Risk Manager - Technology

Job Description

Meraki Talent is working with a leading financial services business to help them identify a Risk Manager – Technology in a newly created role.

You will be responsible for supporting the embedding and maturation of the Security and Technology elements of the Group Risk Management Framework and supporting ongoing governance, assurance, and oversight across the first line Security and Technology functions.

Supporting the Information & Data Security Officer, you'll be involved in delivering a programme of second-line assurance reviews, audits, and tests to ensure that controls are effective, with recommended actions reported to management to ensure risk levels remain within appetite and operations are compliant with policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.

You'll foster meaningful relationships across the business, including first line security and technology, internal audit, and privacy & data protection teams, to help them understand and mature their risk and control environments.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Security Governance
2. Security & Technology Risk Management
3. Security Assurance
4. Technology Assurance Actions
5. Risk Reporting & Administration
6. Advisory/Consultancy

We are looking for:

• Someone with experience in the financial services sector or a highly regulated environment.
• Understanding and implementation of security and IT fundamentals across multiple domains, such as information security, operational resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity; ideally in a Microsoft-dominated ecosystem.
• BA/BSc degree or equivalent experience in IT or IT Security.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CRISK, ISO27001, or similar, at entry to mid-level (ISC2, ISACA, or SANS).

This role offers a hybrid working model, requiring 2 days a week in the office, along with very good benefits, including an annual discretionary bonus.