Cyber Security Assurance Lead
Posted Today by REED
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Birmingham, UK
Summary: The Cyber Assurance Lead role involves providing senior leadership and strategic direction in cyber security assurance for a digital and cloud portfolio. This position is essential for managing security risks, documentation, and compliance in a regulated environment, particularly focusing on cloud-hosted platforms and enterprise SaaS solutions. The role requires extensive experience in security assurance and risk management, along with strong stakeholder engagement skills. The position is contract-based for a duration of 6 months and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and lead cross-project cyber security assurance for a complex multi-system digital portfolio.
- Act as the senior security decision-maker, providing clear risk-based recommendations and approvals.
- Prioritise assurance activity across multiple live projects and services.
- Constructively challenge senior delivery, digital, and technical stakeholders on risk, architecture, and control gaps.
- Ensure consistent production and maintenance of assurance artefacts, risk registers, control mapping, and decisions.
- Oversee and quality-assure the work of senior and mid-level security consultants.
- Support compliance and assurance activities in regulated or audited environments, such as government-style assurance.
- Provide assurance input across cloud, SaaS, integration, and OT-adjacent initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience leading security assurance and risk management across live digital environments.
- Proven ability to operate at programme/portfolio level.
- Strong background in cloud and SaaS environments (AWS preferred).
- Experience with integration-heavy estates, APIs, and third-party platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging at CISO and senior leadership level.
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset - able to balance pace with control.
- Desirable: Exposure to GovAssure or central government assurance models, experience with OT, IoT, smart-building or property technology environments, familiarity with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Planon or similar SaaS platforms.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Cyber Assurance Lead
- Contract Duration: 6 Months
- Location: Hybrid (London/Birmingham)
- Job Type: Contract - Outside IR35
Reed Professional Services is seeking a Cyber Assurance Lead to provide senior leadership and strategic direction in cyber security assurance across a dynamic digital and cloud portfolio. This role is crucial for ensuring security risk management, documentation, and compliance in a regulated environment, focusing on cloud-hosted platforms and enterprise SaaS solutions.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Own and lead cross-project cyber security assurance for a complex multi-system digital portfolio.
- Act as the senior security decision-maker, providing clear risk-based recommendations and approvals.
- Prioritise assurance activity across multiple live projects and services.
- Constructively challenge senior delivery, digital, and technical stakeholders on risk, architecture, and control gaps.
- Ensure consistent production and maintenance of assurance artefacts, risk registers, control mapping, and decisions.
- Oversee and quality-assure the work of senior and mid-level security consultants.
- Support compliance and assurance activities in regulated or audited environments, such as government-style assurance.
- Provide assurance input across cloud, SaaS, integration, and OT-adjacent initiatives.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Extensive experience leading security assurance and risk management across live digital environments.
- Proven ability to operate at programme/portfolio level.
- Strong background in cloud and SaaS environments (AWS preferred).
- Experience with integration-heavy estates, APIs, and third-party platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging at CISO and senior leadership level.
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset - able to balance pace with control.
- Desirable: Exposure to GovAssure or central government assurance models, experience with OT, IoT, smart-building or property technology environments, familiarity with Salesforce, ServiceNow, Planon or similar SaaS platforms.
Additional Information:
- BPSS and active Security Clearance required.
- This position offers hybrid working options, with locations in London and Birmingham.
To apply for the Cyber Assurance Lead position, please submit your CV and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in this role.