Cyber Risk & IT Resilience Leader

Old Mutual South Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual South Africa is seeking an IT Risk Manager to lead the cyber risk program across technology and data. You will oversee risk governance, challenge control environments, and ensure regulatory reporting timelines are met.

You will review third-party arrangements, monitor emerging cyber threats, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive risk reduction and resilience across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in information systems or related field; NQF 7 qualification required.
• Honours or postgraduate qualification is advantageous.
• Experience in IT risk, cybersecurity, IT audit or governance.
• Experience in financial services; insurance preferred.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and risk reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent oversight of cybersecurity risk management framework.
• Review 1st line risk and control self-assessments for technology, cyber and data.
• Perform deep dives on high-risk areas like identity and access management, cloud, data leakage.
• Monitor and challenge risk acceptances and exceptions.
• Oversee cyber incident management and regulatory reporting timelines.
• Challenge vendor due diligence and third-party risk controls.

Skills

Contract Administration

Contract Management

Cyber Risks

Cybersecurity Controls

Cybersecurity Risk Management

Data Compilation

Financial Acumen

Information Retrieval

Information Technology (IT) Risk

Legal Communication

Negotiation

Network Optimization

Oral Communications

Report Review

Requirements Management

Supplier Management

Technology Risk

Third Party Risk Management

User Experience (UX) Design

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Information Security, Risk Management or related field (NQF 7)

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom): Information Technology And Computer Science: Information Technology Management

Tools

ServiceNow IRM

Archer

MetricStream

Job description

Old Mutual South Africa is seeking an IT Risk Manager to lead the cyber risk program across technology and data. You will oversee risk governance, challenge control environments, and ensure regulatory reporting timelines are met.

You will review third-party arrangements, monitor emerging cyber threats, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive risk reduction and resilience across the organization.