Cyber Security Governance & Assurance Specialist

Job Req ID: 60239

Posting Date: 02/07/2026

Function: Cyber Security

Location: This role can be based in either London, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester or Belfast (hybrid 3 days per week in office)

Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

About the role

Please note you must either hold or be eligible for SC (Security Clearance) for this role.

What you’ll be doing

• Own and manage the Information Assurance Governance, Risk and Compliance position for assigned customer contracts, ensuring effective security oversight throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Develop, implement, and maintain security governance, risk, and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to contractual, regulatory, industry, and BT security requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders, providing expert security guidance and driving informed decision-making.
• Identify, assess, and manage security risks, monitor compliance obligations, and drive continuous security improvements to protect people, information, assets, and reputation.
• Lead security governance activities, including audits, accreditations, supplier compliance, and assurance reviews, ensuring contractual security controls remain effective and compliant.

Essential Skills / Experience

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and customer engagement skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build effective relationships across internal and external teams.
• Experience in security governance, risk, and compliance, including risk assessments, audits, security improvement plans, and maintaining contractual and regulatory compliance.
• Relevant security accreditations such as CISM, M.Inst.ISP, or equivalent, with the ability to apply industry best practice to support customer and business security outcomes.
• Good understanding of security architecture, security operations, incident response, and the evolving cyber threat landscape, with the ability to translate complex security concepts into business-focused recommendations.
• Commercially aware and highly organised, with strong decision-making, contract management, reporting, and prioritisation skills to deliver outcomes within agreed timescales.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Excellent stakeholder management at C-level and above.
• Excellent knowledge of how security requirements are applied in operational or delivery contexts
• Artificial Intelligence Compliance
• Advanced Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of Secure by Design

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.

Flexible Working
This role offers a 3 together, 2 wherever working model. This means you are required to be at your contractual location 3 days a week with 2 flexible days per week.

With over 180 years of heritage, BT Business has brought together our best people and capabilities into a B2B powerhouse serving 1.2 million business customers in the UK

We’re a leader for secure connectivity and collaboration platforms for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from big household names and government departments, right through to sole traders and new start-ups. But it’s not just the technology that matters, it’s what it can do to help them build stronger, smarter, more secure businesses.

We are Customer-First Challengers, who are Committed, Clear and Connected. We value diversity and inclusion and believe in making a positive impact. We connect for good by championing digital inclusion and equipping people, businesses, and communities with digital skills to thrive.

As a member of our team, you will be part of an organisation that celebrates difference, fosters innovation and provides you with opportunities to be your best. With millions of businesses relying on us daily, joining BT means you can be part of a diverse and multi-skilled team that makes a significant impact to society.