Global Head of Cyber Security Governance, Risk & Assurance in City of London

A dynamic and prestigious professional services company based in the heart of the City of London are seeking a talented and experienced Head of Cyber Security Governance, Risk & Assurance to join their team in this newly created role. The Global Head of Cyber Security Governance, Risk & Assurance will assist the Global Chief Information and Security Officer (CISO) in developing, implementing and managing the information security strategy within the organisation. This is a critical role in supporting the management of the security posture within the organisation. The role holder will lead various security initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional departments and global offices to safeguard the company from security risks.

The main focus of the role will include:

• Assisting the Global CISO in the development and execution of a comprehensive global information security strategy
• Managing the global security accreditation and cyber risk assurance approach of international offices.
• Act as a trusted advisor across the organisation, balancing global consistency with local regulatory and business requirements.
• Translating complex technical and architectural security risks into clear, actionable business-level advice suitable for executive audiences.
• Support enterprise risk management by articulating residual risk, compensating controls, and risk acceptance options.
• Act as or support the Security Design Authority for major programmes, platforms, and services.
• Review and assure solution, platform, and enterprise security architectures to ensure alignment with security standards, target architecture, and risk appetite.
• Provide guidance on secure-by-design principles, architectural patterns, and control selection across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments.
• Lead the development, maintenance, and interpretation of security policies, standards, and control frameworks.
• Build trusted, collaborative relationships with leadership teams and technology, risk, and delivery functions across global office locations.
• Identify opportunities to improve security maturity, reduce systemic risk, and streamline assurance processes.
• Contribute to organisational resilience through lessons learned, assurance reviews, and strategic recommendations.
• Mentoring and developing security team members, promoting professional growth, knowledge sharing and resilience.
• Driving continuous improvement in cybersecurity practices by staying current with industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices.

To succeed in this role, the individual will need:

• Extensive hands-on experience in enterprise-scale data, cloud, and platform architecture, with strong depth in modern data platforms.
• Proven experience designing and operating high-volume, high-velocity data ingestion pipelines, including batch and near-real-time ingestion, across multiple source systems including APIs, ETL/ELT patterns, and event-driven architectures.
• Deep technical expertise in the Microsoft technology stack, particularly Azure, Power Platform, Power BI, M365, and modern Microsoft data services (e.g. Fabric, Synapse, SQL, Data Lake).
• Demonstrated experience developing and stewarding common and canonical data models across multiple organisations or business units.
• Strong understanding of data platform architecture, including ingestion, storage, transformation, semantic layers, and analytics consumption.
• Experience designing platforms that support scalability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency, particularly in cloud-native environments.
• Practical understanding of AI and advanced analytics enablement, including data readiness for AI, automation, and Microsoft Copilot use cases.
• Proven ability to act as a technical authority and trusted advisor, influencing senior stakeholders through technical credibility rather than formal authority.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and executive audiences.
• Strong judgement and decision-making skills, with a focus on proportionate, value-based outcomes.
• Adept at improving outcomes through proactive team coaching and development.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced cyber security governance, risk & assurance professional to join an organisation in a position that will afford a unique overview across an international remit and the chance for expanding your knowledge within cyber security. The successful candidate can expect a generous benefits package which includes 28 days holiday and a hybrid working situation.