Technology Risk & Compliance Leader — Hybrid Role

Markerstudy Group; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Yearly bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 4x annual salary

Hybrid Working

Modern, vibrant offices

Job summary

Markerstudy Group seeks an experienced Technology Risk Manager to lead technology risk, governance, and compliance within its Information Security team in the insurance sector. The role is hybrid, requiring 2 days a week in our offices (Manchester, Stoke, Chesterfield, Peterborough or Tunbridge Wells).

You will translate complex tech risks into actionable business insights and drive risk mitigation across technology and business decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in technology risk, IT risk management, or information security roles.
• Strong understanding of risk management frameworks and ERM principles.
• Ability to identify, assess, and prioritise risks by likelihood and impact.
• Experience maintaining risk registers, metrics, and reporting.
• Ability to evaluate control effectiveness and residual risk.
• Excellent communication to articulate risks in business terms.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and support risk-informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and manage technology-related risks across infrastructure, apps, cloud, and third parties.
• Maintain the technology risk management framework and ensure consistent risk treatment.
• Align risk assessments with ERM processes and risk appetite.
• Track risk registers, issues, and remediation actions.
• Provide risk reporting to governance forums.
• Develop risk metrics, KPIs, and KRIs.
• Escalate material risks through governance committees.
• Document risk decisions, acceptances, and mitigations.
• Support compliance with regulatory, legal, and internal policies on tech risk.
• Translate technical risks into business impacts and recommendations.
• Support initiatives to improve risk maturity, automation, and reporting capabilities.

Skills

Tech risk experience

ERM framework knowledge

Risk assessment & prioritisation

Risk registers & reporting

Control effectiveness evaluation

Communication skills

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Markerstudy Group seeks an experienced Technology Risk Manager to lead technology risk, governance, and compliance within its Information Security team in the insurance sector. The role is hybrid, requiring 2 days a week in our offices (Manchester, Stoke, Chesterfield, Peterborough or Tunbridge Wells).

You will translate complex tech risks into actionable business insights and drive risk mitigation across technology and business decisions.