Sector Manager

Sector Manager

Department: Audit

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Field Based, UK

Reporting To: Director of Risk and Compliance

Description

Empowering organisations to achieve their highest potential.

At Alcumus ISOQAR, we draw on our experience, knowledge, and ambition to empower organisations to achieve their highest potential. Through a portfolio of progressive solutions, we work with customers to strengthen their business through ISO certification, ISO training and consultancy, all delivered by our in-house expertise. 
 Due to continued growth, we are now seeking a Sector Manager for Information Security, Privacy & Artificial Intelligence to join our Compliance division. This is a remote-based role with national travel and offers an exciting opportunity to provide technical oversight and thought leadership across a dynamic portfolio of information security certification schemes. 

What that means day to day

• Ensuring the technical integrity and compliance of information security, privacy, AI, and related certification schemes (ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000).
• Providing expert guidance and interpretation of standards to auditors, clients, and internal stakeholders.
• Supporting auditor training, qualifications, and calibration for high-quality audit delivery.
• Monitoring and responding to evolving standards, accreditation criteria (ISO/IEC 17021-1, ISO/IEC 27006, etc.), and industry best practices.
• Participating in technical committees, industry forums, and representing ISOQAR in UKAS liaison.
• Driving the development of new certification offerings in the InfoSec and AI space.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Practical experience working with or within a UKAS-accredited certification body
• Approved Lead Auditor status for ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001
• Strong knowledge of accreditation standards and certification scheme requirements
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and technical writing skills

Desirable but not essential:

• Lead Auditor qualifications for ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, or ISO 45001
• Qualifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM or GDPR Practitioner
• Experience with digital trust regulations and cybersecurity governance

You must be comfortable with UK-wide travel, possess a full UK driving license, and enjoy working independently while collaborating cross-functionally

What you'll get in return

Alcumus has a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:
 

Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits

>🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave 

>🌴Generous annual leave 

>🏥 Healthcare Plan

>💟 Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community

>🚗 Car Allowance (role specific)

>🚲 Cycle-to-work Scheme 

 Future Planning

>💰Pension scheme with employer contributions 

>🧬 Life Assurance – 3X base salary

>💸 Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback  

>🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development 

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? 

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply: 

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:
  • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
  • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams 
  • Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.