Senior Risk Analyst - Information Security

Salary:
Competitive Plus Benefits

Location:

Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD

Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 12 January 2026
Requisition :

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles.

We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.

Division/Department

Data Governance & Information Security (DGIS)/Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)/Risk Team

Location

Hybrid working - home and Coventry SSC

Reporting to

Directly or indirectly manages

No direct reports – however 3 analysts to be supported in conjunction with the risk manager. Expectation is that the senior risk analyst will be a subject matter expert referral point for the risk analysts in day-to-day risk management but also support risk analysts role based development and coaching.

Budget

No direct budget responsibility, but you will be expected to support the Risk Manager with risk treatment budgeting decisions and risk governance and tooling long term funding strategy.

In a nutshell

The risk team is instrumental in managing and reducing threats to Sainsbury’s data and systems, ensuring minimised exposure. You will support the development and operational management of risk, ensuring the business operates within internal policies, standards and risk appetite.

What I am accountable for

You will ensure that all risks, are recorded, assessed, monitored, and have appropriate treatment plans in place. You will also produce reporting to a high standard, ensuring stakeholders including senior management, are fully engaged.

This role will also be a subject matter expert referral point for risk management for internal team members and wider stakeholders across the business helping the risk manager to drive ongoing risk culture in the DGIS area and beyond.

• Support the development of risk framework and help to mature and embed risk management processes alongside the risk manager
• Support the risk manager in assessing and driving development of Controls and Policies which align with the organisation’s risk appetite
• Deputise for the Risk Manager as required, providing updates and presenting in various forums
• Ensure the Risk Manager is made aware through work with the risk team analysts or wider stakeholders of key or emerging risks that could significantly affect the business
• Work in collaboration with and support the risk manager as the point of contact for the Service Assurance and Tech/Engineering Operations stakeholders joint DGIS and Service risk common processes and reporting
• Support the KRI and MI collation and production for inclusion into key escalation routes to help steer senior mgmt. decisions with regards to DGIS risks
• Assist with creating and help delivery of risk training for risk team development
• Help support the risk manager in raising the profile of effective DGIS and Service risk management across the business through stakeholder engagement
• Support the ongoing maturity assessments of the Risk Management Policy
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and support the risk team analysts to review and assess mitigating actions and remediation plans by risk owners
• Help facilitate processes which proactively identify and interpret changes in regulatory requirements, legislation and industry best practice escalating to the Risk manager as appropriate
• Assist in creating and delivering the risk roadmap
• Support the risk team to ensure ongoing refinement and improvement of risk methodologies and processes along with ensuring this is kept up to date

Additionally, the Senior Risk Analyst will offer subject matter expertise and help to assist in shaping the long-term development of the risk function. The role will also require you…