Head of Control

Lloyds Banking Group•Halifax, NS

8d•£116,535 - £137,100•Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for an experienced technology risk and control leader to help shape the future of our control environment! As Head of Control, you'll play a critical role in helping us rethink how risk and control operate within a modern technology organisation. Rather than relying on traditional, retrospective controls, you'll help design and embed automated, preventative and real-time controls that support safe, resilient and efficient delivery across our technology landscape! Working at the intersection of Technology, Engineering, Data, AI and Risk, you'll partner with senior leaders to ensure controls are embedded into products, platforms and processes from the outset. You'll help shape the evolution of our control environment as we continue our journey towards cloud-native technologies, AI-enabled services and modern engineering practices. We're looking for someone who combines deep technical risk and control expertise with strong communication and collaborator management skills. You'll be equally comfortable discussing control automation with engineering teams, influencing senior technology leaders and helping the business understand how effective controls can support innovation and growth. This is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to influence strategy, drive meaningful change at scale and lead a high-performing team across one of the UK's largest and most complex technology environments.

Requirements

Significant experience leading first-line technology risk and control teams within technology-led organisations.
Deep understanding of modern technology environments, including cloud platforms, engineering practices, automation and software delivery.
Experience designing and embedding automated, preventative and real-time controls within complex technology environments.
Strong understanding of technology risk, operational resilience and control frameworks across cloud, platform and engineering ecosystems.
Experience working with emerging technologies, including data and AI-enabled services, and understanding the associated control and governance considerations.
Proven ability to communicate complex technical and control concepts to a wide range of audiences and influence senior collaborators across Business, Technology and Risk.
Experience supporting large-scale technology transformation, including cloud adoption and migration from legacy technologies.
Strong leadership capability with experience building and developing high-performing teams through change.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating within highly digital, engineering-led or organisations.
Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS or other major cloud providers.
Experience embedding controls within AI, machine learning or advanced analytics environments.
Experience implementing technology-enabled control monitoring and testing solutions.
Experience helping organisations modernise legacy technology environments and future-proof controls.

Responsibilities

Leading the development of a modern first-line control environment aligned to technology, engineering and product delivery practices.
Embedding control-by-design principles across architecture, software engineering, cloud platforms and technology transformation programmes.
Driving the adoption of automated, preventative and real-time controls that improve resilience, reduce manual intervention and support faster delivery.
Partnering with Technology, Data and AI teams to ensure control frameworks remain effective as new technologies and capabilities are adopted.
Supporting large-scale technology modernisation, including cloud adoption, platform transformation and migration from legacy environments.
Using data, analytics and insight-led monitoring to improve control effectiveness and support proactive risk management.
Simplifying, standardising and future-proofing controls while maintaining strong governance and risk outcomes.
Partnering with CIOs, Platform Leaders, Engineering Leads and business collaborators to influence decision-making and strengthen control outcomes.
Leading, developing and inspiring a high-performing Control Office team.