Group Head of Technology Cyber and Resilience Risk

We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative senior risk leader to join us as Head of Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk.

This is a high-profile and meaningful leadership role within our Group Risk function, where you’ll have the opportunity to shape how we understand, manage and respond to some of the most important risks facing our organisation.

As a trusted adviser to the head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership, senior executives and relevant Board committees, you’ll provide thoughtful, independent insight to help ensure our most significant risks are well understood, effectively managed and transparently reported.

This role reports into the Digital Risk team and you’ll work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across Risk, Technology, Cyber and Operational Resilience, bringing together different perspectives and building strong, trusted relationships. Through clear insight, constructive challenge and open collaboration, you’ll help us make well-informed decisions that support our customers, colleagues and long-term ambitions.

Alongside your technical knowledge, how you lead and support others will be just as important. You’ll have the opportunity to influence significant strategic, technology and investment decisions, while creating an environment where a talented specialist risk team can grow, contribute and do their best work.

Why join us?

This is a rare opportunity to shape the organisation’s approach to some of its most important and rapidly evolving risks. You will have the visibility and influence to support significant decisions, strengthen resilience and help protect our customers, colleagues and long-term strategic ambitions.

If you are a forward-thinking risk leader who combines technical credibility with commercial judgement, clear communication and the confidence to challenge at the highest level, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities          

• Providing independent second-line oversight across technology, cyber and operational resilience risk.
• Offering clear and balanced risk opinions on material exposures, control weaknesses, emerging threats and management responses.
• Building trusted relationships with the Head of Digital Risk, EUI leadership, senior technology and cyber leaders, executives and Board committees.
• Making complex technical risks accessible by translating them into clear business implications, recommendations and decisions.
• Working collaboratively to ensure technology, cyber and resilience considerations are embedded early in strategic, investment and transformation decisions.
• Providing thoughtful and constructive challenge on technology strategy, architecture, cloud, cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery and operational resilience.
• Bringing together Group and EUI risk perspectives to identify shared exposures, concentrations and dependencies.
• Overseeing the organisation’s ability to prevent, withstand, respond to and recover from significant disruption.
• Providing independent insight across important business services, impact tolerances, scenario testing, third-party resilience, crisis management and recovery arrangements.
• Supporting and leading regulatory engagement on material technology, cyber and operational resilience matters.
• Setting a clear strategic direction and quality expectations for the Technology, Cyber and Resilience Risk team.
• Leading, supporting and developing a specialist team, creating an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to share their expertise and provide effective challenge.

Essential skills and Experience

• You’ll be an experienced senior leader with strong knowledge of technology risk, cyber risk and/or operational resilience, ideally gained within a complex and highly regulated organisation.
• Experience working with executive teams, Boards and Board Risk Committees.
• Sound judgement and the ability to provide constructive challenge and raise concerns appropriately.
• Strong knowledge of technology, cyber security and operational resilience risk management.
• Experience assessing risk exposure against appetite and evaluating control environments.
• A good understanding of cloud, technology resilience, cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery and third-party resilience.
• Experience of important business services, impact tolerances, scenario testing and resilience planning.
• The ability to identify wider or systemic risks and communicate the issues that need executive or Board attention.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to connect technical risk to customer outcomes, strategic delivery, investment decisions and business performance.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with an ability to make complex information clear, accessible and decision-focused.
• A track record of supporting, motivating and developing specialist teams and creating an environment where people can thrive.
• Experience engaging collaboratively with regulators, Internal Audit and other assurance functions.
• A calm, thoughtful and pragmatic approach to leadership, including when navigating complex or high-pressure situations.

Desirable Skills and Experience   

• Relevant professional qualifications in technology risk, cyber security, operational resilience or IT control assurance. These could include CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CCSK or CCAK

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

Disability Confident Leader

As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process.

If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know. Please email Allison.Martina22@admiralgroup.co.uk or contact us on 07796 039828. This number is dedicated to supporting candidates that require reasonable adjustments or support during the application process.

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