About this role
Salary: £120,000 - 120,000 per year
Requirements: Substantial experience managing risk within IT infrastructure environments, covering the infrastructure stack, networks, and storage, within financial services or a similarly large, regulated estate.Technical credibility and confidence to challenge technical teams and product owners effectively.Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to move between detailed technical discussions and executive-level presentations.Hands-on experience delivering and executing in a lean team environment.Familiarity with technology risk frameworks, controls, and compliance requirements relevant to a major banking infrastructure environment.Strong line management capability, with the desire to take on people management responsibilities as the team expands.Desirable: CRISC, CISA, CISM, ITIL, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a transition from a technical infrastructure background into risk and control. Responsibilities: Drive a 50/50 split between strategy and delivery, working closely with infrastructure Product Owners to challenge, identify, and mitigate risks while building practical end-of-life roadmaps.Govern the Digital Engineering Risk & Control framework, ensuring alignment with wider Technology risk appetite, operational resilience, BCP, and EMEA strategies.Produce high-quality board packs and executive summaries, translating detailed technical risks into concise reporting for MD-level leadership and risk committees.Partner with Product, Platform, Cyber Security, IT Risk, and Internal Audit teams to assess risks arising from new product implementations and change activities.Manage audits, assurance activity, loss events, and control checks across the infrastructure estate, ensuring product teams are held to account.Operate initially as a senior individual contributor and introduce line management as the function matures. Technologies: ITILSecurityDevOps More:
We are partnering with a long-established international bank on a senior VP-level technology risk and control opportunity based in Central London, close to Moorgate tube. The role is hybrid, with three days per week on site, and offers a c. £120k base plus bonus and a good package. This is a high-visibility position with a clear trajectory to Director level within 12 to 24 months, giving you the chance to shape risk, governance, and control across a major technology function while staying close to the detail and building the function from the ground up.
last updated 29 week of 2026