Date Posted:
2026-04-29
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Gloucester, South Gloucestershire
Position Role Type:
Hybrid
Benefits:
1. £: Competitive salary
2. Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
3. 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
4. 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
5. Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
6. Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
7. Enhanced sick pay
8. Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
Work Culture
9. 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
10. Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
11. Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
12. Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
13. Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.
About us
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.
Our Business
As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.
With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.
Role & Responsibilities
We’re looking for an experienced Cyber Security Risk Manager to lead and evolve our cyber risk management capability. You’ll oversee the identification, assessment, and management of cyber and Digital Technology risks, ensuring regulatory alignment and strong governance. Working closely with technical and business teams, you’ll translate cyber risk into clear business insight and embed risk-informed decision-making across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
14. Own and lead the Cyber & Digital Technology Risk Management Framework, aligned to industry standards and MOD requirements
15. Identify, assess, and prioritise cyber and digital technology risks across IT, operational, and business environments
16. Translate technical security issues into clear, actionable business risk
17. Drive risk treatment, ownership, and tracking of mitigation actions
18. Maintain the central cyber risk register and produce concise risk reporting for senior stakeholders
19. Embed cyber risk management into projects, technology change, and third‑party engagements
20. Act as the cyber risk SME, influencing decision‑making and promoting a strong risk‑aware culture
Essential Skills & Experience
21. Experience in cyber security, information security, IT risk, or a closely related discipline
22. Proven experience delivering cyber and technology risk management in complex, regulated, or high‑assurance environments
23. Ability to manage and prioritise multiple cyber and technology risks across different technical and organisational domains
24. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and challenge without formal line authority
25. Confident communicator, able to clearly articulate cyber risk to technical teams, operational stakeholders, and senior leadership
26. Solid technical understanding of cyber security and IT, enabling credible engagement with engineering, operations, and architecture teams
27. Ability to translate technical vulnerabilities, incidents, and weaknesses into clear, structured risk statements
28. Working knowledge of recognised cyber and risk frameworks (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001/27005) and their practical application
29. Ability to balance security risk, delivery priorities, and operational outcomes
30. Security Check (SC) clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain SC clearance
Desirable Skills & Experience
31. Experience working within defence, government, critical national infrastructure, or similarly regulated sectors
32. Familiarity with MOD cyber requirements and standards
33. Experience facilitating risk discussions or workshops with both technical and non‑technical audiences
34. Experience embedding cyber risk management into projects, change initiatives, and delivery lifecycles
35. Understanding of supplier, third‑party, and supply chain cyber risk
36. Experience supporting audit, assurance, or external regulatory scrutiny
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