks and control environments
- Experience advising senior stakeholders and influencing at executive level
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate risk into business impact
- Experience leading teams and driving high performance through others
- A proactive, delivery focused approach with strong problem-solving capability
- Excellent stakeholder management skills across business and technology functions
Desirable experience includes exposure to FMCG environments, SAP security or governance frameworks, and large scale transformation or integration programmes.
What we can offer you: We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career and we aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future. An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential. A culture where you are part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference. The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group.
Who are we: NOMAD - Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €3.2 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe's leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only eight years ago, and built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability. Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose - Serving the World with Better Food - and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.
Head of Technology Risk in Surrey employer: Nomad Foods
Nomad Foods is an exceptional employer that champions personal growth and innovation within a collaborative team environment. As a leader in the frozen food industry, we offer competitive salaries, generous benefits, and a culture that encourages employees to make a meaningful impact while progressing their careers across our diverse operations in 22 markets. Join us at this pivotal moment in our transformation journey and be part of a purpose-driven organisation committed to serving the world with better food.
