Fractional Technology Risk Specialist - UK based - Outside IR35
Posted Today by Gigged.AI
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Fractional Technology Risk Specialist role at Gigged.AI focuses on providing independent oversight and advisory support for technology risk within strategic change initiatives in the Financial Services sector. The position requires a professional with extensive experience in managing technology risks associated with large-scale transformations and migrations. This role is not hands-on but emphasizes risk oversight and governance in a regulated environment. The position is remote with occasional travel and operates outside of IR35 regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise and challenge on technology risk across major change and transformation programmes
- Review and challenge risk assessments related to system migrations, platform changes, and architectural redesign
- Provide risk oversight of business-driven technology initiatives (including Financial Services migrations where applicable)
- Engage with Architecture, Change, and Programme teams to assess risk impacts of design decisions
- Support governance forums with clear, commercially aware risk insight
- Review Line 1 RCSAs, control testing, and policy compliance assessments
- Provide oversight on emerging risks linked to transformation, third-party change, and complex integrations
- Support the evolution of IT risk frameworks, policies, and GRC tooling
Key Skills:
- Strong experience operating in a Line 2 Technology Risk capacity
- Demonstrable oversight of complex change and transformation programmes, not solely BAU security or infrastructure operations
- Experience challenging and advising Architecture and Change functions
- Experience with large-scale platform migrations or business-focused technology transformation, ideally within Financial Services
- Strong understanding of risk impacts arising from architectural design decisions and enterprise change
- Proven ability to operate in regulated environments (experience in Financial Services strongly preferred)
- Experience working with Audit, Risk, Change, and senior Technology stakeholders
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Gigged.AI is an On demand talent marketplace specialising in the IT and technology sector. We have an opportunity live at the moment with one of our clients for a Fractional Technology Risk Specialist - UK based - Outside IR35 If interested then you must submit a proposal through the Gigged.AI website for this gig. You can do so here - https://app.gigged.ai/
Project Overview
This role sits at the core of the organisation’s Risk Strategy, providing independent Line 2 oversight, challenge, and advisory support across strategic technology change and transformation initiatives . We are specifically seeking a business-facing Technology Risk professional with deep experience in complex change environments , particularly within regulated Financial Services organisations. This is not a hands-on security or infrastructure delivery role. Instead, the focus is on risk oversight across large-scale transformation, platform change, and business-driven technology migration initiatives. The Technology Risk Specialist will ensure technology change activity remains within risk appetite and aligns with regulatory, legal, and governance expectations.
Location: Remote, occasional travel to site
Duration: Fractional (4–5 days per month) – Indefinite
IR35: Outside (pending final determination)
Rate: Open to suggestion
Role Context
This position requires someone comfortable operating at the intersection of:
- Technology
- Business Change
- Enterprise / Solution Architecture
- Risk & Governance
- Regulatory oversight (ideally Financial Services)
The successful candidate will bring demonstrable experience overseeing complex business-led technology migrations , transformation programmes, and architectural change — providing effective Line 2 challenge without stepping into Line 1 delivery.
Key Objectives
- Provide independent, constructive Line 2 challenge across strategic technology and transformation initiatives
- Oversee technology risks arising from business change, platform modernisation, and architectural evolution
- Ensure technology transformation activity operates within risk appetite
- Strengthen governance, reporting, and control frameworks across change portfolios
Key Responsibilities
- Advise and challenge on technology risk across major change and transformation programmes
- Review and challenge risk assessments related to system migrations, platform changes, and architectural redesign
- Provide risk oversight of business-driven technology initiatives (including Financial Services migrations where applicable)
- Engage with Architecture, Change, and Programme teams to assess risk impacts of design decisions
- Support governance forums with clear, commercially aware risk insight
- Review Line 1 RCSAs, control testing, and policy compliance assessments
- Provide oversight on emerging risks linked to transformation, third-party change, and complex integrations
- Support the evolution of IT risk frameworks, policies, and GRC tooling
Essential Experience
- Strong experience operating in a Line 2 Technology Risk capacity
- Demonstrable oversight of complex change and transformation programmes , not solely BAU security or infrastructure operations
- Experience challenging and advising Architecture and Change functions
- Experience with large-scale platform migrations or business-focused technology transformation , ideally within Financial Services
- Strong understanding of risk impacts arising from architectural design decisions and enterprise change
- Proven ability to operate in regulated environments (experience in Financial Services strongly preferred)
- Experience working with Audit, Risk, Change, and senior Technology stakeholders