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Information Risk Manager

Employer
Hays.
Location
United Kingdom, Skipton
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
1 Aug 2022

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Information Risk Manager
Permanent
Salary: Up to £67,000 per annum
Location: Remote with 2 days per month the office in Skipton, West Yorkshire


Your new company
Hays Technology are currently recruiting for an experienced and knowledgeable Information Risk Manager to work with a financial institution in West Yorkshire. This role can be completed remotely with travel required once or twice a month at minimum. This is a great opportunity to join the Information Risk team. You'll be leading the way with the organisation's cyber security and operational resilience strategy, whilst being a risk-focused SME on a variety of projects.

Your new role will require you to:
  • Support the execution of the organisation's risk framework
  • Provide risk oversight across IT, Information Security, operational resilience and various projects
  • Maintain and implement a risk aware culture across the organisation at all levels
  • Based on your understanding of the contemporary threat landscape, provide oversight to and implement standards, procedures, practices and group policies to the business
  • Disperse knowledge and reviews on areas of concern
  • Provide board and committee level Information security and IT risk reports using MI where appropriate
  • In line with organisational and industry best practice, keep the organisation's risk and information security policies progressive
  • You will be a subject matter expert and provide 'go-to' support and leadership in line with the organisation's cyber strategies, risk appetite, and architectural best practices.
  • Provide pragmatic risk-focused advice in line with the organisation's existing and developing risk processes to implement your strategies.

What you'll need to succeed
  • A solid background in information security and risk within a management role
  • The ability to translate and disperse technical knowledge to non-technical staff and the ability to influence the wider IT function in line with your initiatives and the wider organisation's risk strategy.
  • A technical security background within hands-on roles would be highly beneficial
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Practical understanding of IT risk frameworks. i.e. ISO27001 and NIST
  • Relevant professional qualification(s)

What you'll get in return
In addition to a salary of £67,000 per annum and the ability to work for an organisation that truly values a strong work/life balance, you can expect a wide variety of benefits including but not limited to:
  • Discretionary Bonus (7-12%)
  • Matching 2% up to 10% pension
  • Study leave and opportunities for study
  • Private health insurance
  • Holiday trading
  • Cycle to work
  • Variety of lifestyle benefits such as annual rail discounts, childcare vouchers etc
  • Individual private healthcare

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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