GRC Lead

Job description

About the job you're considering

The GRC Lead operates within the Operational Integrator (OI) function and is responsible for leading cyber security governance, risk, and compliance activities across a multi-supplier (SIAM) environment.

The role provides oversight and coordination of supplier security governance activities, ensuring risks, controls, compliance obligations, and assurance requirements are consistently managed and reported.

Acting as a key interface between suppliers, security functions, service management teams, and client stakeholders, the Security GRC Lead enables effective security governance, risk-informed decision making, and regulatory compliance.

The role provides a consolidated view of security risk, control effectiveness, and compliance posture across the service ecosystem while driving accountability and continual improvement.

This is a governance, risk, compliance, and assurance leadership role and does not perform operational security monitoring, vulnerability remediation, incident response, or security engineering activities.

Hybrid working:

Locations are Frimley, Preston and Inverness: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your role

Key Responsibilities

• Security Governance Leadership
• Risk Management & Oversight
• Supplier Governance & Compliance
• Reporting & Executive Engagement
• Continuous Improvement

Your skills and experience

Essential

• Strong experience in Cyber Security Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, or GRC leadership roles
• Experience working in multi-supplier or SIAM environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement and governance leadership skills
• Experience presenting risk and compliance information to senior stakeholders

Desirable

• Knowledge of Industry certifications and frameworks, i.e. ISO27001, NIST, NCSC
• Experience within Defence, Government, Critical National Infrastructure, or regulated industries
• Experience with GRC platforms such as ServiceNow GRC, Archer, or equivalent

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government's Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance and pre-employment checks

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance .

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality. Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Make it real - what does it mean for you?

Flexibility to work your way
You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Your wellbeing
You'd be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.
To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Shape your path
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Shared energy
You'll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You'll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.

Why should you consider Capgemini?

Growing clients' businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what's possible. It's why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses, and it's how you'll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you'll build the skills you want. You'll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com