Job Title: Information Security Risk Specialist

Location: Birmingham

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President

The role is within the 2nd Line of Defence (LoD) Information Security (IS) Risk Team based in Birmingham and part of global team in Singapore, Mumbai, Frankfurt, Jacksonville and New York. The team is part of the wider Information Security & Technology Risk Team of 37.

The team monitors IS Risks across the Group within all Divisions & Regions and provides Senior Management and Regulators with an assessment of the Information Security Risks. In this role will provide support on various topics including risk assessments, targeted reviews, incidents root cause thematic, new business product assessments, transformation risk assessments, regulatory exams/enquires, emerging risks.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Monitoring of a specific business divisions’ IS Risk Profile including risk appetite breaches, remediation including Risk and Control assessment review.

• Performing and presenting results of targeted analysis on key IS Risks and inputting into the maturing of the IS Risk Framework, Policies and Control Objectives.

• Monitoring the impact to the IS Risk Profile of major bank-wide IS Strategies e.g. ISR Glidepath, Security Strategy, Digitalization, Robotics, Google Cloud.

• Performing assessment of operating/design effectiveness of key controls such as Identity and access, Cryptography, Data leakage, etc.

• Exploring the impact of emerging IS risks and providing support to UKI/European Central Bank based regulatory enquiries.

Your skills and experience

• A good understanding of Information Security and Technology and how its used within financial services.

• Comfortable working in a large complex institutions and directly facing off to key internal stakeholders and Understanding of Operational Risk Management.

• An understanding of IS and IT Risk Frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, ITIL, COBIT and key IS / IT Regulatory laws such as DORA, EBA guidelines.

• Experience of working with end user IT systems such as MS 365 apps, further experience of reporting/business intelligence systems such as Tableau, Power BI is an advantage.

• Relevant professional certifications e.g. CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ITIL, ISO27001 Lead Auditor or similar are a plus.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role, we can discuss and support you with the process

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.