Technology, Cyber & Resilience Risk Leader

Admiral; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free shares up to £3,600 annually

33–38 days holiday (increasing with >2

Buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave

Job summary

Admiral is seeking a senior risk leader to become Head of Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk. This high-profile role sits in Group Risk and shapes how the organisation understands, manages and reports key risks affecting customers and colleagues.

You will advise the head of Digital Risk and senior executives, building trusted relationships across Risk, Technology, Cyber and Resilience to inform strategic decisions and protect long-term value.

Qualifications

• Senior leader with knowledge of technology risk, cyber risk and/or operational resilience.
• Experience with executive teams, Boards and Board Risk Committees.
• Sound judgement and ability to provide constructive challenge and raise concerns appropriately.
• Strong knowledge of technology, cyber security and operational resilience risk management.
• Understanding of cloud, technology resilience, cyber security, business continuity and third-party resilience.
• Experience assessing risk exposure against appetite and evaluating control environments.
• Experience with scenario testing and resilience planning.
• Ability to translate technical risk into business implications and recommendations.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills; capable of leading specialist teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent second-line oversight across technology, cyber and operational resilience risk.
• Offer clear risk opinions on material exposures, control weaknesses, emerging threats and management responses.
• Build trusted relationships with the Head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership, senior technology and cyber leaders, executives and Board committees.
• Translate complex technical risks into clear business implications, recommendations and decisions.
• Work with stakeholders to embed resilience considerations in strategic, investment and transformation decisions.
• Provide constructive challenge on technology strategy, architecture, cloud, cyber security and disaster recovery.
• Bring together Group and EUI risk perspectives to identify shared exposures and dependencies.
• Oversee the organisation’s ability to prevent, withstand, respond to and recover from disruption.
• Support regulatory engagement on material technology, cyber and resilience matters.
• Set strategic direction and quality expectations for the Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk team.
• Lead, develop and create an inclusive environment for a specialist risk team.

Skills

Technology risk

Cyber risk

Operational resilience

Executive engagement

Board interaction

Stakeholder management

Regulatory engagement

Communication

Strategic leadership

Risk assessment

Education

CISM

CISSP

CRISC

CISA

CCSK

CCAK

Job description

Admiral is seeking a senior risk leader to become Head of Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk. This high-profile role sits in Group Risk and shapes how the organisation understands, manages and reports key risks affecting customers and colleagues.

You will advise the head of Digital Risk and senior executives, building trusted relationships across Risk, Technology, Cyber and Resilience to inform strategic decisions and protect long-term value.