GRC Lead

Sword Group

GRC Lead at Sword designing and maintaining cybersecurity governance structures, risk management frameworks, and security awareness strategies for clients. Engaging stakeholders and ensuring compliance oversight.

Posted 5/25/2026contractAberdeen • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and maintain clients' security governance structures, risk management frameworks, policy ecosystem, and security awareness strategy.
Ensure cybersecurity is effectively governed, risk-managed, and communicated across all levels of the organisation through structured frameworks, stakeholder engagement, and compliance oversight.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience with setting Information Security Policy and Frameworks
Experience with Technology Risk Reporting and engagement with Enterprise Risk and Audit Committees
Excellent understanding of regulatory frameworks e.g. UK CAF, Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, NIS2
Confident engaging senior leadership and explaining the current risk position and option for risk reduction
Familiar with IT security frameworks such as the NIST CSF
Bachelor’s in CS, InfoSec, or equivalent experience
Certifications: GICSP, CISSP, or equivalent qualification

Benefits

Comp & perks

This opportunity is offered on a contract basis and can operate Outside IR35 or an a PAYE basis.
Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Information Security PolicyRisk Management FrameworksTechnology Risk ReportingCybersecurity GovernanceIT Security FrameworksNIST CSF

Soft Skills

Stakeholder EngagementCommunicationLeadership

Certifications

GICSPCISSP