Cyber Security Manager, Vulnerability Management

Heathrow Airport; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airport is seeking a Cyber Security Manager to oversee vulnerability management for its IT and OT systems. In this strategic role, you'll lead a small team while ensuring effective management of cybersecurity threats across a complex landscape. With a focus on risk reduction and compliance with regulatory frameworks, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact in a highly dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonuses

Generous annual leave allowances

Private health insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cybersecurity, specifically in vulnerability management.
• Experience managing a team and enterprise-scale programs.
• Familiarity with ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Leading the vulnerability management lifecycle and team.
• Developing vulnerability management policies.
• Collaborating with teams to ensure timely vulnerability resolution.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Vulnerability management

Leadership

Education

Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CEH, OSCP)

Job description

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Job Description

The Cyber Security Manager, Vulnerability Management will report to the Head of Security Operations and is responsible for managing a small team and leading the identification, assessment, and remediation of security vulnerabilities across the organisation's IT and OT estate.

We're looking for a strategic and hands-on Manager to lead and evolve our approach to managing vulnerabilities across a diverse and complex IT and OT landscape. Reporting to the Head of Security Operations, you'll manage a small but high-performing team dedicated to identifying, assessing, and driving the remediation of security vulnerabilities. Your leadership will ensure the organisation maintains a strong security posture by proactively managing risks, aligning with regulatory requirements, and enabling operational resilience.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and influence how vulnerability management is delivered across the enterprise. We're looking for someone who combines technical understanding with leadership capability and a proactive mindset. If you're passionate about reducing risk, building secure systems, and leading from the front, this is a great opportunity to make a significant impact.

Responsibilities

• Leading the vulnerability management lifecycle, including scanning, analysis, prioritisation, and remediation coordination.
• Managing a small team of vulnerability analysts.
• Developing and maintaining vulnerability management policies, standards, and procedures.
• Collaborating with IT, security operations, and application teams both internal and partners to ensure timely resolution of vulnerabilities.
• Providing regular reporting and metrics to senior leadership on vulnerability trends, risk exposure, and remediation progress.
• Overseeing the integration of vulnerability management tools with other security platforms (e.g., SIEM, CMDB).
• Staying current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices.
• Supporting incident response teams with vulnerability intelligence during security events.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cybersecurity, specifically within vulnerability management or similar role.
• Experience of managing and motivating a small team.
• Demonstrated success in managing enterprise-scale vulnerability programs.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in complex IT environments.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Experience with cloud security and container vulnerability management
• OT vulnerability technologies (e.g. Nozomi)
• Knowledge of asset management and configuration management databases (CMDB).
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or OSCP.

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About Us

There's something so special about working at the world's most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you'll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there's no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we'll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we'll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you'll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of Heathrow. Working arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You'll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

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Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger - not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.

About the Team

Together, we're working to welcome millions more passengers, while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability. At Heathrow, you can be part of this - providing solutions that make every journey better for millions each year. That means ensuring we meet the changing needs of the passengers, colleagues and partners who use our airport to work, travel, trade, shop, eat, explore and connect. Our Solutions team covers project management, process improvement, business change, technology, cyber defence, masterplanning, infrastructure and procurement. It brings together people with the skills to deliver prestigious and often large-scale projects, from transforming terminals to making big reductions in our carbon emissions.

Every day will test your skills and give you the opportunity to make your mark. You might be working with the technology and data that power our city within a city, driving vital commercial agreements with everyone from retailers to airlines, or improving the unique infrastructure that includes everything from 200 buildings to 250 HV substations. It's a collaborative environment, where you can rely on the support of the experts around you as you take on projects you'll both take pride in and feel passionate about.