Cyber Security Governance & Assurance Professional

Job Req ID: 56723

Posting Date: 06/07/2026

Function: Service

Location: Competitive

Salary: Manchester

About the role

Join BT and Help Protect Some of the UK's Most Critical Organisations

Are you passionate about cyber security, risk management and governance? Do you enjoy working with customers, stakeholders and technical teams to ensure security standards are met and risks are effectively managed?

BT is seeking a Cyber Security Governance & Assurance Professional to support the delivery of security governance, risk and compliance activities across key customer contracts. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build or advance a career in cyber security assurance within one of the UK's leading communications and technology organisations.

At BT, security is a major strategic investment area as we continue our ambition to become the world's most trusted connector of people, devices and machines. You'll join a business that supports more than one million UK customers and work alongside experts helping to protect organisations from an increasingly complex cyber threat landscape.

Build your future in Cyber Security Governance & Assurance.

Help manage risk. Drive compliance. Protect customers. Shape better security outcomes.

What you will be doing

You'll play a key role in helping BT and its customers maintain strong security governance by:

• Managing security governance activities across assigned customer contracts.
• Supporting security risk management, compliance monitoring and assurance activities.
• Maintaining governance documentation, security frameworks and compliance evidence.
• Facilitating governance meetings, tracking actions and driving issues through to resolution.
• Supporting security audits, risk assessments and remediation activities.
• Working closely with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure contractual security obligations are met.
• Monitoring and reporting on security risks, incidents and corrective action plans.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working with risk management principles and compliance activities
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload independently
• Understanding of contractual obligations and governance requirements
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
• Confidence identifying issues and escalating when appropriate
• Understanding of operational security environments and governance processes
• Ability to obtain and maintain relevant security clearance
• Commitment to achieving professional security qualifications such as CISMP or equivalent

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Security governance, assurance or compliance experience
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NCSC guidance, NIS Regulations or Security Policy Frameworks
• Conducting or supporting security audits and compliance reviews
• Knowledge of regulatory and legal compliance requirements
• Experience assessing security controls and their effectiveness
• Interest in emerging cyber threats and the evolving security landscape

Our Package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus
• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
• Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.