Strategic Security Governance & Compliance Specialist

Canada Life; London; On-site; CAD 76,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Health & Wellness

Time Off

Financial Security

Rewards and Recognition

Community

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking a Specialist, Corporate Physical Security Governance & Compliance to drive governance, risk, compliance and operational resilience across the enterprise physical security program. You will coordinate governance activities, control assessments, and audit readiness while ensuring documentation, evidence, and cross-functional collaboration are maintained.

You will work with risk, audit, technology, and CPS pillar leads to strengthen controls, track remediation, and deliver

Qualifications

• Experience supporting ISO 27001 governance, certification, or audits.
• Familiarity with OSFI Guideline E-21 and resilience concepts.
• Experience creating governance reports and executive dashboards.
• Experience performing control assessments, risk, or assurance activities.
• Experience coordinating audit, regulatory, or remediation programs.
• Understanding of three-lines-of-defense in risk management.
• Strong program coordination and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance CPS governance frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Coordinate CPS governance across program pillars, including meeting materials and action items.
• Support consistent business practices, intake processes, and reporting templates.
• Lead ISO 27001 compliance and audit readiness activities.
• Coordinate internal audit, regulatory, and assurance activities.
• Conduct control assessments, compliance reviews, and gap analyses.
• Track and report audit findings and remediation activities to closure.
• Develop governance reporting, metrics, dashboards, and KRIs for leadership.
• Maintain centralized CPS governance tracking and documentation management.
• Lead facility security assessments and site reviews to support improvement.
• Support operational resilience capabilities aligned with OSFI E-21.
• Partner with risk and compliance teams to strengthen controls and resilience.
• Prepare governance briefing materials for leadership reviews and audit activities.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI-enabled tools for governance.

Skills

ISO 27001 governance

OSFI Guideline E-21

Governance reporting

Control assessments

Audit coordination

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Tools

GRC tools

Job description

Canada Life is seeking a Specialist, Corporate Physical Security Governance & Compliance to drive governance, risk, compliance and operational resilience across the enterprise physical security program. You will coordinate governance activities, control assessments, and audit readiness while ensuring documentation, evidence, and cross-functional collaboration are maintained.

You will work with risk, audit, technology, and CPS pillar leads to strengthen controls, track remediation, and deliver