Head of Cyber Security

Nigel Wright Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Head of Cyber Security to spearhead its cyber resilience and compliance efforts, ensuring the protection of critical services and data. This pivotal role requires strategic leadership and technical expertise, making it ideal for candidates passionate about security integration into business operations. The successful individual will also mentor a high-performing team and advise senior leadership on cyber threats.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a cyber security function within a regulated business.
• Track record of building high-performing teams.
• Strong technical knowledge of security infrastructure and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals.
• Manage cyber risks and ensure GDPR compliance.
• Lead incident response and build a high-performing team.

Skills

Risk Management

Regulatory Compliance

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Team Leadership

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

Job description

We are delighted to support our client, a large and complex regulated consumer services organisation based in the North of England, in the search for an experienced Head of Cyber Security to lead its enterprise-wide cyber strategy. This pivotal role is accountable for the organisation’s cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and protection of critical services and data. Providing both leadership and technical expertise, you will play a key role within the technology leadership team and will be the lead in running of day to day security activities, achieving credibility and buy in from stakeholders across the business.

You’ll advise senior leadership and the board on cyber risks, drive ISO 27001 alignment, and lead incident response and continuous improvement initiatives. This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone passionate about embedding security into the heart of business operations.

Travel to offices across the North will be required.

The Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a cyber strategy aligned with business goals and regulatory expectations
• Risk & Compliance: Manage cyber risks, ensure compliance with GDPR, NIS2, and maintain ISO 27001 readiness.
• Governance & Advisory: Advise the Board and Executive on cyber threats, resilience, and strategic decisions.
• Incident Response: Lead response to cyber incidents, ensuring rapid recovery and regulatory communication.
• Team Leadership: Build and mentor a high-performing cyber team, fostering a culture of accountability and innovation.
• Technology & Controls: Acting as a SME for IT security through to Exec and Board level, overseeing security infrastructure, cloud security, and modern tooling
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate across departments (IT, Risk, Legal, Compliance) to embed security enterprise-wide.

The Person

As a strategic thinker with strong leadership, communication and technical skills, you will have proven experience leading a cyber security function within a regulated business.

Specifically, you will possess:

• Extensive risk management, and regulatory compliance experience
• Strong technical knowledge of security infrastructure, cloud platforms and modern security tooling (SIEM, SOAR).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Most importantly you will have a track record of building high-performing teams.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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