Business Unit: Business Management & Control (Technology Operations & Cyber Security, COO)
Salary range: Min: £44,000 - £63,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: Hybrid - Very occasional and infrequent travel to a local hub when required.
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time 

Live for the weekday. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team:

The overarching ambition for COO remains – leverage the power of technology to deliver superb products and services for our customers. Technology Operations & Cyber Security (TOCS) plays a critical role in that pursuit, specifically, protecting our organisation and its critical data from cyber criminals as well as managing all technical services used by colleagues and customers alike.

Business Management and Control (BM&C) ensures TOCS is effective and fit for purpose in this ambition by leading the way in Financial Planning & Management, Third Party Management, Risk & Control, People & Engagement and Insights & Reporting.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Technology Control Lead to join our team, reporting directly to the Technology Control Manager. In this role, you will support the Technology Control Manager in maintaining the technology operations and cyber security risk and control profile. You will be responsible for ensuring robust risk and control governance, managing currency and resilience risk, and conducting comprehensive risk and control assessments. Your insights and analysis will be crucial in driving our risk management strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

Supporting the Technology Control Manager in maintaining the TOCS risk and control profile within the Integrated Risk Management system and in line with VM Risk Management Framework. Oversee risk and control governance, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations. Manage currency and resilience risk to ensure the stability and reliability of our technology infrastructure. Conduct thorough risk and control assessments, providing detailed insights and analysis. Perform independent control testing and validation to ensure the effectiveness of risk controls. Manage and validate risk issues, ensuring timely resolution and mitigation. Oversee risk event management, including identification, assessment, and response. Develop and deliver risk education and awareness programs to enhance the risk culture within the organization. Collaborate with all lines of defence and key stakeholders to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach to risk management.

This role requires a unique blend of technical skills and experience, We'll need to have:

Proven experience in technology risk management and control. Strong understanding of cyber security principles and practices. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders. Strong communication and presentation skills. Relevant certifications (e.g., CISA, CISSP, CRISC) are a plus.

Red Hot Rewards

Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more. Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​.  20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.  Market-leading pension. Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance. Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.