IT and Cyber Risk Business Partner
Team Risk and Compliance
Working Pattern - Hybrid 2days per week in the Vitality Sandton Office.Full time 37.5 hours per week.
We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this role:
- Proven IT & Cyber Risk Management Expertise
- Strong Risk Analysis & Reporting Capability
- Demonstrated Stakeholder Influence & Business Partnering
What this role is all about:
The IT and Cyber Risk Business Partner plays a key role in strengthening and embedding risk management across a complex and evolving technology landscape. Working across IT cyber security privacy and project risk the role provides independent oversight expert guidance and constructive challenge to help ensure risks are effectively identified assessed and managed. Partnering with stakeholders across the business this position supports informed decision-making enhances risk maturity and helps drive a strong risk-aware culture that enables the safe and successful delivery of strategic objectives.
Key Actions
- Embed and promote effective IT and cyber risk management practices across the business
- Facilitate risk identification assessment and control review activities
- Provide independent oversight and challenge of technology and cyber risks
- Support the development and monitoring of key risk indicators and risk appetite measures
- Maintain accurate risk reporting dashboards and management information for a range of stakeholders
- Monitor and oversee risk registers ensuring risks are appropriately recorded and managed
- Facilitate risk workshops and assessments for strategic initiatives and projects
- Partner with stakeholders across technology and business teams to strengthen risk awareness and decision-making
- Support assurance audit and review activities tracking actions through to completion
- Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of Vitalitys enterprise IT and cyber risk frameworks
What do you need to thrive
- Experience in IT risk cyber risk technology governance or enterprise risk management environments
- Strong understanding of IT and cyber risk frameworks such as NIST COBIT HITRUST or ITIL
- Experience conducting risk assessments control reviews and risk workshops
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure systems processes and governance practices
- Experience producing risk reporting dashboards and management information for stakeholders
- Ability to analyse complex data sets and translate findings into meaningful insights and recommendations
- Experience supporting projects change initiatives or systems implementations from a risk perspective
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
- Experience working across multiple teams and building strong relationships in a complex business environment
So whats in it for you
- Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
- Retirement support We will match your contributions up to 5% of your salary
- Health & wellbeing Discovery Medical Health Scheme
- Financial protection - Life assurance income protection and short and long-term disability insurance
These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer please visit our careers page.Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality this is our promise to you we will:
- Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been.
- Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
- Give you flexibility on how where and when you work.
- Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
- Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
- Give you the space to try fail and learn.
- Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
- Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
- Be there for you when you need us.
- Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.
We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong and are supported to be happy and healthy.
About You
About Us
Vitality South Africa plays a key role in the development and delivery of the sharedvalue insurance model within the Discovery Group. The team leads key strategic initiatives in the South African market strengthens alignment across the organisation and ensures the successful implementation of Vitalitys health and wellness addition the team provides specialised expertise cutting edge technology behavioural science and health and wellness drawing on both global innovation and local market within Vitality South Africa are dynamic and fastpaced. As such we are seeking individuals who are adaptable solutionsoriented and capable of delivering highquality sustainable value in a complex and evolving environment.
Employment Equity:
The Companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1