Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution 28.97%

25 days annual leave (+ bank holidays)

Flexible working options

Job summary

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency seeks a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager to identify, assess, and mitigate cybersecurity risks across the agency’s digital infrastructure. You will develop risk management strategies and ensure compliance with government security standards, collaborating with departments to protect sensitive data and systems.

You will communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, guiding risk-based decisions and supporting governance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cyber risk management in large organisations.
• Knowledge of government security standards and frameworks (NCSC CAF/NIST).
• Ability to communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify, understand and mitigate cyber risks and advise risk owners.
• Ensure compliance with information legislation and policy frameworks (HMG Security Policy Framework, NCSC standards).
• Lead risk assessments and threat assessments and other risk management activities.
• Provide tailored advice on security controls and risk treatment.
• Ensure DVSA compliance with Security Policy Framework and NCSC/NIST.

Skills

Cybersecurity frameworks

Risk assessment

Threat management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

The Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager will lead efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate cybersecurity risks within the agency's digital infrastructure. This role involves developing risk management strategies, ensuring compliance with government security standards, and collaborating with various departments to protect sensitive data and systems. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, and threat management, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The position is critical to safeguarding the agency's mission and operations against evolving cyber threats. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:

• The Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager identifies, understands and mitigates cyber-related risks, and provides risk or service owners with advice to help them make well informed risk-based decisions; focusing on:
  • Project activity to ensure compliance with information legislation and DVSA policy particularly HMG's Security Policy Framework, and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Standards.
  • Raising risks as necessary to respond to any non-compliance and provides direction for Information Management and Security to manage the ongoing assurance of DVSAs information assets and products, and liaising with Department for Transport Assurance Authority or equivalent, when necessary.
• Lead the analysis and derivation of business-supporting security needs, undertake Cyber Security related risk assessments, conduct tailored threat assessment and other risk management activities, and ensure activities are consistent with applicable regulations and legislation.
• Provide tailored advice to a range of stakeholders on how to remedy identified risks by proportionately applying security capabilities, using published guidance, standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.
• Responsibility for ensuring DVSA's compliance with key principles and outcomes outlined in HMGs Security Policy Framework, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and or National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to Cyber and related governance models and supporting the reporting of these to DfT and Cabinet Office.
• With responsibility for direct reports, you will demonstrate leadership by providing guidance to staff to support the delivery of objectives. Manage and engage with honesty and integrity, and upholding the reputation of the Agency, Department and Civil Service.
• Leads incident response as directed by the Head of Cyber Assurance, including responding to alerts from any Security Operations Centre monitoring DVSA Systems.