Cyber Security Operations Lead — Drive Resilience & Impact

Compare The Market; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Compare the Market is seeking a senior Security Operations leader to guide a high-performing team in a fast-paced, AI-powered environment. You will own the security operations program, drive incident response, and shape the roadmap in collaboration with engineering, product, and leadership teams.

You will mentor engineers, foster secure-by-design principles, and promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the security domain.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in a cyber security discipline.
• Proven leadership experience within Cyber Security Operations.
• Experience owning and continuously improving a security control environment.
• Experience recruiting, managing and developing engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Technical credibility to influence engineers and justify technology decisions.
• Ability to lead and influence technical discussions across a complex technology environment.
• Collaborative leader who shares knowledge and supports development of others.
• Experience working in Agile environments and delivering outcomes through high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Security Operations team, driving capability, delivery and succession planning.
• Act as the Security Operations SME and technical escalation point, leading the response to cyber security events and driving improvements to resilience and security effectiveness.
• Partner with security engineers, product managers and senior leaders to shape and deliver the security roadmap.
• Drive technical initiatives that strengthen the security control environment and improve operational effectiveness.
• Lead technical discussions across engineering and architecture, championing security awareness, secure-by-design practices and continuous improvement.
• Build a strong culture of ownership, accountability and performance through effective KPI management and operational excellence.

Skills

Cyber security

Security leadership

Security operations

Hiring & mentoring

Analytical skills

Stakeholder influence

Agile experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical credibility

Job description

Compare the Market is seeking a senior Security Operations leader to guide a high-performing team in a fast-paced, AI-powered environment. You will own the security operations program, drive incident response, and shape the roadmap in collaboration with engineering, product, and leadership teams.

You will mentor engineers, foster secure-by-design principles, and promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the security domain.