Skills Development Scotland

If you require this advert in another format, please contact or call . We are recruiting a permanent, full time, Cyber Security Governance Lead. Help shape the future of cyber security for Scotland's skills and enterprise ecosystem at a pivotal time of digital transformation. Join Skills Development Scotland (SDS) as Cyber Security Governance Lead, where you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding national digital services. This is your opportunity to lead a critical function across SDS and our enterprise partners: Scottish Enterprise (SE), Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), and South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). About You and the Role A forward-thinking cyber security professional with proven experience in security governance, assurance, compliance, and risk management, you'll bring strong expertise in applying recognised cyber frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, CE+, and the NIS CAF. Confident engaging with senior stakeholders you'll have the ability to translate complex security risks into clear, actionable governance decisions. You'll demonstrate strong leadership and people management capabilities, ideally gained within a public sector or shared services environment. You'll also have a solid understanding of key cyber security domains including vulnerability management, assurance frameworks, and incident response coordination. We're looking for a Cyber Security Governance Lead to play a key role in strengthening how we protect our digital environment and support secure service delivery across SDS and our partner organisations. In this role, you'll provide senior technical leadership across cyber assurance and security operations, helping us improve our security posture, respond to evolving threats, and embed strong governance and risk management practices. Working under the strategic direction of the Information Security Manager, you'll lead the delivery of high-quality security assessment, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management and compliance activity. You'll also support the development of future-focused cyber capabilities, ensuring our controls, processes and technologies continue to meet organisational needs. This role provides an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by enhancing organisational resilience, supporting secure digital transformation, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement across our cyber capability. Your leadership will enhance assurance maturity, support succession planning, and ensure continuity. We'd love for you to join us and make an impact you can be proud of! About SDS Skills Development Scotland is the national skills agency. Our ambition is to drive productivity and inclusive growth through investment in skills, enabling businesses and people to achieve their potential. Through the sharing of expertise, intelligence, and extensive partnership working, we enable the development and delivery of innovative solutions to Scotland's skills and labour market challenges. This is even more important given the current economic climate and recessionary outlook. Find out more about SDS here Values Our organisational values are created by our colleagues and are the compass that guide our behaviours and actions with our customers and each other. We need our future colleagues to share these values and help us to continue to deliver our bold ambitions for the future; We put the needs of our customers at the heart of all we do We make use of our combined strengths and expertise to deliver the best outcomes We demonstrate self-motivation, personal responsibility, and respect We continually improve to achieve excellence Benefits SDS is an award-winning equal opportunities and fair work employer. Our values and culture are owned and driven by our colleagues and show our commitment to our customers - the people of Scotland. Our employees enjoy a wide variety of progressive benefits and working practices. We prioritise employee engagement, wellbeing, and development, making us a great place to work. Click here to see the full range of our Benefits Where you'd be based This role can be located at any of our SDS locations, although occasional travel to Glasgow offices will be required. SDS are working to a hybrid working model, therefore the successful applicant is expected to work from both home and an SDS workplace on a regular basis. Happy to discuss this with candidates at Interview. SDS as an Inclusive Workplace At SDS we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you've got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, believe or race. To support our ambitions our application process is anonymised. Therefore, while we want to know about your relevant skills and experience, please avoid disclosing any identifying characteristics. Our Application Process The closing date to submit your application is 10th February 2026. Interviews are due to be scheduled as soon as possible thereafter. More information on the interview format will be made available if you are invited to interview. To find out more about working at SDS and our application process please visit us at If this opportunity excites you and you would to discuss the role in more detail to help you decide if it is right for you, please contact Donna McWilliam, Information Security Manager via email: . Internal applicants should discuss their application with their People Manager prior to applying for this post.

A national skills agency in the UK is seeking a Cyber Security Governance Lead to safeguard national digital services. You will play a key role in enhancing the security posture and leading the governance function across enterprises. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in security governance and risk management, with strong stakeholder engagement abilities. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact during a time of digital transformation as you guide the organization's cyber security strategy.