Technology Risk Consultant

JOB TITLE: Technology Risk Consultant

SALARY: £65,000-75,000 pa

LOCATIONS: Bristol, Birmingham, Chester, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Manchester

London-based candidates might be considered, in exceptional circumstances.

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites listed above.

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

We are transforming the way we deliver and run our technology here at Lloyds Banking Group!  We’re developing creative solutions, adopting cutting-edge technologies and moving fast to better serve our customers.

We want to do all of this safely, to make sure our systems are there when our customers need them.  So our new technology has to be highly resilient, available and responsive.  It has to be able to recover quickly when things go wrong.  We have to understand any weak points, and make sure we can fix them.

To do all this we need to manage risk better. 

We want to make sure technology risk is described in the right way, owned by the right people and gets fed into the right decision-making forums.  We don’t want risk to be a set of processes, we want to bring to life the pros and cons of tech decision-making, and allow senior leaders to really understand the impact of tech risk to their customers. 

We want to use operational data to tell us how we’re managing risk in real-time, and whether our exposure is going up or down.

And we want to make sure the exciting new tech we are adopting has technical guardrails in place to make it easy for engineers to do the right thing, and hard to do the wrong thing.

HOW CAN YOU HELP US MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
We are looking to build our team, and are looking for IT Risk Consultants at leadership level (please see our advert with reference 120453) and at team IT Risk specialist level (this advert).
 

For all our roles, we’re looking for someone capable, articulate and motivated, with:

• A strong understanding of current technology (e.g. AI, Digital Ledger Technology and  Quantum)

• Experience of its practical application and risks

• A passion for improving risk outcomes for our customers

We strive for excellent customer experience but to achieve this we focus on our people.  We are building a culture around continued learning and support and will give you opportunity to share new ideas and solutions.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING

• Building relationships with stakeholders across the bank, acting as a trusted advisor to provide pragmatic advice to support key tech risk decisions;

• Influencing our IT community to build high availability, reliability and performance into the tech they are delivering;

• Helping to automate our tech controls, to allow our engineers to deliver and run their solutions safely;

• Using data to assess risk, and to identify emerging risks;

• Reporting on tech risk in a way that makes sense to our stakeholders;

• Making sure our policies and practices reflect new tech opportunities and threats

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

Technology risk experience

• Expertise in technology, covering key areas such as technology asset lifecycle management, configuration and build management, technology service management (including capacity, change, problem, and incident management), technology architecture and design including cloud services.

• Strong, working knowledge of IT Risk Frameworks (e.g. ITIL, COBIT etc.) and ability to identify, assess and manage technology risk across platforms.

Effective communication skills

• Strong, influencing and leadership skills with experience working with technology leads and engineering teams, and the ability to contribute credibly to technical conversations. 

Future vision and understanding of technology and risks

• Demonstrable curiosity and understanding of the emerging technologies shaping the risk landscape (inc. AI, Digital Ledger Technology, Quantum). 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

You'll have both opportunity and profile.  We'll provide you with a diverse, energising and lively environment that focuses on equal opportunity and real career progression in a leading digital organisation. 

We'll take your personal and professional development very seriously, and give you access to industry-leading tech education as well as all the feedback and support you need to help you achieve your career goals.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: 

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15% 

• An annual performance-related bonus 

• Share schemes including free shares. 

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping. 

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top 

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies 

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.  It’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. 

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. 

So, if you have a desire to work in a challenging role in a dynamic environment, whilst gaining skills and experience within a friendly and motivated team then get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.