Associate Director - Forensics and Threat Intel

Verizon Communications; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Associate Director in Cybersecurity, where you'll lead a team of consultants, manage significant revenue streams, and drive strategic growth in EMEA. This hybrid role involves mentoring, client engagement, and fostering innovation in cybersecurity practices.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Cyber Security executive at a leading firm.
• Proven experience in leading a team of 7 to 10 consultants.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of cybersecurity consultants.
• Managing and expanding a significant revenue portfolio.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes.

Skills

Cyber Security

Leadership

Financial Acumen

Client Relationship Management

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

Verizon's Global Cybersecurity Solutions group is a leading provider of advanced cybersecurity services, safeguarding organizations against evolving digital threats. We are seeking an Associate Director who will spearhead the Forensics, Threat Intelligence and Incident Response practice area for EMEA. This pivotal role involves leading a team of elite cybersecurity consultants, overseeing a substantial revenue stream and driving strategic growth within the practice.

As a thought leader, it is imperative for you to remain abreast of advancements in technology and evolving market trends, particularly those pertaining to Data security and privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Cyber resilience and risk quantification as well as market regulatory needs and compliance. Additionally, the capacity to deliver presentations at industry events and or executive roundtables and to conduct substantive discussions on these subjects with senior executive clientele is crucial for this role.

Responsibilities

1. Leading and mentoring a team of highly skilled cybersecurity consultants, ensuring successful delivery of client engagements
2. Managing and expanding a significant revenue portfolio, while developing and implementing innovative strategies to enhance service offerings and market presence.
3. Providing expert guidance and thought leadership to team members, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
4. Managing workstreams on multiple client and internal projects and delegating activities to team members.
5. Supporting the growth of our practice on recruitment initiatives including resume reviews, candidate testing, and interviewing. Oversee workstreams across several client and internal projects, delegating tasks to team members.
6. Supporting practice expansion by participating in recruitment, encompassing resume review, candidate evaluation, and conducting interviews.
7. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including other Cybersecurity practices, sales and field marketing, to drive positive business outcomes for Verizon
8. Collaborating with the enablement team to build programs that enhance the field’s knowledge of Cyber operations, evolving threats, relevant case studies, and regulations.
9. Managing business and P&L of the Verizon threat and advisory practice for EMEA.

You’ll Need to have:

• Experience working as a Cyber Security executive at a leading Cyber Security company and/or consulting firm
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring a team of 7 to 10 Cybersecurity consultants
• Financial acumen and managing substantial revenue portfolios
• Ability to establish a strong industry presence by presenting at conferences, authoring white papers, and sharing thought leadership.
• Proven ability to identify and win new consulting engagements and to expand advisory footprint for clients.

Even Better if you have:

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with executive clients, including CISOs, IT leaders, and other business leaders.
• Experience in creating innovative Cyber events to promote industry presence and brand recognition
• Ability to drive technical and business change, understanding organizational cybersecurity decision-making, and influencing those decisions.
• Experience leading teams on complex investigative and advisory projects in financial crime and related areas, including fraud, bribery, sanctions, money laundering, data governance, privacy, market abuse, and insider trading.
• Commitment to high-quality, client-centric work.
• Experience in developing client proposals, emphasizing methodologies and leveraging data and technology in forensics and threat intelligence.
• Proactivity in staying informed of cybersecurity trends and developing new service offerings.
• Experience delivering proactive services such as tabletop exercises, breach simulations, purple team exercises, and training.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Where you’ll be working

This is a hybrid role with a defined work location, including work from home and office days as scheduled by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.