Security & Risk Program Specialist

📍 Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite in Ballsbridge

📅 Contract until end of this year (with strong potential to extend)

💰 €101,000 – €105,000 per annum (pro rata)

Our client, a global technology leader operating at extraordinary scale, is seeking a Security & Risk Program Specialist to join a high-impact Risk Pod within their Scaled Operations Excellence team.

🌍 About the Environment

Within a large, global operations ecosystem, our client manages extensive outsourced vendor operations. The Risk Pod sits at the centre of this ecosystem — driving governance, strengthening control frameworks, managing vendor risk, and enabling safe, scalable growth.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, cross-functional security and compliance partners, and vendor management teams across regions — ensuring risk-based decisions are made with clarity and speed.

🚀 What You’ll Be Doing

🔐 Security & Risk Program Execution

• Support and enhance risk-based frameworks and control matrices (aligned to standards such as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO 27001))
• Analyse data, identify gaps, and surface actionable insights across vendor operations
• Drive program workstreams forward with urgency in a rapidly evolving environment
• Balance security risk and contractual/vendor lifecycle considerations

🏛 Governance & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Prepare governance materials and leadership-ready reporting
• Track decisions, actions, and ensure momentum across multiple concurrent programs
• Liaise across Security, Compliance, Vendor Management, and operational teams
• Escalate intelligently and keep complex initiatives moving

⚙️ Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Map existing workflows and identify manual, repetitive pain points
• Propose and help implement automation solutions (bots, scripts, workflow tools)
• Think visually and systemically about process redesign
• Track and report measurable efficiency gains

📊 Reporting & Documentation

• Build executive-level risk posture reporting
• Maintain playbooks, process documentation, and knowledge repositories
• Create self-service documentation that reduces operational friction

🎯 What Makes You a Strong Fit

Non-negotiables:

• 6+ years in security, risk, compliance, or operations within a tech-driven environment
• Strong audit and security background
• Experience with risk frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001 strongly preferred)
• Proven program management and multitasking ability
• Confidence working in ambiguity and change

Highly valued:

• Experience working with third-party vendors at scale
• Comfort leveraging AI tools and automation to increase productivity
• Experience producing leadership-level communications
• Background in fast-paced global organisations
• Relevant certifications are a plus