Programme Manager - CNI Cyber Security

Department: Cyber Services and Capabilities

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: GBR Remote

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Play an active role in the end-to-end delivery of complex cyber security programmes and initiatives, ensuring alignment to organisational security strategy and objectives. 
• Establish and maintain robust programme governance, reporting, budget management, and delivery controls. 
• Manage programme risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigations, ensuring security and business impacts are clearly understood and addressed. 
• Engage and influence a broad range of senior business, technology, and security stakeholders within a complex organisational environment. 
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver cyber security capabilities, controls, and improvements to agreed timelines and quality standards. 
• Provide clear and concise updates to programme leadership, governance forums, and executive stakeholders. 
• Support compliance with regulatory and industry frameworks, with RIIO knowledge considered advantageous. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong programme management experience with a proven track record of delivering large-scale cyber security or technology transformation programmes. 
• Demonstrable expertise in programme governance, financial management, and executive reporting. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate organisational complexity and competing priorities. 
• Strong leadership capability, driving collaboration across business, technology, and security teams. 
• Proven experience managing risk, dependencies, and change within large programmes.

• Significant experience managing large programmes, with cyber security programme delivery experience strongly preferred. 
• Good understanding of cyber security principles, controls, and risk management practices. 
• Experience delivering security initiatives such as identity and access management, security operations, vulnerability management, cloud security, or regulatory compliance programmes. 
• Working knowledge of JIRA and associated delivery management tools (desirable). 
• Understanding of RIIO and the regulatory landscape within critical national infrastructure or regulated industries (beneficial but not essential).

Benefits

• Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options. 
• Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave. 
• Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme 
• Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension, Life Assurance, and Share Save Scheme. 
• Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities. 
• Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme. 
• Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme. 
• Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life, like getting married/entering into a civil partnership, becoming a grandparent, and welcoming home a new pet. 
• Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave, as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.