Contract Cyber Delivery Lead

Grant Thornton; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking an experienced Cyber Advisory Delivery Lead to join our Agile Talent Community on a UK-wide, hybrid basis. You will lead client-facing cyber advisory engagements spanning governance, controls, cloud, identity, and third-party risk, with credibility across multiple domains.

You can engage through your own limited company or inside IR35; you will work with senior stakeholders to shape secure outcomes for financial services clients and beyond.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering client-facing cyber advisory engagements.
• Cyber Advisory, Technology Risk or Cyber Governance consulting background.
• Strong understanding of cyber risk, controls, governance frameworks and cyber maturity assessments.
• Experience in 2 or more of the areas: Cloud Security, IAM, AI Security Controls / AI Governance, Third-Party Cyber Risk Management (TPRM).
• Strong stakeholder management skills capable of driving workstreams and producing client deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead mixed advisory engagements covering controls, governance, AI governance and cloud-related work.
• Deliver Grant Thornton-led advisory engagements for clients across financial services and beyond.

Skills

Cyber Advisory

Governance

Cloud Security

Identity & Access Management

AI Security Controls

TPRM

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Cyber Advisory Delivery Lead

(Contract opportunity /UK wide/ Hybrid-working)

Who we are

At Grant Thornton we're building something bold. We're doing things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity. Our journey from great to exceptional is well underway. With significant investment behind us and a clear strategy for growth, there's real momentum.

Our Agile Talent Community (ATC) brings together experienced contract professionals who want choice without losing connection. You work where you add the most value, alongside teams who treat you as a partner rather than a placeholder.

Grant Thornton's Cyber Advisory team is rebuilding and growing its talent pool to support a strengthening pipeline of client work spanning cyber maturity assessments, governance and controls, third-party risk and emerging technology advisory. We're looking for experienced cyber professionals to join our Agile Talent Community and deliver Grant Thornton-led advisory engagements for clients across financial services and beyond.

If you're an experienced Cyber advisory delivery lead, you'll bring broad exposure across governance and controls, cloud, identity, AI security controls and third-party risk - with the credibility to speak confidently across all of them, backed by genuine depth in at least one. As a generalist, you'll lead mixed advisory engagements covering controls, governance, AI governance and cloud-related work, keeping quality and delivery on track.

You can engage with us through your own limited company or on inside IR35 terms - whichever way gives you the freedom you're looking for.

Skills we are looking for

• Experience leading and delivering client-facing cyber advisory engagements
• Cyber Advisory, Technology Risk or Cyber Governance consulting background
• Strong understanding of cyber risk, controls, governance frameworks and cyber maturity assessments
• Experience in 2 or more of the areas is desired: Cloud Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), AI Security Controls / AI Governance Third-Party Cyber Risk Management (TPRM)
• Strong stakeholder management skills capable of driving workstreams and producing client deliverables

Why Consultants choose the ATC

• Work that moves you forward
• When a project fits your skills, we'll get in touch, but you choose whether it's right for you. That means working on engagements that genuinely build your portfolio and expand your expertise.
• The freedom of contracting without the hidden admin
• You're not left to navigate the freelance world alone. Our Agile Talent team helps you understand freelance regulation and connects you with people who broaden your thinking through our teams and clients.
• Community you can actually feel
• Connection shouldn't disappear just because you're contracting. From market insights to wellbeing sessions to networking events, you'll be part of a community designed to make the independent path less isolated and more impactful.

Our culture and values

We have a culture where talented people thrive - where high performance is not just expected but enabled. It's a culture built on clarity, curiosity, and care. One that challenges us to aim higher, where we're encouraged to make the most of an abundance of resources to fuel our own development, and where we support each other to grow, learn, and succeed. Our open and accessible culture means you'll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That's why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.