Third Party Security Manager

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Job reference 333114
Third Party Security Manager

Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time Hybrid London Farringdon x3 days a week.

Cyber Security: Third Party Security Manager

About the Role

We’re looking for a Third Party Security Manager to play a pivotal role in strengthening and maturing Cyber Security across RMG. This is a high‑impact position responsible for leading our Third Party Cyber Risk Management function and ensuring that Cyber Security governance, standards, and reporting are delivered effectively across the organisation.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, Cyber Security teams, IT, Procurement, Legal, and Privacy to ensure that third‑party risks are understood, managed, and aligned with our strategic objectives and Board‑level risk appetite. This is an opportunity to influence at scale, shape long‑term strategy, and help safeguard the organisation against evolving cyber threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Support : Provide guidance across Cyber Security projects and transformation programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and risk appetite.

• Stakeholder Management : Engage and influence mid‑ and senior‑level leaders, simplifying complex issues and driving informed decision‑making. Support governance meetings, minute actions, and prepare KPI‑driven reporting.

• Governance Management : Support the development and improvement of governance structures, reporting frameworks, and insight‑driven dashboards.

• Cyber Security Standards Management : Lead the communication, adoption, and exception management of Cyber Security Standards across RMG.

• Control Framework Management : Contribute to the definition and maintenance of the Cyber Security control framework, enabling teams to identify and implement effective risk‑mitigating controls.

• Third Party Cyber Security Management : Conduct cyber assurance assessments of suppliers and partners, ensuring third‑party risk is managed within acceptable tolerances.

• Cyber Security Awareness : Collaborate with the InfoSec Compliance team to deliver and enhance Cyber Security awareness initiatives.

• Technical Expertise : Support the implementation of Cyber Security controls across diverse technologies, systems, and data flows.

• Regulatory Compliance : Assist in ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements across RMG and its supply chain.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong understanding of Cyber Security management and practices

• Experience in risk assessment and risk management methodologies

• Ability to work with complexity and drive change with resilience

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to build trust across all levels

• Excellent analytical capability — able to see the big picture and cut through noise

• Clear and adaptable communication skills across written, verbal, and presentation formats

• 3+ years’ experience in Third Party Assurance

• A growth mindset and willingness to develop further

• No specific qualifications required — experience and capability matter most

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a team that plays a critical role in protecting the organisation and enabling the business to operate securely and confidently. This is a chance to influence strategy, shape governance, and work at the heart of Cyber Security decision‑making.

Extra Benefits

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•  Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
•  Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. 

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail . We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you. 

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

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Closing Date: . 19th January 2026 Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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