Cyber AI Technical Education & Awareness Manager

AI Adoption & Transformation Lead - Cybersecurity Education & Awareness

We are seeking a forward-thinking AI Adoption & Transformation Lead to shape and drive cybersecurity education and behaviour change across a large-scale financial services organisation.

This is a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of AI innovation, cybersecurity, and engineering culture, working closely with technology, engineering communities, and AI enablement teams to embed secure, responsible AI usage into day-to-day engineering practices.

You'll play a pivotal role in shifting the organisation from compliance-driven learning to meaningful behavioural change-ensuring engineers have the skills, mindset, and guardrails needed to safely build and operate with AI.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & deliver a comprehensive AI cyber behaviour and skills programme tailored to technical audiences, including:
  • Software engineers
  • Developers
  • Architects
  • Platform teams
  • DevSecOps & SRE communities
• Translate complex and evolving AI-related cyber risks into clear, actionable engineering behaviours, such as:
  • Secure prompt and data handling
  • Safe usage of AI assistants and tooling
  • Guardrails for AI-generated code
  • Model and tool governance integration
• Drive a behaviour-first approach to learning, moving away from traditional compliance-based training towards:
  • Practical, real-world application
  • Workflow-integrated learning experiences
  • Just-in-time and Embedded enablement
• Partner with AI enablement, security, and engineering leadership to align on strategy, priorities, and adoption goals
• Lead organisational change initiatives focused on culture, engagement, and sustained behaviour change at scale

Key Experience & Skills

• Proven Experience operating within large enterprise environments, ideally in financial services or similarly regulated sectors
• Strong technical foundation in cybersecurity, with hands-on background in areas such as:
• Application security
• DevOps/DevSecOps
• Security engineering or cyber controls
• Demonstrable understanding of AI/GenAI in engineering contexts, including:
• Common usage patterns (eg coding assistants, LLM integrations)
• Associated risks (data leakage, model misuse, insecure outputs, etc.)
• An engineer at heart mindset-someone who has transitioned from hands-on technical delivery into broader transformation or enablement roles
• Experience designing and delivering large-scale transformation programmes, including:
  • Training and capability development
  • Change management and adoption
  • Engagement and culture-building initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences alike

Practicalities

• Inside ir35 contract
• 6 month initial (18 month project scope)
• Flexible onsite travel

Job Title: Cyber AI Technical Education & Awareness Manager

Location: Birmingham, UK

Job Type: Contract

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