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Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving. As Security Assurance Manager, you'll establish and operate Wayve's security assurance capability from the ground up, designing pragmatic, risk-based processes and methodologies to validate security controls and provide confidence that the security programme operates as intended.
Your day-to-day responsibilities include:
- Designing, implementing and continuously improving Wayve's security assurance capability, moving from periodic manual testing towards continuous, data-driven validation.
- Developing risk-based assurance methodologies and testing approaches that provide objective evidence controls are designed appropriately and operating effectively.
- Independently assessing controls while collaborating across teams to strengthen security outcomes and improve control maturity.
- Defining assurance plans, testing methodologies and reporting that support the security programme as it matures.
- Performing ongoing assurance activities to validate design and operating effectiveness of security controls across the organisation.
- Producing evidence-based assessments of control effectiveness and communicating findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Tracking assurance findings through remediation and validating that identified issues have been effectively addressed.
- Supporting external assessments, certifications (TISAX, ISO 21434) and customer assurance activities by providing trusted evidence.
- Partnering with the Security Analytics Engineer to automate evidence collection and evolve assurance towards continuous validation.
- Identifying opportunities to replace manual assurance activities with scalable, data-driven approaches.
- Developing repeatable testing methodologies that increase consistency, quality and coverage.
- Contributing to the evolution of Wayve's security control framework by identifying opportunities to improve control design, measurability and assurance.
- Building trusted relationships across Wayve to embed assurance into operations and establish a culture where assurance is viewed as insight rather than burden.
During your first year, you'll establish the security assurance capability, implement ongoing assurance processes for key controls, build partnerships across internal teams, deliver evidence-based assurance supporting TISAX and ISO 21434 commitments, introduce automation into selected activities, and help establish assurance as a continuous source of insight.
Wayve operates a hybrid working model with main hubs in London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver and Leonberg, combining in-person collaboration with focused remote work.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience designing, building or operating security assurance or controls assurance within organisations with modern technology stacks.
- Strong understanding of security controls and how to evaluate both their design and operating effectiveness.
- Experience working in cloud-native, SaaS-heavy environments and collaborating closely with engineering teams.
- Experience developing assurance methodologies, performing control testing and communicating assurance outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to independently challenge control effectiveness while building collaborative relationships that help teams improve.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders across the business.
- Pragmatic mindset that balances strong governance with the realities of a fast-moving, engineering-led organisation.
PLUS (preferred):
- Experience supporting security assurance programmes for frameworks such as TISAX, ISO 21434, ISO 27001, SOC 2 or similar.
- Experience helping organisations evolve from periodic assurance towards continuous assurance.
- Familiarity with assurance techniques in cloud-native and software engineering environments.
- Professional certifications such as CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or similar.
