Senior Cybersecurity Risk and Assurance Lead
16 Richmond Street, Glasgow
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£47,389 - £58,225 a year
- Lead cybersecurity initiatives with a focus on risk, governance, and assurance while engaging with stakeholders to convey technical risks' business impacts.
- Ideal candidates should possess extensive cybersecurity experience, strong analytical skills, effective communication abilities, and a collaborative work ethic.
- This full-time position is based in Glasgow with a salary range of £47,389 - £58,225, offering a federated working environment and a commitment to cyber risk assurance.
Salary range: £47,389 - £58,225
FTE: 1.0 (35 hours per week)
Term: Open
Closing date: 27 May 2026
This role is suited to an experienced cybersecurity professional with a background in risk, governance, and assurance. You will be confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels, capable of providing constructive challenge, and able to translate complex technical risks into clear business impact.
You will have a sound understanding of enterprise technologies and IT infrastructure, enabling you to assess how controls operate in practice across areas such as servers, endpoints, identity, and cloud services including Microsoft 365, Defender, and Entra ID. This technical grounding will allow you to provide informed challenge, credible advice, and pragmatic recommendations to IT teams across the University.
We are looking for someone who combines strong analytical capability with excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach. You will be comfortable operating in a federated environment, working with diverse stakeholders to embed a culture of shared responsibility for cyber risk, while maintaining the independence and objectivity that effective assurance demands.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 4 June 2026.
For informal enquiries, please contact Andy Laszlo, Cybersecurity Manager at andy.laszlo@strath.ac.uk
16 Richmond Street, Glasgow
New Jobs
£47,389 - £58,225 a year