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National Grid is hiring a Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager for our Security department in Warwick. 

About the role

As a Governance, Risk & Compliance Manager, you'll manage the approach to Cyber Governance, Cyber Risk and (for the UK only) Cyber Regulatory Compliance as owned by the Global CISO and defined by the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team; and build long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders. You'll help drive adoption and adherence to policies and standards and ensure the organization's approach to GRC is fit for purpose, current, and effectively managed. Key responsibilities include the following: 

Utilising the NIST CSF v2.0 as a framework to align to, the GRC manager shall (under the direction of the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team) support the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team in ensuring: Organizational Context (GV. OC): The circumstances — mission, stakeholder expectations, dependencies, and legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements — surrounding the organization’s cybersecurity risk management decisions are documented. Risk Management Strategy (GV.RM): The organization’s priorities, constraints, risk tolerance and appetite statements, and assumptions are documented, communicated, and used to support risk decisions. That the cyber risk strategy (methodology) integrates with and supports the Enterprise Risk Management approaches adopted by National Grid. Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities (GV.RR): Cybersecurity roles, responsibilities, and authorities to foster accountability, performance assessment, and continuous improvement as defined by the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team are documented and communicated. Policy (GV.PO): Organizational cybersecurity policy as directed are established, owned by the Global CISO and approved by the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team, and communicated. Oversight (GV.OV): Results of organization-wide cybersecurity risk management activities and performance are used to inform the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team. To enable improvement, and adjustment of the risk management strategy as instructed by the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team. Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (GV.SC): Cyber supply chain risk management processes are managed, monitored, and improved by organizational stakeholders. Cyber Security Schedules are centrally maintained based on input from the National Grid Cyber Security Senior Leadership team and cyber risk outcomes.

About you

Master's Degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience, or a BS/BA degree or higher in a technical discipline  10+ years of relevant experience. 5+ years of people management experience with relevant industry and professional certifications. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, including articulating complex ideas and influencing in a matrix environment. Develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders to deliver desired business outcomes.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £71,000 – 89,000 – dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a company car or allowance, a bonus of up to 20% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, a salary sacrifice technology scheme, support via the employee assistance line and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 25/9/24. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

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