UK Cyber Security & Risk Senior Manager

Provide strong UK cyber/technology risk operational leadership in support of the UK Entity CISO. The role leads day-to-day execution of agreed UK cyber risk activities across key workstreams including cloud modernisation and operational resilience; co‑develops committee packs with the UK Entity CISO; drives collaboration across PCIS, ICR and technology teams; and leads UK cyber security awareness activity. The role also contributes to progressing UK regulatory and cyber/technology security strategy and maturity, aligned to UK and PCIS priorities.

Essential Responsibilities

• Recognized as a security governance, risk, and compliance expert, independently addressing the most complex security risks and providing strategic direction on risk mitigation and governance practices across the security domain.
• Define methods and procedures for new or special assignments, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive security risk and governance initiatives that align with business needs and objectives.
• Lead complex, high-impact security governance and risk management initiatives, leveraging a deep understanding of business trends and security challenges to develop innovative risk mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Possess a keen awareness of the broader impact of decisions, with initiatives driving enterprise-wide improvements in risk management and security governance, enhancing overall security practices and operational efficiency.
• Lead a security risk and governance team; set clear priorities and define actionable plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Guide team members through complex challenges, fostering their growth and development while maintaining a focus on high-impact results.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications

• Maintain a UK-focused view of priority cyber/technology risk items across change, issues, and assurance activity.
• Run an operating rhythm (cadence, trackers, prioritisation) to keep UK topics current and decision-ready.
• Translate UK Entity CISO priorities into defined workstreams with clear ownership, timelines, and outcomes.
• Maintain visibility of UK-relevant cloud modernisation activity (migrations, platform changes, decommissioning, architecture shifts) and provide concise UK-focused updates.
• Actively participate in highlighting regulatory requirements and cyber security opportunities for cloud modernisation.
• Partner with technology and programme leads to ensure UK scope is represented in plans and that regulatory/security considerations are addressed early.
• Joint‑lead the ICR OKR initiative to accelerate cloud regulatory assessment and sign‑off.
• Participate in and support technical assessment processes by clarifying UK regulatory expectations, reviewing outputs for completeness of narrative/evidence, and helping package the results for governance decision‑making.
• Highlight items that require UK Entity CISO attention or leadership support to unblock.
• Maintain visibility of UK operational resilience workstreams impacting Important Business Services (IBS), including technology dependencies, material issues, and remediation actions.
• Ensure actions have clear ownership and progress, and that evidence is available for governance needs.
• Support timely awareness of IBS‑impacting events and ensure follow‑up actions are progressed through to closure.
• Co‑develop committee packs with the UK Entity CISO: propose structure, draft sections, integrate inputs, and ensure readiness to deadline.
• Produce executive‑ready content: clear status snapshots, key messages, decision points for consideration, and evidence links.
• Plan agendas and pre‑reads, capture actions/decisions, and drive follow‑through so governance translates into delivery.
• Build and sustain working relationships across PCIS/ICR and technology/service owners to progress UK priorities.
• Remove blockers, clarify ownership, and ensure follow‑up actions are completed.
• Represent UK cyber risk operational needs in working forums as agreed with the UK Entity CISO.
• Contribute to the development and progression of UK regulatory, cyber and technology security strategy and maturity objectives, aligned with UK Entity needs and PCIS priorities.
• Contribute to the delivery of practical initiatives and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain a UK-focused view of priority maturity opportunities and provide concise updates, options and recommendations for UK Entity CISO consideration.
• Use Firefly, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Archer, AuditBoard (and related tooling) to source, validate, and maintain evidence for UK governance and risk needs.
• Improve traceability to support rapid briefing and escalation when required.
• Own the UK cyber security awareness plan aligned to PCIS strategy.
• Deliver UK‑tailored comms and reusable materials and run local events/awareness moments.

What Success Looks Like

• Cloud modernisation activity is UK‑ready: regulatory requirements are surfaced early, evidence is reusable, and the cloud regulatory assessment/sign‑off cycle time improves.
• Operational resilience topics are visible, well‑managed, and supported with clear evidence for governance.
• Committee packs are delivered on time with strong narrative, clean evidence, and clear decision points.
• UK regulatory and security maturity objectives progress in line with UK and PCIS priorities, with clear initiatives and evidence of improvement.
• UK awareness activity is embedded and delivered as part of a predictable annual rhythm.

Skills And Experience

• Experience in cyber/technology risk, security governance, cloud governance/assurance, operational resilience support, or similar roles.
• Strong executive writing skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional delivery and influence stakeholders.
• Confident using Jira/Confluence (or equivalents) and reporting/risk tooling.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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