Fractional Technology Risk Specialist

Project Overview

This Fractional Technology Risk Specialist role sits at the core of the organisation’s Risk Strategy, providing independent Line 2 oversight, challenge, and advisory support across strategic technology change and transformation initiatives.

We are specifically seeking a business-facing Technology Risk professional with deep experience in complex change environments, particularly within regulated Financial Services organisations. This is not a hands-on security or infrastructure delivery role. Instead, the focus is on risk oversight across large-scale transformation, platform change, and business-driven technology migration initiatives.

The Technology Risk Specialist will ensure technology change activity remains within risk appetite and aligns with regulatory, legal, and governance expectations.

Location: Remote, occasional travel to siteDuration: Fractional (4–5 days per month) – IndefiniteIR35: Outside (pending final determination)Rate: Open to suggestion

Role Context

This position requires someone comfortable operating at the intersection of:

• Technology
• Business Change
• Enterprise / Solution Architecture
• Risk & Governance
• Regulatory oversight (ideally Financial Services)

The successful candidate will bring demonstrable experience overseeing complex business-led technology migrations, transformation programmes, and architectural change — providing effective Line 2 challenge without stepping into Line 1 delivery.

Key Objectives

• Provide independent, constructive Line 2 challenge across strategic technology and transformation initiatives.
• Oversee technology risks arising from business change, platform modernisation, and architectural evolution.
• Ensure technology transformation activity operates within risk appetite.
• Strengthen governance, reporting, and control frameworks across change portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise and challenge on technology risk across major change and transformation programmes.
• Review and challenge risk assessments related to system migrations, platform changes, and architectural redesign.
• Provide risk oversight of business-driven technology initiatives (including Financial Services migrations where applicable).
• Engage with Architecture, Change, and Programme teams to assess risk impacts of design decisions.
• Support governance forums with clear, commercially aware risk insight.
• Review Line 1 RCSAs, control testing, and policy compliance assessments.
• Provide oversight on emerging risks linked to transformation, third-party change, and complex integrations.
• Support the evolution of IT risk frameworks, policies, and GRC tooling.

Essential Experience

• Strong experience operating in a Line 2 Technology Risk capacity.
• Demonstrable oversight of complex change and transformation programmes, not solely BAU security or infrastructure operations.
• Experience challenging and advising Architecture and Change functions.
• Experience with large-scale platform migrations or business-focused technology transformation, ideally within Financial Services.
• Strong understanding of risk impacts arising from architectural design decisions and enterprise change.
• Proven ability to operate in regulated environments (experience in Financial Services strongly preferred).
• Experience working with Audit, Risk, Change, and senior Technology stakeholders.

Key skills/competency

• Technology Risk Management
• Financial Services Regulation
• Risk Oversight (Line 2)
• Change Management
• Transformation Programs
• Enterprise Architecture
• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
• Platform Migrations
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Regulatory Compliance