Pen Test Program Governance & Vendor Strategy Lead

JP Morgan; City Of London; Vor Ort; GBP 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

JP Morgan in London seeks a governance-focused vendor management lead within the Penetration Testing program. You will oversee third-party delivery, performance, and quality assurance for the program’s vendor ecosystem.

This not a hands-on testing role but a service delivery, governance, and commercial position with a strong technical and strategy focus. You will coordinate with product/engineering, procurement, and finance to align priorities and drive standards, with opportunity to coach a

Qualifikationen

• Must-have experience in vendor management and program oversight in a large, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrable program management capability (roadmap planning, milestone tracking, dependency management, RAID-style risk/issue tracking) with crisp, executive-ready status reporting.
• Strong understanding of penetration testing delivery models and the offensive security space, able to challenge and steer without hands-on execution.
• Strong stakeholder management skills to drive decisions across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience running governance forums with KPI reporting and action follow-through.
• Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including executive-ready updates.

Aufgaben

• Own vendor management for penetration testing delivery, including performance management, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain program-wide delivery standards (testing approach expectations, reporting structure, evidence quality, reproducibility, retest criteria) and ensure vendor adherence.
• Run vendor governance cadences and maintain KPI-driven reporting, action tracking, and escalation management.
• Own program management oversight of Penetration Testing strategy execution, including delivery roadmaps and milestone tracking, dependencies, and status reporting.
• Serve as the primary link between Penetration Testing and wider strategic functions and governance forums to align priorities and reporting.
• Coordinate with partner teams (product/engineering, procurement, finance) to support governance and program execution.
• Lead a small team by setting direction, allocating work, removing blockers, and coaching team members.

Kenntnisse

Vendor management

Program oversight

Governance

Stakeholder management

Leadership

People management

Jobbeschreibung

JP Morgan in London seeks a governance-focused vendor management lead within the Penetration Testing program. You will oversee third-party delivery, performance, and quality assurance for the program’s vendor ecosystem.

This not a hands-on testing role but a service delivery, governance, and commercial position with a strong technical and strategy focus. You will coordinate with product/engineering, procurement, and finance to align priorities and drive standards, with opportunity to coach a