Job Description

Cyber Risk Lead

Up to £90,000 p/annum

Hybrid Working - 3 days onsite

CPS Group are supporting a global financial services organisation with the recruitment of a Cyber Risk Lead to own and develop their third-party cyber risk management framework.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Cyber Security / Third-Party Risk professional to take ownership of a growing vendor risk function and work closely with IT, Procurement, Legal and senior stakeholders.

The Role:

• Own and continuously improve the third-party cyber risk and security due diligence process.
• Lead vendor criticality assessments and ensure appropriate due diligence and ongoing monitoring.
• Manage cyber risk requirements for critical and high-risk suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with regulations including DORA, NIS2, PRA, FCA and GDPR.
• Develop MI, dashboards and reporting for senior IT stakeholders and executives.
• Provide cyber security guidance across vendor assessments, contracts and risk management.
• Identify gaps and drive improvements across third-party cyber risk processes.

Required Experience:

• Proven experience in Cyber Security / Information Security Risk, with a focus on third-party or vendor risk.
• Strong experience designing, managing and improving vendor security due diligence processes.
• Knowledge of vendor security assessments (ideally CSA STAR/CAIQ, SOC 2, and ISO 27001)
• Experience working within a regulated industry and understanding relevant regulatory requirements.
• Strong understanding of third-party cyber risk and the ability to communicate risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with GRC / third-party risk management platforms is desirable.
• Experience producing MI and dashboards, ideally using Power BI, is desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC or ISO 27001 are advantageous.

If interested, please contact apply and contact Sam John.