Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager

UK Home Office; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

25 days annual leave

Public holidays

Job summary

UK Home Office in the UK is recruiting a Lead Cyber Risk Manager to identify, understand and mitigate cyber risks affecting critical national infrastructure and business systems. You will draw on evidence to advise stakeholders, enabling well-informed, risk-based decisions.

You will lead a small team of Civil Service Cyber Risk Managers, develop organisation‑wide risk governance and controls, and shape security policy while balancing security needs with business impact.

Qualifications

• Experience leading risk management within large organisations.
• Proficient in threat assessments and security audits.
• Ability to communicate risk to senior stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring a team of risk professionals.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead risk management activities within area of practice, deriving security needs and conducting risk assessments.
• Develop risk management policies and ensure compliance with regulation and policies.
• Communicate with senior stakeholders to promote awareness of security considerations and risk assessment approaches.
• Oversee risk management processes, review controls after breaches, and advise on remediation and safeguards.
• Assess reviews and ensure risks are managed per Home Office policies.
• Lead a small team of Civil Service Cyber Risk Managers.
• Apply threat and risk analysis for complex systems in large organisations.

Skills

Cyber risk management

Governance & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Job description

Location: Glasgow | Croydon | Sheffield | Manchester (hybrid with 60% office attendance)

Salary: £62,732 plus skills allowance of up £17,668

In this critical role, you will identify, understand and mitigate cyber-related risks and evaluate the risks to our critical national infrastructure and business critical systems. You will use your expertise to draw on a range of evidence to proactively advise stakeholders, enabling well-informed, risk-based decision making.

You’ll be joining an expert team of cyber professionals, committed to reducing the exposure to cyber-attack of new and existing digital systems. You’ll be aided in your role by a diverse and supportive organisational culture, and a commitment to further your continuous development.

The Lead Cyber Risk Manager supports, plans and develops the implementation and management of organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management, assurance or governance of cyber risk.

They will provide tailored expert support and advice that highlights cyber security risks to a range of stakeholders, projects, business teams and service owners, helping them to remedy identified risks by enabling well-informed and auditable decisions, using published guidance and standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.

Main Responsibilities

• Independently and impartially undertaking risk management activities within a given area of practice or expertise, usually within established security and risk management governance structures. You will lead the independent derivation and analysis of security needs and conduct tailored threat assessments, security audits, or other risk management activities, ensuring consistency with regulations and legislation.
• Developing risk management-related policy and assure the ongoing appropriateness of policy in accordance with regulation and wider organisational and government policies.
• Communicating effectively with senior stakeholders to ensure they recognise the importance of security considerations and advising senior stakeholders on their approach to risk assessment in the context of their organisational outcomes.
• Managing risk management processes, reviewing their efficiency and effectiveness, and leading recommendations for continuous improvement. This includes reviewing internal controls following any security breach, providing advice on how to remediate any vulnerabilities discovered, and agreeing and overseeing remedial solutions, controls and safeguards.
• Assessing reviews and risk assessments and ensuring identified risks are managed in accordance with Home Office risk management policies.
• This role currently is responsible for leading a small team of Civil Service Cyber Risk Managers.
• Information or cyber security including threat and risk analysis for complex, high-risk and/or mission critical systems, preferably involving the Home Office, Cabinet Office, NCSC or within industry Security Operations Centres (SOCs) and departments.
• Proficiency analysing or implementing technical or security policies in a large organisation. Skilled in balancing security requirements with business impact to ensure practicality and effectiveness.
• Ability to champion cybersecurity risk and ensure ongoing appropriateness or practices.
• Proven track record in implementing cybersecurity risk, assurance or governance processes and procedures.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor a diverse team of governance, risk or assurance specialists.
• Ability to design and implement security controls aligned with organisational requirements, whilst navigating changes and proactively responding to evolving risks.
• Strong ability to present technical information to non-technical stakeholders and the ability in influencing decision-making processes at senior leadership levels, promoting security priorities.

Why work for us...

Find out more information at: Benefits - Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.
• Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.