Principal Cyber Assurance Advisor, Senior Associate

Intelance

Principal Cyber Assurance Advisor at Intelance with a focus on strategic cyber risk governance and assurance for financial services and healthcare. Acting as a senior advisor, shaping service strategy, and representing at industry events.

Posted 6/14/2026part-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £650 - £900 per dayWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a named Principal Advisor on client engagements, bids, and governance forums.
Shape assurance strategy for clients across ISO 27001, IASME Cyber Assurance, NIST CSF, SOC 2 readiness, supplier assurance, and cyber risk governance.
Chair or sit on client steering committees, risk committees, and board-level security reviews.
Provide senior quality assurance over major deliverables: ISMS scopes, Statements of Applicability, risk assessments, audit responses, and board reports.
Coach Intelance delivery leads and associates.
Raise the ceiling of the practice.
Contribute to proposals and pursuits where senior credibility is required.
Represent Intelance at selected industry events, roundtables, and client briefings.
Input into Intelance service design, pricing, and positioning across the Cyber Assurance practice.
Where interest aligns, advise on adjacent areas: AI governance, enterprise architecture for security, and cyber value creation inside private equity portfolios.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15 or more years in information security, cyber risk, or assurance, with significant time at CISO, partner, director, or head of practice level.
Proven track record leading or overseeing ISO 27001 certifications, complex assurance programmes, and regulated sector engagements.
Deep working knowledge of ISO 27001:2022, IASME Cyber Assurance, NIST CSF, and SOC 2.
You do not need all four at expert level, but three at fluent level is the minimum bar.
Credibility at board and executive committee level.
Comfortable challenging a CEO, CFO, or private equity sponsor.
Strong existing professional network in the UK cyber and risk community.
Visible and credible LinkedIn presence. This matters for this role.
Based in the UK with the right to work in the UK.
Able to operate outside IR35 via a limited company, or on a compliant basis.
Willing to be named publicly as a Principal Advisor of Intelance Digital Enablement, on our website, proposals, and LinkedIn, while on the panel.
Clean professional record.
References at executive level will be taken.
Desirable: Former CISO in a regulated sector: financial services, healthcare, legal, defence, critical national infrastructure.
Prior Big Four or top-tier boutique partner or director experience.
Experience inside or advising private equity portfolio companies.
Published thought leadership, keynote or conference track record.
CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, or equivalent senior credentials.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Senior day rate, negotiated individually, paid on 14-day terms.
Equity or revenue-share arrangements considered for the right individuals on a case-by-case basis.
Named inclusion on the Intelance website, proposal credentials, and selected marketing, with your consent on each instance.
Direct partnership with firm leadership.
Real influence over practice direction.
Referral fee on originated client work, negotiated individually given the seniority of this role.
A professional home for senior operators who want to keep shaping serious work without the drag of a Big Four diary.
Quarterly Principal Advisors forum to shape practice strategy.

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Hard Skills & Tools

ISO 27001IASME Cyber AssuranceNIST CSFSOC 2risk assessmentsaudit responsesISMS scopesStatements of Applicabilitycyber risk governanceassurance strategy

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingcredibilitycommunicationnetworkingstrategic thinkingadvisory skillsstakeholder engagementpublic speakinginfluencing

Certifications

CISSPCISMISO 27001 Lead Auditor