# Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager - Secure by Design **Company**: Home Office **Location**: London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, London, England; Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England; Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England; Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, Scotland **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: GBP 62,732 - 73,406 per year **Category**: Security **Industry**: Government **Apply**: https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/lead-cyber-security-risk-manager-secure-design-109046?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_22ee324b-f6e ## Description Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property. As a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager in the Secure by Design team, you will identify, understand and mitigate cyber-related risks. You will evaluate the risks to our critical national infrastructure and business critical systems and use your expertise to draw on a range of evidence to proactively advise stakeholders, enabling well-informed, risk-based decision making. You’ll be joining an expert team of cyber professionals, committed to reducing the exposure to cyber-attack of new and existing digital systems. You’ll be aided in your role by a diverse and supportive organisational culture, and a commitment to further your continuous development. Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. **Job description** The Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager supports, plans and develops the implementation and management of organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management, assurance or governance of cyber risk. They will provide tailored expert support and advice that highlights cyber security risks to a range of stakeholders, projects, business teams and service owners, helping them to remedy identified risks by enabling well-informed and auditable decisions, using published guidance and standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise. As the Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager working within the Secure by Design team, your main day to day responsibilities will be: - Independently and impartially undertaking risk management activities within a given area of practice or expertise, usually within established security and risk management governance structures. - Developing risk management-related policy and assure the ongoing appropriateness of policy in accordance with regulation and wider organisational and government policies. - Promote the adoption of Secure by Design principles, standards and best practices across business and technology teams, influencing all stakeholders to make risk-informed decisions that enhance cyber security outcomes while enabling delivery objectives. - Managing risk management processes, reviewing their efficiency and effectiveness, and leading recommendations for continuous improvement. - Assessing reviews and risk assessments and ensuring identified risks are managed in accordance with Home Office risk management policies. **Person specification** You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security with the following skills or experience in: - Information or cyber security including threat and risk analysis for complex, high-risk and/or mission critical systems, preferably involving the Home Office, Cabinet Office, NCSC or within industry Security Operations Centres (SOCs) and departments. - Proven ability to lead and mentor a diverse team of governance, risk or assurance specialists. - Proficiency analysing or implementing technical or security policies in a large organisation. - Ability to champion cybersecurity risk and ensure ongoing appropriateness or practices. - Demonstrable experience embedding Secure by Design principles into programmes, products, services or technology solutions. - The ability to drive cultural and operational change through awareness campaigns, leadership engagement, upskilling initiatives and influencing, persuading and building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups. **Benefits** Alongside your salary of £62,732, Home Office contributes £18,173 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Some of the primary ones are: - A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%. - In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements. - 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service. - 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day. ## Skills ### Required - Cyber Security - Risk Management - Secure by Design - Threat Analysis - Security Operations --- Source: [Apply at jobsgopublic.com](https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/lead-cyber-security-risk-manager-secure-design-109046?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)