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Director, Cyber Governance and Compliance

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead contract negotiations for security and compliance terms, acting as the primary technical advisor to Sales and Legal while ensuring organizational capability to deliver on negotiated security commitments.

Role type

Director, Cyber Governance and Compliance

Builds

Strategic roadmap for security assurance, pre-approved security positions, standardized language, and control framework mappings.

Domain

Financial services, enterprise regulatory environments, and cloud security.

Required skills

Security governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC), regulatory interpretation, security contract negotiation, risk-based decision making, scalable process development, cloud security controls, compliance frameworks mapping

Preferred skills

Industry certifications (CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CIPP, CRISC), contract management platforms, security questionnaire automation tools, GRC technology solutions

Technologies

AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift

Responsibilities

Lead contract negotiations for security and compliance terms, Apply risk-based decision making to evaluate proposed security commitments, Partner with Legal as technical subject matter expert, Analyze and interpret complex regulatory requirements, Identify and address systemic gaps between client demands and capabilities, Establish and maintain a comprehensive knowledge repository

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership and cross-functional partnership