Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager

LMA Recruitment Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

LMA Recruitment Limited is hiring a Senior Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager for a leading UK financial services organisation. The role oversees end-to-end vulnerability management, exposing leadership to risk-based prioritisation and remediation across infrastructure, cloud, and applications.

You will drive AI-enabled triage, threat correlation, and automated reporting while partnering with Engineering, Cloud, Data, and Architecture teams to embed vulnerability response into delivery

Qualifications

• Enterprise exposure experience in regulated environments (financial services/insurance preferred).
• Hands-on understanding of vulnerability management principles, tooling, and remediation across cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and apps.
• Experience with risk scoring using CVSS, threat intel, asset criticality, and business impact.
• Interest and practical experience in leveraging AI/ML or automated tooling to streamline cyber operations.
• Ability to translate technical vulnerabilities into clear business risk and drive remediation across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle across infrastructure, cloud, apps, and third-party services, including scanning, triage, risk prioritisation, remediation, and verification.
• Manage vulnerability backlogs, ageing, high/critical remediation activity, scan coverage, and emergency response to zero-day exposures.
• Champion AI and data-driven insights to optimise triage, reduce false positives, cluster root-cause, and automate reporting.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Cloud, Data, and Architecture teams to embed vulnerability response into delivery pipelines.
• Define and track KPIs/KRIs (SLAs, exposure trends, backlog health) and deliver concise reporting for CIO leadership, Audit, and Board forums.
• Align exposure decisions to risk appetite and drive audit/regulatory remediation actions to closure.

Skills

Exposure management

Technical breadth

Risk-based prioritisation

AI/automation

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Role: Senior Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager
Location: Corporate Offices / Hybrid (UK)
Industry: Financial Services / Insurance (Regulated Environment)
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Senior Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager | Hands-On AI & Exposure Leader

About the Opportunity

A leading UK financial services organisation is looking for a high-performing Senior Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager to own and evolve its end-to-end vulnerability management and response framework. Reporting directly to the Deputy CISO, you will act as the organisational authority on exposure management. In this hands-on, high-impact role, you will bridge the gap between technical risk and business reality-ensuring vulnerabilities across infrastructure, cloud, and applications are identified, prioritised, remediated, and reported in a disciplined, risk-based manner. Additionally, you will champion the practical application of AI and intelligent automation to modernise triage, threat correlation, and remediation workflows.

Key Accountabilities

• End-to-End Vulnerability Ownership: Own the enterprise lifecycle across infrastructure, cloud, apps, and third-party services-covering scanning, triage, risk prioritisation, mitigation, and verification.
• Hands-On Delivery & Response: Manage vulnerability backlogs, ageing, high/critical remediation activity, scan coverage, and emergency response to zero-day exposures.
• AI, Automation & Innovation: Champion the practical use of AI and data-driven insights to optimise triage, reduce false positives, perform root-cause clustering, and automate reporting.
• Cross-CIO Collaboration: Partner with Engineering, Cloud, Data, and Architecture teams to embed vulnerability response into existing delivery pipelines rather than treating it as a parallel task.
• Governance & Executive Reporting: Define and track KPIs/KRIs (SLAs, exposure trends, backlog health) and deliver concise, actionable reporting for CIO leadership, Audit, and CISO/Board forums.
• Risk & Regulatory Support: Align exposure decisions to organisational risk appetite, manage formal risk acceptances, and drive audit and regulatory remediation actions to closure.

Required Skills & Experience

• Enterprise Exposure Experience: Proven track record running vulnerability management and response within complex, highly regulated environments (Financial Services/Insurance preferred).
• Technical Breadth: Strong hands-on understanding of vulnerability management principles, tooling, and remediation across cloud, hybrid infrastructure, applications, and platforms.
• Risk-Based Prioritisation: Expertise in context-aware risk scoring (combining CVSS, threat intelligence, asset criticality, attack surface, and business impact).
• Forward-Looking Mindset: Genuine interest and practical experience in leveraging AI, machine learning, or automated tooling to streamline cyber operations.
• Influence & Stakeholder Management: Ability to translate complex technical vulnerabilities into clear business risk and drive remediation across engineering teams without relying on formal authority.