Job Description

City/Region Glasgow, Scotland; Newcastle upon Tyne, England Job ID 109410 Category Technology Operations Contract type Permanent Full Time Applications Close 3 Dec 2025 (11.55pm GMT)
Business Unit: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: 40,800 to 51,000 per annum DOE
Location: UK Hybrid - Work from anywhere in the UK, with flexibility to occasionally visit Glasgow or London HUB.
Contract type: Permanent - Full Time
Our Team
Working in Cyber Security is a big deal as we continue to play a key role in keeping Virgin Money safe. We're on an exciting journey with a big vision as we grow our team to enhance our security and cyber operations. We'll be working to protect against security threats to Virgin Money and the financial services sector. You'll play an important role in helping us understand the security landscape so we can protect ourselves from risk. This helps to inform our Cyber Strategy, Culture and Education work as well as direct investments to mitigate risks and prevent and detect attacks.
The Control Tower Team supports the organisation's overall Cyber Security capabilities specifically focusing on enhancing our security posture against attacks to ensure we remain available to customer and colleagues. The Information Security Risk Manager role is a key role that provides essential oversight and analysis of critical processes within the function
What you'll be doing

• Raise awareness of cyber risks and control best practices among employees at all levels of the organisation to further embed secure by design mindset.
• Support in the development and delivery of new cyber security controls with internal security control SMEs.
• Drive continuous improvement techniques with a focus on data and measurement to ensure our objective of being data driven is being achieved
• Provide data driven insights and assessment for key risk packs and reporting outputs for Technology functions with delivery of core mandated reporting requirements such as risk committees and board reviews
• Work closely with the Risk, Compliance and Regulatory teams to ensure regulatory compliance, including technical control compliance.
• Provide advice and support risk management responses, including risk and audit requests, regulatory requirement assessments and third-party security control capability requests.
• Effective stakeholder management across the lines of defence to ensure alignment and adherence to assurance best practice.

We need you to have

• Expert knowledge of cyber security governance frameworks, policies, and procedures such as NIST, COBIT, CIS (Center for Internet Security) Controls
• Understanding of cyber security risk management principles and practices.
• Awareness of emerging cyber security trends, threats, and technologies.

It's a bonus if you have but not essential

• Knowledge of security technologies, tools, and solutions used in cybersecurity programs.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements and industry standards relevant to cyber security.
• CISSP certified

The extras you'll get:

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.
Say hello to Virgin Money
Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you'll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.
Be yourself at Virgin Money
At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team
Please note: If we receive a high volume of eligible applications, we may need to prioritise candidates whose skills and experience most closely align with the role, while still ensuring fair and equitable consideration for all applicants.
Success profile
As well as being a bit tech-obsessed, you'll be adaptable, able to work with agility and enjoy collaborating with your teammates. Here are our top candidate traits.
Culture at Virgin Money
We're an inclusive, innovative, collaborative bunch with big ideas and even bigger aspirations. We have fun, show up for one another and grow strong together.
Our colleagues are celebrated for being fully themselves, and we ensure accountability and equity are prioritised in every role. We encourage everyone to use their voices to pitch in, be an ally and make Virgin Money the fun and inclusive environment it is. We also believe in rewarding our colleagues - we offer an enviable benefits package and sprinkle in little thank-you bonuses along the way.
Interested in joining us but not sure you've hit every requirement on the checklist? Don't worry. Experience is important, but it isn't everything - potential can be just as valuable. If you're enthusiastic, curious and hungry to learn, you could be exactly the person we need. Tell us your story, and let's discover what your next chapter could hold.
This is my third role in Digital Engineering since I joined. The culture enables you to work in an area where you can contribute the most. It's a testament to the opportunities and encouragement available.
Arun Technology Consultant - Digital Engineering
Influential
For us, living a life more Virgin means living well. We focus on people, not policies. Flexibility and fairness are at the core of our wellbeing initiatives, allowing our colleagues to tailor their benefits to suit them from day one. Centred around four pillars - Mind, Body, Social Connection and Finance - our initiatives include mental and physical health support, financial and medical aid, social activities, flexible working, gender-neutral family leave, wellbeing apps, discounted gym membership, counselling, information services, and so much more. People work best when they're happy and healthy, and we like our people to be both.
Big, bold benefits
A life at Virgin Money is a rewarding one. With wellbeing and flexibility at its core, our benefits offering can be tailored to make your life a little easier. Enjoy a flexible holiday package, health plans, parental leave and everything in between from the day you join us.
The adventures continue after your career. Invest in your future with our generous pension scheme.
Your health and wellbeing are important to us. Our health assessments and insurance plans help you maintain yours.
We've got you covered with our income protection and life assurance plans.
Live life to the fullest with 30 days of leave, 8.5 bank holidays, 5 pro-rated wellbeing days.
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