Strategic Cyber Advisory Director

Jobtailor; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NCC Group is seeking a high‑impact cybersecurity leader to originate, shape and close strategic opportunities with senior client stakeholders across regulatory, risk and technology domains. You will drive cross‑functional pursuit teams and translate complex capabilities into clear business outcomes.

In this senior role, you will partner with CISOs, CIOs, board members and executives to align NCC Group offerings with client priorities, governance needs and transformation agendas, delivering

Formación

• Senior-level experience across cybersecurity, cyber advisory, consulting, cyber services, technology, risk, compliance, security leadership or complex enterprise sales.
• Strong track record of originating, shaping or closing strategic opportunities, ideally including large or transformational deals with multiple stakeholders and decision‑makers
• Strong understanding of cyber risk, regulatory expectations, audit cycles, remediation programmes, operational resilience, third‑party risk, fraud exposure, data protection, AI risk and board‑level reporting
• Ability to engage credibly with senior business, technology, risk and security stakeholders, translating complex technical capability into clear commercial, regulatory and operational outcomes
• Strong senior customer network and ability to convert trusted relationships into qualified pipeline, executive introductions, revenue growth and new‑logo opportunities
• Knowledge of cybersecurity services and propositions, including technical assurance, governance and compliance, identity, cloud security, incident readiness, red teaming, continuous testing, managed detection and response, AI security and third‑party risk
• Strong commercial acumen, entrepreneurial mindset, collaborative, pragmatic and proactive style, with ability to influence across Sales, Delivery, Marketing, Product, Solution Architecture, Partners and senior leadership

Responsabilidades

• Originate, shape and execute large, strategic cyber opportunities to support growth ambitions
• Build trusted senior relationships with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CROs, audit, risk, compliance, legal, privacy and board-level stakeholders
• Identify long-term, high-value opportunities by linking client priorities and regulatory pressures to NCC Group's propositions
• Lead cross-functional pursuit teams across NCC Group and partner ecosystem
• Apply opportunity qualification and governance to prioritise strategically aligned, high-propensity deals
• Advise clients on technical assurance, cyber governance, regulatory readiness, digital identity, cloud security, application and product security, third‑party risk, operational resilience, AI governance, incident readiness and proactive security

Conocimientos

Cybersecurity Expertise

Strategic Opportunity Origination

Stakeholder Engagement

Regulatory Compliance Knowledge

Commercial Acumen

Relationship Building

Influencing

Collaboration

Proactive Mindset

Entrepreneurial Thinking

Herramientas

Cyber Advisory

Technical Assurance

Cloud Security

Application Security

Third-Party Risk Management

Operational Resilience

AI Governance

Incident Readiness

Data Protection

Red Teaming

Descripción del empleo

• Originate, shape and execute large, strategic cyber opportunities supporting NCC Group's growth ambitions
• Build trusted senior relationships with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CROs, audit, risk, compliance, legal, privacy and board-level stakeholders
• Identify long‑term, high‑value opportunities by connecting client priorities, regulatory pressures and cyber risk to NCC Group's propositions and capabilities
• Lead cross‑functional pursuit teams across NCC Group and its partner ecosystem
• Apply opportunity qualification and governance to prioritise strategically aligned, high‑propensity deals
• Advise clients on technical assurance, cyber governance, regulatory readiness, digital identity, cloud security, application and product security, third‑party risk, operational resilience, AI governance, incident readiness, continuous assurance and proactive security

Requirements

• Significant senior‑level experience across cybersecurity, cyber advisory, consulting, cyber services, technology, risk, compliance, security leadership or complex enterprise sales
• Strong track record of originating, shaping or closing strategic opportunities, ideally including large or transformational deals with multiple stakeholders and decision‑makers
• Strong understanding of cyber risk, regulatory expectations, audit cycles, remediation programmes, operational resilience, third‑party risk, fraud exposure, data protection, AI risk and board‑level reporting
• Ability to engage credibly with senior business, technology, risk and security stakeholders, translating complex technical capability into clear commercial, regulatory and operational outcomes
• Strong senior customer network and ability to convert trusted relationships into qualified pipeline, executive introductions, revenue growth and new‑logo opportunities
• Knowledge of cybersecurity services and propositions, including technical assurance, governance and compliance, identity, cloud security, incident readiness, red teaming, continuous testing, managed detection and response, AI security and third‑party risk
• Strong commercial acumen, entrepreneurial mindset, collaborative, pragmatic and proactive style, with ability to influence across Sales, Delivery, Marketing, Product, Solution Architecture, Partners and senior leadership

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in cybersecurity, cyber advisory, and compliance, with a strong ability to engage senior stakeholders and translate complex technical concepts into actionable business outcomes. Proven track record in originating and closing strategic opportunities, particularly in high‑value, transformational deals.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• Cybersecurity Expertise
• Strategic Opportunity Origination
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Regulatory Compliance Knowledge
• Commercial Acumen

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Cyber Advisory
• Technical Assurance
• Cloud Security
• Application Security
• Third‑Party Risk Management
• Operational Resilience
• AI Governance
• Incident Readiness
• Data Protection
• Red Teaming

Soft Skills

• Relationship Building
• Influencing
• Collaboration
• Proactive Mindset
• Entrepreneurial Thinking

Industry Keywords

• Cyber Risk
• Regulatory Expectations
• Audit Cycles
• Remediation Programmes
• Fraud Exposure
• Board‑Level Reporting
• Managed Detection and Response
• Continuous Testing
• Cyber Services
• Complex Enterprise Sales