Manager - Cyber Consulting Services CPX

CPX; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

CPX in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Manager – GRC Services (Compliance) to lead regulatory compliance advisory engagements for clients across financial services and regulated sectors. You will design compliance frameworks, assess gaps, and build governance and monitoring programs, while managing teams and client relationships to ensure timely, quality delivery.

You will also contribute to growing the compliance proposition, translate regulatory changes into client opportunities, and maintain

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant compliance experience, including consulting or advisory experience.
• Minimum 2 years managing compliance engagements and teams end to end.
• Experience with compliance framework design and regulatory gap assessment.
• Experience with cyber governance programs and regulatory reporting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver compliance engagements including framework design, gap assessments, policy development and monitoring programmes.
• Lead engagement scope, budgets, timelines, quality, and deliverables; escalate to the Director when required.
• Serve as primary contact for compliance and risk stakeholders within client organizations.
• Communicate complex regulatory requirements in a clear, actionable manner.
• Lead and develop a team of assessors and GRC analysts; coaching and quality reviews.
• Support proposals, scoping and pricing for compliance opportunities and identify follow-on work.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Engagement management

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/Information Security/Risk Management

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

ServiceNow GRC

RSA Archer

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

MS 365

Job description

Job Description

Overview

The Manager – GRC Services (Compliance) leads the delivery of regulatory compliance advisory engagements, helping clients establish, assess and strengthen their compliance frameworks, including regulatory compliance and data protection and conduct compliance programmes. Reporting to the Director – GRC Services, the role manages engagement teams, serves as a key client contact, and supports the growth of the compliance proposition while ensuring high-quality, regulation-aligned delivery.

Responsibilities

Plan and deliver compliance advisory engagements, including compliance framework design, regulatory gap assessments, policy and procedure development and compliance monitoring programmes.

• Assess client compliance against applicable laws and regulations (e.g. Central Bank of the UAE, SCA, DFSA/DIFC, FSRA/ADGM, data-protection regulations) and international standards.
• Design and implement compliance governance structures, risk assessments, controls and reporting mechanisms.
• Manage engagement scope, budgets, timelines, quality and deliverables, escalating matters to the Director where required.
• Serve as a primary contact for compliance and risk stakeholders within client organizations.
• Communicate complex regulatory requirements and findings in a clear, practical and actionable manner.
• Lead, review and develop the work of consultants and analysts on compliance engagements.
• Allocate resources and manage workloads across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Support proposals, scoping and pricing for compliance opportunities and identify follow-on work.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate them into client opportunities and offerings.
• Lead and develop a team of assessors and GRC analysts, including coaching, calibration, and quality reviews.
• Maintain assessor training, certification, and inter-rater reliability programs.

Skills

• Strong regulatory and compliance technical skills, including data protection.
• Project and engagement management, including scope, budget and quality control.
• Client relationship management and clear, persuasive communication.
• Team leadership and coaching skills.

Tools Experience

• GRC and compliance platforms (e.g. ServiceNow GRC, RSA Archer or equivalent).
• Reporting and BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and advanced Excel for compliance reporting.
• Microsoft 365 or equivalent productivity and collaboration suites

Qualifications

Education & Minimum Work Experience

• Minimum 7 years of relevant compliance experience, including experience in a consulting, advisory, regulator or in-house compliance environment.
• Minimum 2 years managing compliance engagements and teams end to end.
• Demonstrated experience with compliance framework design, regulatory gap assessment.
• Experience advising on or supporting national / sector-wide cyber governance, assessment and compliance programmes — such as the National Cybersecurity Index Program — including evidence validation, assessment governance, remediation tracking and regulatory reporting, is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred.