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# IT Risk - Senior Manager

- **Company:** OSIsoft, LLC
- **Location:** Cambridge, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Business Software, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Identity and Access Management, Information Technology Audit, IT Management, Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Logging, Patch Management, Tools for Reporting
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://aveva.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/AVEVA_careers/job/Cambridge-United-Kingdom/IT-Risk---Senior-Manager_R016018-1

## About the Role

* Demonstrable experience in technology risk, IT GRC, cyber risk, operational risk, or IT audit within a technology-led organisation (software/SaaS preferred).
 * Minimum of 10 years' experience across IT and Security working in global environments
 * Strong knowledge of core technology & cyber risk domains: IAM/PAM, vulnerability and patch management, secure configuration, cloud risk, logging/monitoring, incident learnings, backup/DR and resilience, change/release risk.
 * Strong leadership skills demonstrating ability to present articulately and concisely
 * Excellent presentation skills, able to coordinate and facilitate workshops for technical teams across AVEVA
 * 5+ years of leading IT risk management in a complex environment
 * Understanding of industry best practices for Risk Management across IT, AI and CyberSecurity
 * Growth mindset to learn and engage with new technologies
 * Must be able to work independently as well as collaborating in cross-functional teams as required
 * The ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
 * Excellent communicator, both written and spoken
 * Experience of working with regulatory frameworks such as SOX and NIST
 * Riskonnect Experience preferred * Strong Excel/PowerPoint skills; BI/reporting tools

## Description

As a software business, technology risk and cyber/security risk directly impact product availability, customer trust, and regulatory commitments. The IT Risk Senior Manager is accountable for running a consistent, evidence-based technology risk lifecycle IT, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, treated, monitored, and reported in line with risk appetite.

The IT Risk Senior Manager will be responsible for the management of all risks across IT. The role will have close ties with the Enterprise Risk Management Team ensuring alignment and regular cadence. Further, collaboration with the Security Risk Management Team will be essential ensuring alignment on ways of working, best practice, and ongoing operational risk management.

Based on industry best practice, the individual will guide our function to a robust Risk Management service, providing insight and reporting to the IT Leadership teams as well as Enterprise Risk Management and Security Risk Committees. Working closely with other IT functions, the role will be responsible for maturing the IT Risk Framework, driving standards, understanding and engagement.

You will be responsible for following risks through from initiation to mitigation and ensuring the overall risk appetite is understood and actively managed. The role will leverage Riskonnect, our corporate GRC system, to manage the technology risk register, action tracking, and reporting., * Responsible for IT Risk Management and adherence to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and Taxonomy

 * Produce governance materials for the IT Leadership Team, Enterprise Risk Management and Security Risk Management forums
 * Evaluate new risks and identify and assess impact to the business and IT and develop appropriate treatment plans
 * Drive alignment between IT, Security and Enterprise Risk Management on how risks are captured, scored, and reported
 * Provide risk escalation management and guidance
 * Proactively track and manage IT Risks and treatment plans using standard tooling and a clear framework assuring high data quality
 * Ensure IT risks are actively raised, understood and managed from audits, projects, incidents and other BAU activities
 * Ensure risks have pragmatic, time-bound treatment plans; track delivery and escalate slippage or risk appetite breaches
 * Responsible for keeping IT Policy and supporting operating procedures up to date
 * Lead IT Risk Management training sessions and briefings in line with maturity and best practice
 * Mature IT Risk Appetite Metrics. KRI's and KPIs and mature reporting and relevant dashboards
 * Identify AI use cases for improving risk management processes and ways of working
 * Take ownership of risks arising from audits and follow through to completion
 * Identify opportunities to streamline and improve the risk management process
 * Coach more junior team members to drive maturity of IT GRC risk service