IT Governance Lead

IT GOVERNANCE LEAD Investment Management | Tygervalley, CPT

Our client, a leading investment organisation, is seeking an experienced and strategically minded IT Governance Lead to join their technology function.

This is a senior governance role operating at the intersection of IT governance, technology risk, enterprise architecture, information security and technology delivery
. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that IT governance frameworks, policies, standards and controls are effectively implemented, adopted and embedded across the organisation.

You will work closely with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, development and operational IT teams, IT leadership, security practitioners, the Business Information Security Officer (BISO), risk functions and business stakeholders to ensure technology governance supports the organisation's strategy while meeting regulatory, security and risk requirements.

The ideal candidate will bring a pragmatic, enablement-focused approach to governance — someone who can maintain the necessary governance rigour while helping technology teams deliver effectively.

• Establish, coordinate and mature IT governance practices across clusters and business units.

• Drive the rollout, adoption and practical implementation of IT governance, security and data standards
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• Provide thought leadership on IT governance, risk, compliance and regulatory alignment
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• Define, maintain and continuously evolve governance frameworks, policies, standards, guidelines and implementation artefacts
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• Establish and apply appropriate governance controls and monitoring mechanisms across the IT environment.

• Establish, facilitate and support IT governance forums and working groups across the organisation.

• Represent cluster governance positions within broader enterprise governance structures
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• Provide governance input into IT management decision‑making and strategic direction.

• Support audit, assurance and regulatory activities by ensuring appropriate governance evidence, control effectiveness and traceability
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• Coordinate and conduct IT governance maturity assessments and standards compliance reviews
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• Review and provide governance input into Cloud Risk Assessments (CRA) and similar technology risk processes.

• Support risk appetite alignment
  , exception management and remediation planning.

• Track, monitor and report on governance risks, gaps and remediation actions.

• Ensure regulatory, legal and organisational policy requirements are appropriately integrated into IT governance practices.

• Provide guidance on appropriate governance and security remediation actions.

• Support effective control design, operation and evidence across the IT environment.

Working closely with the Business Information Security Officer (BISO), you will:

• Support the execution of security governance implementation plans aligned to Group Information Security direction.

• Coordinate and enable implementation of security‑related requirements and roadmap initiatives across technology, data and cybersecurity.

• Assist the BISO across defined service areas by providing governance coordination and enablement.

• Ensure alignment between IT governance, cybersecurity and data governance requirements.

• Support third‑party and supplier governance considerations in collaboration with security and risk teams.

• Provide governance input into security initiatives, controls and assurance activities.

• Translate enterprise security direction into practical, executable actions within technology environments.

• Support compliance activities and governance oversight within project and delivery environments.

• Provide governance and security oversight across technology projects and solution delivery initiatives.

• Advise project and delivery teams on governance, security and data requirements.

• Ensure governance considerations are embedded early in the solution lifecycle
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• Contribute governance input to architecture, solution design and operational readiness discussions.

• Work collaboratively with Enterprise and Solution Architects,…