Leadership Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to GRC assessors and supporting consultants.
• Allocate assessment areas and review working papers, evidence mapping, findings and scoring for consistency and quality.
• Establish a consistent assessment and evidence-evaluation approach across the team.
• Challenge unsupported conclusions and ensure professional judgements are evidence-based and clearly documented.
• Coordinate with technical specialists so relevant IT/OT findings are appropriately incorporated into GRC and compliance assessments.
• Escalate material evidence gaps, scope limitations, dependencies and risks through the agreed governance route.
• Present findings, maturity positions, risks and recommendations to customer SMEs, management and executives.

What you'll bring

• Current PriCSP (Audit) certification/accreditation is mandatory for this role.
• Strong practical experience in cyber security governance, risk and compliance, assurance, audit or security maturity assessment.
• Demonstrable experience delivering structured gap assessments against recognised cyber security frameworks, standards or regulatory requirements.
• Experience with NCSC CAF/eCAF assessments or comparable control-based assurance frameworks.
• Strong evidence-assessment capability, including determining relevance, sufficiency, reliability, currency, consistency and traceability of evidence.
• Experience reviewing security policies, standards, procedures, risk registers, control evidence, architecture artefacts and operational records.
• Experience assessing control design and, where appropriate, control implementation and operating effectiveness.
• Strong stakeholder interviewing, workshop facilitation and challenge skills across technical, operational and senior-management audiences.
• Ability to write clear, defensible findings and recommendations suitable for executive, audit and regulatory audiences.
• Experience translating findings into prioritised remediation actions, control improvements and evidence requirements.
• Experience operating in complex environments spanning business, IT and/or OT stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

• Critical National Infrastructure, utilities, water, energy, transport, government or similarly regulated-sector experience.
• Experience supporting NIS compliance, regulatory submissions, audit readiness or formal assurance programmes.
• Experience conducting mock assessments, executive challenge sessions or independent quality reviews.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, GICSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Lead Implementer or equivalent GRC/assurance qua

We also work within Public Sector clients where UK Gov. Defence Vetting to such as SC is required, as such you hold or be eligible to hold UK Gov vetting. A valid right to work in the UK.

Our inclusive work environment

Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, and continuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being, growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitive organisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women’s Business Network, Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.

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Benefits

We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Our Learning and Development team ensure that there are continuous growth and development opportunities for our people. We also offer the opportunity to have flexible work options.

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Equal Opportunities Employer

We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in the fair treatment of all our employees and commit to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We are also a proud Disability Confident Committed Employer - we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us, during the application process, that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.