Location: UK, Leeds
Company: Bank of England
The Technical Specialist – Cyber Risk provides specialist expertise predominantly on cyber risk, but is also expected to support on operational resilience, technology, and third-party risk-related work across UKDT non-systemic firms.
The role supports supervisory teams through firm assessments, thematic reviews, incident response activity, and technical advice, helping ensure firms can prevent, respond to, and recover from operational disruptions. The role also contributes to the development of supervisory approaches and supports engagement with senior stakeholders at firms.
Job role:
- Lead cyber risk and operational resilience reviews of regulated firms.
- Provide technical support and advice to supervisory teams.
- Support the PRA’s response to significant cyber and operational incidents.
- Lead or contribute to cross-firm thematic reviews and horizontal work.
- Assess firms’ cyber and operational resilience capabilities, outsourcing arrangements, and third-party dependencies.
- Produce high-quality supervisory assessments, reports, and recommendations.
- Engage with senior stakeholders within firms and across the Bank.
- Coach and develop colleagues, which may include line management responsibilities.