Senior Manager - Cyber Security Risk & Assurance

Vacancy Reference Number

22340

/generated inline style /

Number of Vacancies

1

/generated inline style /

(B) OCU

Digital, Data & Technology

/generated inline style /

Location

Bow, Other

/generated inline style /

Building

BOW CENTRAL COMMS

/generated inline style /

Band

Band L

/generated inline style /

Part/Full Time

Full Time

/generated inline style /

Hours per Week

36 hours per week

/generated inline style /

Type of Contract

Permanent

/generated inline style /

Job Advert

Job Title: Senior Manager - Cyber Security Risk & Assurance

Salary: The starting salary is £71,121, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.

The salary is broken down as £68,112 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £72,953. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: London & Hybrid (60% / 3-days per week in office). The ‘home base’ Met location is Bow. We offer the flexibility to work in a Hybrid way, where you can deliver your best, including Working from Home (WFH). Travel across the Met Estate, to attend meetings as required by the business, is expected.

Policing London is a hugely complex challenge that evolves every day. To make sure the Met is up to the task, we need the right IT and systems across our organisation. As a Senior Manager – Cyber Security Risk & Assurance, you will help to enable us to do our best for the London area. Join us and play your part in making London the safest capital in the world and delivering ‘More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards’.

As a member of the Met, you will also enjoy great benefits including annual leave, civil service pension arrangements, maternity/paternity support, as well as being part of a continuous learning culture.

Digital &

• Innovation Business Group The Digital &
  • Innovation Business Group brings together technology, the effective use of data, and our capability to deliver change and reform to drive the Met forward: this is central to progressing delivery of New Met for London 2. It includes the Met’s Transformation, Technology, Data and Analytics functions, as well as work underway to make the organisation more productive and efficient (referred to as Productivity &
  • Efficiency or P&E). The Group was created in early 2026 and is led by Marie Heracleous, Chief Digital &
  • Innovation Officer. It’s an exciting time to be part of D&I, as it builds new capabilities and ways of working to support the frontline and make a real difference to London.

D&I is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We support hybrid working, and the hiring manager will be happy to discuss arrangements for this role.

Job Purpose The Cyber Security function within Digital & Innovation (D&I) provides comprehensive security support focusing on (but not exclusive to) threat profiles, quantifying risk, as well as being the custodian for technical security standards and patterns within the Met. It provides information up to the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) on the current state of the Met’s environment and illustrates the threats faced through numerous artefacts.

The Cyber Security Risk & Assurance role plays a vital part in ensuring the security controls and cyber baseline meet the standards, architecture and compliance regimes are in place thus ensuring the Met and associated ecosystem is protected.

Key Role Responsibilities:

Cyber Security Strategy

Support the implementation of the Cyber Security Strategy.

Work with internal/external stakeholders in providing security assurance against the Cyber Security Annual Plan.

Provide Cyber Security Risk & Assurance

Across the Procurement / Project / Delivery Lifecycle.

Assure.

IT Health Checks, IRAR’s and other risk related materials.

Supplier certifications.

Work directly with the Met Security Operations Centre ensuring that cyber controls (e.g. vulnerability management, threat hunting, intelligence) are conducted appropriately and in line with Met contractual requirements.

Develop and Implement Security Policies

Covering Live Met Estate.

Patching Regime.

Security Monitoring and Reporting.

Develop Security Protocols and Procedures.

Review

Met Risk Approach pertaining to Live Estate.

Continuous monitoring of supplier provided SOC to ensure they deliver services in line with their contract and develop monitoring to meet Met business requirements.

Operational

Support cyber
Back to blog

Other Jobs To Apply

No other job posts for this day.

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...