Business Unit: Technology Operations & Cyber Security
Location: Hybrid - Occasional travel to Glasgow and Newcastle hubs.
Contract type: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen within IT Service Protection team for a manager as part of IT Service Management. This multidisciplinary role is a great opportunity to engage across the Business, IT Development & Change, and Support pools to ensure safe delivery of Cloud changes through prescribed governance principles to our most important production IT Services.
Cloud Governance is a new team within a mature ITIL Service Protection framework which will govern the safe and effective delivery of both Cloud Project Change & BAU maintenance and activities across the bank’s Cloud IT infrastructure. To underpin this and other changes, a firm understanding and management of Cloud & IT Change Management is essential in maintaining a firm route to live.
Reporting directly to the Service Protection Manager, this is an important role in protecting quality of Cloud Service and managing risk, with the opportunity to engage across the whole of COO, the various CIO Towers within including TOCS. Key is establishing the broader Cloud change ownership to establish and drive forward a Cloud Governance framework and be a part of a developing process and to minimise risk in our service delivery.
The Cloud Governance Manager will work alongside change owners and technical colleagues to evaluate the scheduling of pending Cloud change proposals to and confirm schedule compliance in readiness for the various Change Management assessment boards and other contributing process and procedures.
Responsible for leading the central cloud governance team.
You’ll manage the continuous cloud governance process and be accountable for monitoring, evaluating, and adjusting cloud governance requirements.
Own and maintain a cloud governance strategy/process across all cloud providers to ensure consistency and effective cloud risk management.
Responsible for the creation, management, and maintenance of cloud governance policy documents.
Responsible for identifying any risk control gaps in the cloud control environment.
Maintain regulatory roadmaps & updates that impact cloud governance.
Liaise with stakeholders across the bank to ensure collaboration of cloud governance.
Strong knowledge of Cloud governance models and the Cloud Control Framework.
Experience in managing cloud governance and frameworks.
Experience leading transformational change in an IT operational context.
It’s a bonus if you have but not essential
Holds an industry recognised Project and ITIL qualifications.
Broad knowledge of IT infrastructure, systems and services
Strong understanding of operational Change Management process
Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more.
~ Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
~20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
~ Market-leading pension.
~ Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
~ Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with. Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.