Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager

Consol Partners; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Consol Partners is seeking a Senior Cyber Exposure & Vulnerability Manager to own the end-to-end vulnerability management framework across infrastructure, cloud, and applications in a hybrid UK-based setting. You will drive risk-based prioritisation and leverage AI-driven automation to modernise triage, threat correlation, and remediation workflows.

Reporting to the Deputy CISO, you will bridge technical risk and business impact, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified, prioritised, remediated,

Qualifications

• Enterprise exposure management experience in regulated environments.
• Hands-on vulnerability management principles across cloud, hybrid infra, and apps.
• Experience with risk scoring and prioritisation using multiple inputs.
• Interest in applying AI/automation to cyber operations.
• Ability to translate vulnerabilities into business risk and drive remediation.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end vulnerability management and response across infrastructure, cloud, apps, and third-party services.
• Lead backlog management, aging remediation, and emergency response to zero-day exposures.
• Champion AI, automation, and data-driven insights to optimise triage and reporting.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Cloud, Data, and Architecture to embed vulnerability response into delivery pipelines.
• Define and track KPIs/KRIs and provide executive-level reporting for CIO/Audit/CISO boards.
• Align exposure decisions with risk appetite and drive regulatory remediation actions to closure.

Skills

Enterprise exposure experience

Technical breadth

Risk-based prioritisation

Forward-looking mindset

Influence & stakeholder management

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

• End-to-end operational ownership of enterprise exposure, vulnerability management, and zero-day response capabilities.
• Drive modern risk-based prioritisation and AI-driven automation across cloud, infrastructure, and application estates.
• Key focus: Strategy execution, cross-CIO collaboration, backlog reduction, and executive-level governance.

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 organizational 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 life cycle 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 organizational 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.