Associate Director, Cyber Assurance

This role offers the opportunity to lead technology risk, cyber assurance, and IT audit engagements for major organisations, advising senior stakeholders on cyber security, governance, controls, and digital transformation. The successful candidate will combine client leadership, business development, and team management responsibilities while helping clients strengthen their technology risk and assurance capabilities.

Client Details

Our client is a global professional services organisation with a leading cybersecurity capability. They support clients across public sector, defence, and critical infrastructure industries, helping them navigate complex cyber and regulatory challenges. The organisation is recognised for its strong leadership culture, investment in innovation, and commitment to developing its people.

Description

• Lead technology risk, cyber assurance, and IT audit engagements for a diverse client portfolio.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and provide strategic risk and control advice.
• Deliver assessments across areas including cyber security, IT controls, cloud, data privacy, resilience, identity and access management, and emerging technologies.
• Support the development of technology risk frameworks, assurance programmes, and governance models.
• Contribute to business development through client relationship management, proposals, and growth initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop teams while promoting collaboration and technical excellence.

Profile

• Strong experience in technology risk, IT audit, cyber assurance, or risk advisory within a consulting or professional services environment.
• Proven track record of leading complex engagements and managing senior client relationships.
• Sound understanding of IT controls, cyber security, risk management, governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience across areas such as cloud security, data privacy, resilience, third-party risk, and technology transformation.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and business development skills.
  Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Job Offer

• Hybrid role, 1 - 2 days in office per week ( can choose based office from multiple locations - Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Scotland)
• Opportunity to work in a large organisation with a strong reputation in technology and innovation.
• Strong career progression opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package (core and £6K plus worth flexible benefits)
• Bonus scheme