Job Description

At AIB, our values guide how we work and how we support each other. We’re looking for someone who puts Customer First, takes initiative and Owns the Outcome, and is always looking for ways to Eliminate Complexity. You’ll treat colleagues and customers with fairness and Show Respect, and you’ll thrive in a culture built on collaboration where we Be One Team to deliver meaningful impact.

Senior Cyber Governance Manager

Location/Office Policy: Central Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18 / Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Would you like to?

Shape the future of cyber governance at AIB, playing a key leadership role in how we oversee security, resilience and technology risk across the organisation.

Influence at the highest levels, providing clear insight and constructive challenge to support senior management, Executive and Board decision-making.

Make an impact across a complex, evolving environment, leading governance professionals and bringing together cyber, technology, risk, assurance and regulatory stakeholders to strengthen oversight and regulatory readiness.

What is the Role:

The Senior Cyber Governance Manager is a key leadership role within Enterprise Security & Resilience, part of Enterprise Delivery at AIB. The role is responsible for strengthening governance across the CSRO function, supporting effective oversight of cyber security, resilience and technology risk. You will work closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation, providing clear insight and constructive challenge, coordinating Board and Executive governance, and supporting regulatory, audit and assurance activity. You will also lead governance professionals and help ensure key issues, decisions and actions are clearly understood, tracked and escalated, enabling strong accountability and informed decision-making across AIB.

This is an opportunity to operate at the centre of senior governance and decision-making across a critical enterprise function, influencing governance quality, accountability and regulatory preparedness while working with senior leaders, specialists, assurance providers and regulators.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and enhance the CSRO governance framework, setting clear standards for governance, accountability, decision-making and escalation across Enterprise Security & Resilience.
• Lead Executive and Board-level governance and reporting, ensuring senior leaders have clear, timely and decision-focused insight on material cyber, resilience and technology matters.
• Provide trusted advice and constructive challenge to senior leaders, bringing together risk, control, regulatory and assurance information to identify material themes and areas requiring action.
• Lead the governance of regulatory, audit and assurance engagements, ensuring commitments, findings and actions are effectively managed, evidenced and escalated.
• Maintain senior oversight of material issues, control weaknesses and remediation, driving clear ownership and accountability while ensuring risk and control responsibilities remain with the appropriate business and technology owners.
• Build strong relationships and influence across AIB, working with Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit and other senior stakeholders to deliver consistent governance outcomes.
• Lead and develop the governance team, setting direction, building capability and driving continuous improvement in the quality and effectiveness of CSRO governance.

What you Will Bring:

• Significant experience in governance, cyber security, operational resilience, technology risk, audit, assurance or compliance within a complex, regulated organisation.
• Strong experience designing and enhancing governance frameworks, including senior management reporting, escalation, action tracking and Executive or Board-level materials.
• A strong understanding of cyber and ICT risk, information security controls and the three-lines model, together with relevant frameworks such as DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001 and NIST.
• Experience managing regulatory, audit and assurance engagements, with the ability to translate complex requirements, risk information and findings into clear governance insight and action.
• Strong leadership, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders and communicate complex matters clearly.
• A relevant third-level qualification or equivalent professional experience is required. Professional certifications such as CISM, CRISC, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT or ISO 27001 are desirable.

Why Work for AIB:

We are committed to offering our colleagues choice and flexibility in how we work and live and our hybrid working model enables our people to balance their time between working from home and their designated office, subject to their role, the needs of our customers and business requirements.

Some of our benefits include;

• Market leading Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Variable Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Family leave options
• Two volunteer days per year

Please click here for further information about AIB’s PACT – Our Commitment to You.

Key Capabilities:

• Ensures Accountability
• Collaborates
• Drives Progress
• Depth of Technical Knowledge
• Business Partnership & Consulting

If you are not sure about your suitability based on any aspects of the role advertised, we encourage you to please contact the Recruiter for this role Sarah Lyons at careers@aib.ie for a conversation.

AIB is an equal opportunities employer, and we pride ourselves on being the first bank in Ireland to receive the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard accreditation from the Irish Centre for Diversity. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees. Should you have a reasonable accommodation request please email the Talent Acquisition team at careers@aib.ie.

Disclaimer:

Unsolicited CVs sent to AIB by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this position. AIB operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our recruitment partners.

Application deadline: Monday 16th November 2026