TRE Accreditation & Assurance Strategy Lead

Our Future Health; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 84,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

30 days holiday

Enhanced parental leave

Cycle to work scheme

Home & tech savings

£1,000 referral bonus

Wellbeing support

Central London office with flexible/ro

Remote working arrangements

Job summary

Our Future Health in London seeks a Principal Lead to drive TRE accreditation and assurance. You will head the review, development and implementation of accreditation processes, engaging with Information Governance, Information Security, Legal and Access Governance teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

You will lead complex, cross-functional programmes, translating strategic goals into practical governance and security outcomes while ensuring regulatory alignment and stakeholder buy-in

Qualifications

• Experience in accreditation, assurance, information governance within regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of information governance, data protection and security frameworks (UK GDPR, ISO 27001).
• Experience designing or improving accreditation, certification or assurance programmes and methodologies.
• Understanding TREs/Secure Data Environments and their governance and security requirements.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional programmes and translate objectives into outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead review, redesign and implementation of the TRE accreditation framework and assessment processes.
• Develop and implement ongoing assurance arrangements including audits and non-compliance management.
• Drive TRE accreditation and assurance improvement programmes with milestones, risks and dependencies.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations on complex accreditation and information governance matters.
• Collaborate with internal teams, assessors and external partners to standardise processes.
• Coordinate governance bodies and approvals for revised accreditation requirements.
• Strengthen independent assessments to meet regulatory standards and ensure sustainability.

Skills

Information governance

Accreditation

Assurance

Stakeholder management

Programme management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in information governance / cybersecurity / data science

CDMP or equivalent certification

Tools

TRE/SDE platforms

Security frameworks (ISO 27001, UK GDPR)

Job description

Our Future Health in London seeks a Principal Lead to drive TRE accreditation and assurance. You will head the review, development and implementation of accreditation processes, engaging with Information Governance, Information Security, Legal and Access Governance teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

You will lead complex, cross-functional programmes, translating strategic goals into practical governance and security outcomes while ensuring regulatory alignment and stakeholder buy-in