Head of Cyber Operations & Vulnerability Management

Kensington Mortgage Company; Marlow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kensington Mortgage Company is seeking an experienced Operational Security Lead & Cyber Vulnerability Manager to lead our day-to-day security operations, incident response and vulnerability management within the Information Security function.

Reporting to the CISO, you will oversee security operations, incident handling, vulnerability programmes across on-premises and cloud, and third‑party security with a focus on reducing risk and strengthening cyber resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience in security operations and cyber defence.
• Proficient in vulnerability management and remediation.
• Incident response and major incident management experience.
• Experience with security monitoring and SIEM platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud security (Azure).

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational cyber security capability across the organisation.
• Manage cyber incidents and coordinate effective response and recovery activities.
• Oversee infrastructure and cloud vulnerability management programmes.
• Drive continuous reduction in cyber risk exposure.
• Lead security monitoring, threat intelligence and threat management activities.
• Manage third-party security incidents and supplier security risks.
• Support compliance testing and security assurance activities.
• Oversee security governance, service requests and operational controls.
• Lead phishing simulations and security awareness initiatives.
• Support firewall, network and security configuration reviews.

Skills

Cyber security operations

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Security monitoring

SIEM

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Cyber Security

Tools

Vulnerability scanners

Security testing tools

Azure cloud

Job description

Kensington Mortgage Company is seeking an experienced Operational Security Lead & Cyber Vulnerability Manager to lead our day-to-day security operations, incident response and vulnerability management within the Information Security function.

Reporting to the CISO, you will oversee security operations, incident handling, vulnerability programmes across on-premises and cloud, and third‑party security with a focus on reducing risk and strengthening cyber resilience.