Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager

Sopra Steria; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager to lead critical cybersecurity initiatives. In this pivotal role, you will develop and implement comprehensive risk management strategies while managing a skilled team. You'll engage directly with clients to address their security challenges, ensuring alignment with business objectives. This position offers a unique opportunity to foster innovation in cybersecurity while promoting a culture of excellence and collaboration. If you're passionate about making a significant impact in the cybersecurity landscape, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

£5,400 car allowance

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension plan

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading GRC teams and managing client engagements.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity regulations and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead security activities for large client engagements and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Implement compliance programs against legal, regulatory, and industry standards.

Skills

Leadership in GRC

Cybersecurity Qualifications (CISSP, CISM, etc.)

Client Management

Effective Communication

Project Management

Education

Cybersecurity Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Risk Management Tools

Compliance Software

Job description

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Are you a cybersecurity professional seeking an exciting new opportunity? This is an opportunity to lead at the front line of cyber security delivering value to our varied client base.

As Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager, you will be leading all aspects of the development and implementation of comprehensive risk management and compliance strategies, working closely with senior leadership to align GRC initiatives with business objectives and manage a team of developing and experienced GRC professionals.

You will play a lead role in helping our clients understand their security challenges and then specify, plan and implement projects to improve their security posture.

What you will be doing:

• Lead security activities for large client engagements, maintaining stakeholder relationships and aligning security controls with objectives.
• Understand and address customer requirements creatively and innovatively.
• Formulate security strategy using technical and management principles.
• Prioritise market trends, business strategies, and identify alternative strategies' benefits.
• Foster innovation within ADS Cyber Security and support.
• Lead complex audits and assessment programs.
• Implement compliance programs against legal, regulatory, and industry standards.
• Lead security aspects of bid responses and opportunity identification.
• Develop technical control roadmaps aligning organizational plans with requirements.
• Promote awareness of cybersecurity threats and methodologies within the team.
• Support recruitment activities and engage with the Cyber Security Community of Expertise.
  
  

What you will bring:

• Successful track record leading GRC teams and large client engagements.
• Cyber/information security qualification (e.g. CISSP, CISM, CCSP, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, CRISC).
• Strong client management and relationship building skills.
• Effective communication across technical and non-technical audiences, assessing risk and understanding new technologies.
• Experience in leading engagements including ISMS implementation, risk assessments, and compliance audits.
• Proficient project management, balancing multiple initiatives and priorities.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and people management abilities.
  
  

It would be great if you had:

• Cloud security implementation experience.
• Identity and Access Management.
• Operational Technology.
• Security Architecture Principles.
  
  

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: UK Hybrid - mostly home based with some travel.

Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for Security Clearance.

Internal Recruiter: Lee

Salary: £65,000 to £75,000

Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.

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