Group Head of Technology Cyber and Resilience Risk

Admiral Group Plc; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Admiral Group is seeking a senior leader to oversee technology risk, cyber and operational resilience across the organisation. You will translate complex technical risk into clear business implications for executive teams and help shape risk-based decisions at Board level.

You will build trusted relationships with the Head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership and senior technology leaders, driving risk management across strategy, architecture, cloud and resilience planning while fostering an

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualifications in technology risk, cyber security, operational resilience or IT control assurance. These could include CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CCSK or CCAK.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent second-line oversight across technology, cyber and resilience risk.
• Offer clear risk opinions on exposures and management responses.
• Build trusted relationships with the Head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership and senior leaders.
• Translate complex risks into clear business implications and decisions.
• Embed resilience and risk considerations in strategy, investments and transformation.

Skills

Technology risk

Cyber security

Operational resilience

Job description

Main Responsibilities

• Providing independent second-line oversight across technology, cyber and operational resilience risk.
• Offering clear and balanced risk opinions on material exposures, control weaknesses, emerging threats and management responses.
• Building trusted relationships with the Head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership, senior technology and cyber leaders, executives and Board committees.
• Making complex technical risks accessible by translating them into clear business implications, recommendations and decisions.
• Working collaboratively to ensure technology, cyber and resilience considerations are embedded early in strategic, investment and transformation decisions.
• Providing thoughtful and constructive challenge on technology strategy, architecture, cloud, cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
• Bringing together Group and EUI risk perspectives to identify shared exposures, concentrations and dependencies.
• Overseeing the organisation's ability to prevent, withstand, respond to and recover from significant disruption.
• Providing independent insight across important business services, impact tolerances, scenario testing, third-party resilience, crisis management and recovery arrangements.
• Supporting and leading regulatory engagement on material technology, cyber and operational resilience matters.
• Setting a clear strategic direction and quality expectations for the Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk team.
• Leading, supporting and developing a specialist team, creating an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to share their expertise and provide effective challenge.
• You'll be an experienced senior leader with strong knowledge of technology risk, cyber risk and/or operational resilience, ideally gained within a complex and highly regulated organisation.
• Experience working with executive teams, Boards and Board Risk Committees.
• Sound judgement and the ability to provide constructive challenge and raise concerns appropriately.
• Strong knowledge of technology, cyber security and operational resilience risk management.
• Experience assessing risk exposure against appetite and evaluating control environments.
• A good understanding of cloud, technology resilience, cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery and third-party resilience.
• Experience of important business services, impact tolerances, scenario testing and resilience planning.
• The ability to identify wider or systemic risks and communicate the issues that need executive or Board attention.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to connect technical risk to customer outcomes, strategic delivery, investment decisions and business performance.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with an ability to make complex information clear, accessible and decision-focused.
• A track record of supporting, motivating and developing specialist teams and creating an environment where people can thrive.
• Experience engaging collaboratively with regulators, Internal Audit and other assurance functions.
• A calm, thoughtful and pragmatic approach to leadership, including when navigating complex or high-pressure situations.

Benefits

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We're committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave. We're proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We're fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Relevant professional qualifications in technology risk, cyber security, operational resilience or IT control assurance. These could include CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CCSK or CCAK, Are you passionate about delivering great customer experiences, self-motivated, and eager to learn? If so, raise your hand! Join our New Business team where your dedication to customer service and

I have worked in Admiral for over 20 years, I started in Customer Care and worked my way round various roles in the department. I joined Recruitment looking after the administrator and contractor positions and more recently moved to look after all of IT recruitment within Admiral Tech.