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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager - **Company:** ABN AMRO Bank N.V. - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €683.0 - €975.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, IT Architecture - **Published:** November 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.nationalevacaturebank.nl/vacature/88fe88be-7495-40c8-8039-929a68e99c45/senior-cyber-security-risk-manager ## About the Role + Ability to operate independently and deliver within a fixed assignment timeframe; + Team-player mindset, both within your team and with the wider security community; + Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and the ability to cut through complexity; + A hands-on mindset, quality-delivery within appropriate timelines, the ability to deliver. + Knowledge of laws and regulations regarding cyber security and risk management within your own and adjacent focus areas. + Strong communication skills in Dutch and/or English; + Understanding of Identity and Access Management design principles, architectures and governances approaches; + Understanding of AI in the context of cyber security attacks and defence; + Familiarity with digital operational resilience, cyber resilience, IT control frameworks or regulatory expectations; + Experience in banking or another highly regulated environment. ## Description As a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager, you are a recognised subject-matter authority across a broad range of cyber security topics. You provide independent oversight of bank-wide cyber security maturity and actual risk exposure. You help senior stakeholders make informed decisions around cyber security, challenge the status quo and have a direct impact on our future direction. You do this by implementing and monitoring risk instruments, understanding the numbers underlying actual cyber exposure, but also deep-diving into topics and having strategic discussions with key stakeholders within the cyber security departments. This is a senior second-line expert role. You will monitor, challenge and guide the implementation and effectiveness of cyber security within ABN AMRO. You translate complexity into clear insight, bring key messages to the table and help drive improvements through influence, expertise and constructive challenge. You will be part of the Cyber Security Risk team, which is one of the teams in the CRO IT & Cyber function within our Risk Management department. + Provide independent oversight of cyber security maturity and actual cyber exposure across our bank-wide IT and business landscape. + Challenge and advise 1st line teams on risk posture, controls, remediation and action plans; + Translate findings into concise reporting and clear recommendations for senior stakeholders; + Perform independent assessments and deep dives of key security capabilities and security of our most important systems; + Review and challenge remediation plans, control improvements and risk acceptances; + Identify recurring risk themes and translate them into practical improvement actions; + lead complex bank-wide risk assessments, shape the cyber-risk oversight agenda and provide authoritative risk opinions to senior management and risk governance forums + Support maturity improvements in cyber security risk oversight; + Work with and help the rest of your team to perform and grow. You are comfortable with complex environments, are up-to-date with new developments in the cyber threat landscape and in innovative ways of improving security postures. You have an understanding of a broad spectrum of IT architectures and best practices. You are able to build trust with your stakeholders. You are an experienced risk manager and are able to find the right balance between independent oversight and constructive dialogue and cooperation. You are expected to onboard quickly, operate independently in a complex environment and engage credibly with senior IT, business and risk stakeholders. Part of the CRO IT & Cyber function ABN AMRO works with the three lines of defence model. Within Risk Management, the CRO IT & Cyber function provides 2nd line oversight of IT risk, information security, cyber security, digital resilience and outsourcing risk. We provide independent challenge and guidance to the 1st line, focusing on the risks that matter most and on emerging threats. + Strong understanding of cyber security governance and best practices across a broad range of topics; + Understanding of both cloud (Azure) and on-prem infrastructure typologies; + Senior-level technology risk management experience, experience with oversight, control challenge and senior stakeholder engagement, You're welcome to use AI to help write your CV or cover letter, as long as it reflects your own story. We review every application personally and without AI. During interviews, real time AI tools may not be used. With your permission, interviews can be recorded and supported by AI. This helps us keep the process fair, careful, and transparent. Hoe ziet je sollicitatieprocedure eruit? 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