Assurance Lead

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• We require the contractor to hold active SC clearance.
• We require the contractor to be a sole UK national.
• We require that the candidate has not been outside the UK for more than 28 consecutive days during the last 5 years.
• We are seeking experience with cyber security risk oversight across suppliers.
• We are seeking knowledge of risk acceptance and exception management processes.
• We are seeking familiarity with supplier compliance activities within a SIAM framework.
• We are seeking experience validating supplier adherence to security requirements and contractual obligations.
• We are seeking knowledge of security governance reporting and stakeholder presentation.
• We are seeking familiarity with compliance frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NCSC guidance, and Secure by Design principles.

Responsibilities

• We maintain oversight of cyber security risks across suppliers.
• We identify, assess, record, track, and escalate risks appropriately.
• We govern risk acceptance and exception management processes.
• We support risk-based prioritisation across security disciplines.
• We coordinate supplier compliance activities within the SIAM framework.
• We validate supplier adherence to agreed security requirements.
• We monitor security performance against contractual obligations.
• We drive accountability for control weaknesses, non-compliance, and improvement actions.
• We maintain visibility of compliance obligations and control requirements.
• We support compliance against frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NCSC guidance, and Secure by Design principles.
• We coordinate remediation of identified compliance gaps.
• We produce consolidated security governance reporting.
• We provide visibility of security risks, compliance status, control effectiveness, supplier performance, and assurance findings.
• We present governance information to client stakeholders and governance forums.
• We support strategic planning and risk-informed decision making.
• We drive security governance maturity improvements across the supplier landscape.
• We identify opportunities to improve risk management, compliance processes, assurance effectiveness, and security governance practices.
• We support continuous improvement programmes across the cyber security operating model.
• We facilitate cross-supplier resolution of governance issues.

Technologies

• Support
• Security

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We are recruiting for an Assurance Lead in Manchester on a hybrid basis, with 80% remote work and 20% onsite. This is a contract role running until 31/10/2031, with a rate of £500 to £560. Please note that the role is subject to active SC clearance, sole UK nationality, and UK residency requirements. We ask that applicants contact us via the ManpowerGroup website if they receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us.

last updated 34 week of 2026