Senior Control Manager - Cyber

Brand:  HSBC
Area of Interest:  Technology
Location: 

Sheffield, GB, S1 4NB

Work style:  Hybrid Worker
Date:  10 Jul 2025

Senior Controls Manager - Cyber

 

The GCIO Chief Control Office (CCO) team plays an important role in enabling the bank to operate within its risk appetite by ensuring efficient and effective risk and control management. We do this by providing operational risk and control expertise, specialist technical knowledge and a deep understanding of the businesses and functions we serve.

 

Key activities include implementation and oversight of the Group’s Risk Management Framework, ongoing and targeted controls assessments, implementing and maintaining robust risk governance, and championing a proactive risk culture. GCIO CCO works closely with partners across all lines of defence and is responsible for maintaining positive relationships with our regulators and external partners.

 

In this fantastic new role, you will join a growing team to oversee the risk and control portfolio related to the services Cyber Operations and Intelligence (CO&I) provides to the Group. CO&I oversees Threat Intelligence, the Security Operations Centre and Cyber and Data Incident Management

 

You will be a leader within the GCIO Chief Control Office (GCIO CCO) Function that directly supports Cyber Operations and Intelligence (CO&I) within HSBC. Our purpose is to take accountability for GCIO Risk Management so GCIO can achieve strategic outcomes for HSBC, while remaining resilient and secure

 

In this role, duties will include:

 

  • Acting as a trusted advisor for senior management within remit area on how to accurately manage their operational risk i.e., risk assessments, control environment, issues management.
  • Supporting the delivery of the GCIO risk & controls agenda through engaging and partnership with stakeholders across all three LODs, GB/GF Control Owners and Operators, and Service Line Risk Leads.
  • Promoting accountable risk and control decision-making based on quality data and analysis, actively challenging poor, inefficient or excessive controls, related tasks and behaviours.
  • Providing specialist risk and control knowledge and insights, leading efforts to continuously improve the control environment and monitoring of risk, including behaviours
  • Advising and designing process and controls in a commercially viable, practical and effective manner.
  • Identifying trends to anticipate future developments in the risk and control environment.
  • Influencing and shape the development and implementation of future-fit risk management and regulatory frameworks.
  • Providing Senior Management with updates on any relevant changes to policy or projects related to operational risk that have an impact on their area of responsibility.

 

 To be successful in this role you should have the following skills:

 

Technical:

 

  • Control capabilities in the domain (Threat Intelligence, Security Operations Centres, Cyber Incident Management)
  • Operational risk, non-financial risk and/or technology and information security risk
  • Risk and control reviews
  • Translation of strategies & plans to achieve business and functional goals
  • Team leadership
  • Senior Stakeholder management
  • Relationship management

 

Behavioural Skills:

 

  • Strategic Planner
  • Customer Orientated
  • Outcome Orientated
  • Problem Solver
  • Team management

 

Cognitive Skills:

 

  • Divided attention
  • Quantitative
  • Critical thinking
  • Collaboration
  • Logic and reasoning

 

This role is based in Sheffield on a hybrid basis.

 

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

 

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500