Risk Analyst

Headsnminds Consultants; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Headsnminds Consultants in Bengaluru, India, seeks an IT Risk Manager to lead architecture risk assessments, security assurance, and incident support across large and complex technology environments.

You will embed secure-by-design and risk-based decisions into solution design, manage remediation tracking, and provide regular risk updates to stakeholders while balancing security with delivery speed and business expectations.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and risk evaluation skills.
• Ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and convey risk in clear, business-relevant terms.

Responsibilities

• Perform cyber and IT risk assessments for applications and platforms, reviewing architectures, data flows, deployment models, and third-party integrations.
• Engage early with architects, engineers, and product teams to embed secure-by-design and risk-based decisions into solution design.
• Support security incidents, risk exceptions, and remediation efforts, including business justification reviews and action tracking.
• Act as the primary risk contact for assigned technology or business areas, providing clear guidance and regular risk status updates.
• Maintain risk metrics, dashboards, and tracking artefacts, and contribute to continuous improvement of risk processes and ways of working.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Job description

Role & responsibilities

The position combines hands-on risk execution with strong stakeholder engagement, focusing on architecture risk assessments, security assurance, incident support, remediation tracking, and awareness enablement. The role is well-suited for a professional who can balance security rigour with delivery pragmatism in large, complex technology environments.

• Perform cyber and IT risk assessments for applications and platforms, reviewing architectures, data flows, deployment models, and thirdparty integrations.
• Engage early with architects, engineers, and product teams to embed securebydesign and riskbased decisions into solution design.
• Support security incidents, risk exceptions, and remediation efforts, including business justification reviews and action tracking.
• Act as the primary risk contact for assigned technology or business areas, providing clear guidance and regular risk status updates.
• Maintain risk metrics, dashboards, and tracking artefacts, and contribute to continuous improvement of risk processes and ways of working.

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong analytical and risk evaluation skills.
• Ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently engage diverse stakeholders and convey risk in clear, businessrelevant terms.
• High ownership, accountability, and execution discipline
• Pragmatic mindset with the ability to balance risk, security, and delivery speed with business expectations in mind.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in IT Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related domains.
• Experience analyzing risks related to data platforms, data visualization tools, AI agents, and emerging AI technologies, with awareness of MCP servers and associated security, privacy, and governance risks.