About the role

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. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.   

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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. You will lead the independent derivation and analysis of security needs and conduct tailored threat assessments, security audits, or other risk management activities, ensuring consistency with regulations and legislation. 
• 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. This includes reviewing internal controls following any security breach, providing advice on how to remediate any vulnerabilities discovered, and agreeing and overseeing remedial solutions, controls and safeguards.
• Assessing reviews and risk assessments and ensuring identified risks are managed in accordance with Home Office risk management policies. 

Working Pattern 

Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, compressed hours are available. 

Person specification

Essential Skills

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. Skilled in balancing security requirements with business impact to ensure practicality and effectiveness. 
• 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, ensuring that security requirements, threat modelling, risk assessment and appropriate controls are considered and implemented throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• 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.