Job Description

Job Overview

Business Segment:

Group Functions

Location:

ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Job Type:

Full-time

Job Ref ID:

80445845A-0001

Date Posted:

9/25/2025







Provide specialist advisory and leadership across the Group in implementing and managing the Information Risk and Business Resilience Frameworks. Ensures all business units are equipped to identify, mitigate, and treat information and technology service continuity risks in alignment with ethical, regulatory, and strategic standards.



Qualifications

A degree in Information Technology or Risk Management (Required).

Experience Required:

3-4 years experience in defending information from the risk of accidental or intentional unauthorized use, access, modification, disclosure, dissemination or destruction of information resources, which would compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information which would potentially harm the business. Experience in analysing the risk posture on other related non-financial risks such as Cyber Risk, Technology Risk, Third Party Risks, Regulatory Compliance Risk, Legal Risk.

3-4 years experience and exposure to the delivery of the Business Continuity lifecycle (i.e. impact analysis, recovery strategy formulation, plan development, testing and exercising and governance and awareness related activities), engaging multiple stakeholders across the bank to fulfil value-chain and business line requirements for the business resilience (BR) programme.

3-4 years in information security and non-financial risk domains.

3-4 years in business continuity lifecycle delivery and/ or

3-4 years in Service Management delivery

Additional Information

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Group-wide risk assessments, reporting, and remediation efforts.

Drive information risk and business disruption awareness, training, and stakeholder engagement.

Coordinate with Client Segments, Group Technology Functions, and Corporate Functions. Eg. BR Coordinator, DR Coordinator, Backup & Restore Coordinator

Manage incident response planning, breach investigations and reporting and develop and execute fit-for-purpose technology resilience programmes.

Maintain the relevance of Standards, Playbooks and operational guidelines like Runbook templates.

Engage with external vendors (like SaaS Providers) and regulators, as/ when required by accountable officers of the bank.

Monitor and report on technology resilience metrics to governance forums.

Behavioural Competencies:

Adopting Practical Approaches

Articulating Information

Challenging Ideas

Conveying Self-Confidence

Developing Expertise

Documenting Facts

Establishing Rapport

Examining Information

Following Procedures

Interacting with People

Managing Tasks

Pursuing Goals

Technical Competencies:

Evaluating Risk Management Effectiveness

Information Security

Information Security Management

Risk Acceptance

Risk Identification

Risk Response Strategy

Please note:

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