Description
The Technology Risk Specialist role sits within the Group Chief Technology Risk office, performing Second Line of Defence activities, including risk assurance of technology operational risks, new products, change, and key controls. You will provide 2nd line Technology Risk oversight support to the Group, focusing on Infrastructure, Cloud, AI, Blockchain, and other emerging technologies.
Key responsibilities:
- Review and challenge technology risks across the Group with CIO and CRO organisations
- Provide effective and robust review and challenge over Group and Divisional risk profiles
- Ensure Technology risks identified as being outside appetite have effective remediation plans
- Review and challenge key change initiatives that may introduce additional technology risks
- Conduct targeted deep dives on areas of potential heightened technology risk
- Analyse technology Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for insights and recommend development of new measures
- Review and challenge First Line raised technology issues and action plans
- Attend Business Line Risk Forums to provide technology risk opinion
- Attend incident review meetings and provide trend analysis and insight into technology-related incidents
Qualifications and experience:
- Broad SME technical knowledge of Technology, Cyber, and Resilience risks in Financial Services
- Previous cloud migration experience
- Strong previous stakeholder management experience
- Proven experience of 8 years or more in technology, risk, or programme management roles
- Appropriate experience related to technology governance and risk management
- A background in the financial services sector and experience of managing 1LoD technology risks as well as 2LoD oversight of technology risk
- A strong understanding of the core controls and metrics used to manage technology risks
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills