Programme Manager - GRC Security

The Recruitment Company; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment services provider is seeking an experienced Programme Manager GRC Security to lead the GRC workstream through a significant SAP transformation. The ideal candidate will ensure robust framework delivery, manage risks, and implement security standards to ensure a successful go-live. Strong expertise in managing compliance and security practices is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing governance, risk, and compliance workstreams in large-scale SAP or ERP programmes.
• Strong expertise in SAP roles, authorisations, and Segregation of Duties principles.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of SAP roles and authorisations.
• Implement and embed the programme's GRC framework.
• Ensure security standards are integrated into solution design.

Skills

Governance, Risk, Compliance

SAP Authorisations

Stakeholder Management

Security Practices

Job description

Programme Manager GRC Security

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Programme Manager with GRC Security to lead the GRC workstream through a large SAP transformation.

This role will be accountable for delivering a robust framework covering Roles & Authorisations, GRC and Security readiness to enable a secure, compliant and successful go-live.

Key Responsibilities

Roles & Authorisations

• Lead the design and delivery of SAP roles and authorisations, ensuring alignment with business processes.
• Manage Segregation of Duties risks and drive effective remediation.
• Oversee and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for role and access validation.
• Act as a subject matter expert on compliance best practices.

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

• Implement and embed the programme s GRC framework.
• Track and report on compliance KPIs, control effectiveness and risk posture.
• Ensure collection and maintenance of audit-ready evidence.
• Drive proactive risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.

Security Readiness

• Lead the implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity management solutions.
• Review and interpret security testing results, ensuring timely remediation.
• Triage and manage security issues, with focus on critical go-live blockers.
• Ensure security standards and controls are fully integrated into solution design.

About You

• Proven experience managing governance, risk, and compliance workstreams in large-scale SAP or ERP programmes.
• Strong expertise in SAP roles, authorisations and SoD principles.
• Hands-on experience with GRC frameworks, audit processes, and risk management.
• Good understanding of security practices including SSO and access management.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability with a focus on delivery and business outcomes.