Senior Technology & Resilience Risk Oversight Lead

Skipton Building Society; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Holiday leave 25 days + bank holidays

Pension up to 10% employer

Skipton product discounts

Flexible working

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing app

Cycle-to-work

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Technology, Transformation & Resilience Risk Oversight Lead to strengthen resilience by providing expert second line support across information security, technology and data risk. You will influence decisions and build trusted relationships while ensuring effective risk mitigations within a regulated environment.

The role requires a strong risk background, excellent communication skills, and experience leading multiple initiatives.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification or a comparable risk, technology or information security certification.
• Strong experience across information security, technology risk, operational resilience and enterprise risk management.
• Proven track record of providing second line risk oversight, assurance, control evaluation and risk assessment within a regulated environment.
• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and present confidently to senior leaders and committees.
• Experience leading teams, strategic initiatives and multiple workstreams, delivering high quality outcomes and driving continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of risk reporting and governance, ideally gained within Financial Services or another highly regulated sector.

Responsibilities

• Assess the effectiveness of risk management activities, controls and mitigation plans, ensuring key risks and issues are appropriately escalated.
• Deliver second line risk-based oversight of cyber security, technology, AI governance, data risk, operational resilience and strategic business change.
• Produce insightful second line risk reporting and analysis for senior leaders and Executive Committees, identifying trends, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead second line thematic reviews, risk assessments and follow up activity to strengthen controls, address root causes and prevent recurrence of significant risk events.
• Act as a trusted risk advisor, promoting a strong risk culture through effective challenge, guidance, training and stakeholder engagement.

Job description

Skipton Building Society is seeking a Technology, Transformation & Resilience Risk Oversight Lead to strengthen resilience by providing expert second line support across information security, technology and data risk. You will influence decisions and build trusted relationships while ensuring effective risk mitigations within a regulated environment.

The role requires a strong risk background, excellent communication skills, and experience leading multiple initiatives.