Chief Cyber Technical Lead – Banking Squad

Forsyth Barnes

Abu Dhabi

On-site

AED 600,000 - 1,100,000

Full time

38 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package

Senior leadership role

Wide banking exposure

Governance reporting access

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes in Abu Dhabi seeks an Executive Manager to lead the cybersecurity squad responsible for application security, AI governance and continuous security validation within a major banking environment. You will translate policy into practical controls and measurable service levels.

Based in Abu Dhabi, you will oversee tooling, governance dashboards, risk-aligned priorities, and first-line-defence collaboration with risk and AI centre of excellence to ensure regulatory readiness and

Qualifications

Substantial experience leading cybersecurity engineering, security architecture or comparable technical security functions.
Strong practical command of DevSecOps, secure software delivery and security engineering across Azure and AWS environments.
Demonstrable expertise in AI security, LLM security, AI governance or the implementation of controls for emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction and delivery priorities for application security, AI governance, continuous security validation and compliance-trail workstreams.
Convert approved second-line policies into operational controls, measurable service-level outcomes and repeatable delivery practices.
Maintain ongoing readiness for supervisory review, including evidence quality, control traceability and timely remediation of identified gaps.
Own the architecture, performance and lifecycle of the consolidated cybersecurity tooling environment, including SonarQube, Snyk, ServiceNow IRM, Security Agent, Claude, Codex, OPA, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and AWS Security Hub where relevant.
Evaluate vendor consolidation opportunities and define integration patterns that improve visibility, efficiency and control consistency.
Design and manage the evidence flow from DefectDojo through attestation and into Power BI governance reporting.
Serve as the first-line-of-defence technical counterpart to second-line risk, assurance teams and the AI centre of excellence.
Lead the Security Champions Guild, strengthening secure engineering awareness and adoption across delivery teams.
Resolve competing demands across the squad and make prioritisation decisions aligned with risk, regulatory obligations and business impact.
Present the monthly DevSecOps Governance Dashboard, explaining trends, exceptions, remediation progress and emerging risks to senior stakeholders.