Job Description

, India
Job Family Group: Information Technology (IT)
Worker Type: Regular
Posting Start Date: January 27, 2026
Business Unit: Projects and Technology
Experience Level: Experienced Professionals
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What's the role
As a Sr Risk & Control Advisor, you will act as a trusted partner to the business, advising on information security risks, impacts, and mitigations. You will support BISOs and business teams in securely enabling current and future activities by assessing technology and application risks, designing effective controls, and ensuring alignment with Shell's Information Risk Management (IRM) standards.
What you'll be doing

• Be a trusted Risk Advisor and primary focal for business advising on risks, impacts and mitigations.
• Support BISO's in enabling (IDT) Business/Function's current and future activities in a secure manner and being in control of their IT risks.
• Review business application landscape on the key risk indicators to assess and risk health and drive risk mitigation efforts.
• Understand Technology Landscape (Application and Infrastructure) and proactively review Shell's information security and related threats and vulnerabilities, legal and regulatory requirements
• Facilitates risk assessment process and design controls in line with control objectives and requirements and associated policies and guidance
• Work with Natural Teams, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Architecture and Support Team to ensure Shell IRM standards are followed.
• Advise on information security risks of vendor offerings - New/existing cloud service offerings including integration with Shell environment.

What you bring
Mandatory

• Bachelor's in information technology or related degree with minimum 9 years relevant experience in Information Risk Management.
• Experience in Risk Management role
• Technical IT skills, evidenced by IT accreditations and/or proven experience
• Substantial knowledge of, and experience with Information Risk Management, IRM processes, IRM portfolio, Business (IT)Controls Framework and project delivery.
• Knowledge of external IT security standards, and relevant legal compliance aspects.
• Comfortable facing off to senior management levels internally and externally
• Understanding of project delivery methodologies such as waterfall, DevSecOps, Agile.
• Understanding of IRM needs and standards considering risk and affordability to the Business as well as business impact.

Preferred

• Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, ISO (good to have)

What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a value-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organization to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs.
We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, .
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Shell in India
Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.
Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.
Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an
integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.
Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.
Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.
We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.
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