Overview
The DVSA are continuing to strengthen security capability across the business. This role will form a part of a growing Cyber function continuing to embed and maintain an assurance and response function protecting their services and customer data. Their work also supports the DVSA Data Strategy which has recently been refreshed, setting the direction for making the Agency an evidence based and data driven organisation whilst maintaining an appropriate level of security of their services and data.
Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle:upon:Tyne, Nottingham, Oldham, Swansea
Salary: Up to GBP 80,400 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 21 September 2025
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Responsibilities
* Lead and undertake risk management activities against the hardest or most novel scenarios, applying the fundamental principles of risk management to a range of complex scenarios, and lead regulatory or legislative compliance activities.
* Guide and direct specialist activities, actively promoting development in applicable skills, providing leadership to other risk managers, and sharing best practice across government, the public sector, and industry.
* Lead the analysis and derivation of complex security needs.
* Lead cyber security related risk assessments and other expert risk management activities, including guidance on establishing the organisation\'s cyber security related governance arrangements.
* Provide guidance to ensure ongoing confidence that fundamental organisational security needs have been met, including integrating a range of assurance approaches and techniques.
* Shape leadership decision making through effective reporting and communication regarding the effectiveness of security processes across an organisation, and provide recommendations to highly complex problems.
* Act as an SME for complex cyber risk management concerns, issues and problems.
Qualifications / Licenses
* A Chartered Cyber Professional or be willing to work towards becoming Chartered.
* Demonstrate experience in cloud security across at least one platform of AWS or Azure and be willing to undertake formal training and certifications in this area.
Required Experience
As a Principal Cyber Risk Manager you are inquisitive and enjoy understanding the context of the full service and product suite you are supporting. You work in a matrix team with roles such as developers, user experience and service design, business analysis to bring a rounded approach to a service. You are good at making evidenced based recommendations to both Service Owners and Senior Security Leadership roles around the level of security risk being managed within each product. You enjoy learning about new technology. You are part of a wider Security profession and support the development of that profession as part of a leadership role.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance and Sales
Industries
* Advertising Services
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