Governance Risk and Compliance Manager

Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager
Salary: £40,000–£45,000
Location: Shrivenham (Hybrid Working)
 
Take ownership of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) within a security-focused technology environment.
 
You will work closely with senior stakeholders to strengthen risk management, maintain regulatory compliance and support the organisation's wider security and resilience objectives.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain GRC policies, frameworks and processes
• Manage enterprise risk assessments and the organisational risk register
• Identify, assess, and monitor operational, regulatory, cybersecurity, financial, and third-party risks
• Lead both internal and external audit activity and oversee remediation of findings
• Provide GRC reporting and advice to senior management and lead training programs on GCR
• Drive continuous improvement across policy development ensuring GRC

 
Requirements:

• Extensive experience in GRC, audit, information security and related disciplines
• Strong knowledge of risk management, regulatory frameworks and compliance
• Experience with enterprise risk, internal controls and audit processes
• GDPR experience, including ROPA, LIA and DPIA
• Experience with GRC or risk management platforms
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
• British Nationals with existing security clearance or eligibility to obtain high level clearance  

 
Desirable:

• Experience with Defence Cyber Certification (DCC) and/or CE/CE+ certification
• Understanding of Secure by Design (SbD) or JSP 453
• Knowledge of NIS2, SOC 2 and vendor risk management
• CISA, CRISC, CISM or CISSP certification

 
Benefits:
Professional development and training, exposure to complex security and compliance environments, and the opportunity to make a significant impact within a specialist technology organisation.
 
Due to the nature of the work, successful applicants must be British Nationals eligible to hold or obtain the appropriate security clearance.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.
 
This is a permanent role.