Resilience Threat Lead

iberdrola; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Double match pension up to 10%

Private medical insurance

Bank holiday buy/sell

Job summary

SP Energy Networks, part of the Iberdrola group, seeks a Cyber & Operational Resilience Threat Lead in Glasgow. The role drives threat-informed resilience for critical services and works with cyber security, OT/ICS, risk and business continuity teams.

You will produce threat briefs for leaders, support regulatory assessments and guide investment priorities to strengthen organisational resilience.

Qualifications

• Proactive and analytical with experience in cyber security, threat intelligence or resilience.
• Strong understanding of cyber threats, threat actors and resilience risks.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and reporting across teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify and communicate threats impacting services, people and operations.
• Shape a threat-informed resilience approach for evolving cyber, operational and supply chain risks.
• Lead threat assessments, horizon scanning and vulnerability reviews for resilience planning.

Skills

Cyber security

Threat intelligence

Operational resilience

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

CAF framework

NIS Regulations

NCSC CAF

Job description

Resilience Threat Lead

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £59-74K (plus up to 15% bonus, private healthcare & double-matched pension).

Permanent, Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

Help us create a better future, quicker SP Energy Networks is seeking a Cyber & Operational Resilience Threat Lead to play a key role in protecting critical services and strengthening organisational resilience. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber security, operational resilience and threat intelligence within a Critical National Infrastructure environment.

What you'll be doing

As the Cyber & Operational Resilience Threat Lead, you will be responsible for identifying, assessing and communicating threats that could impact SP Energy Networks' people, operations, technology, facilities, suppliers and critical business services. You will help shape a threat-informed resilience approach, ensuring the organisation is prepared for a constantly evolving landscape that includes cyber, operational, geopolitical, environmental, physical and supply chain risks.

Working closely with Cyber Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Operational Technology, Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity teams, you will turn complex threat information into practical actions that strengthen resilience across the business. You will support informed decision-making, guide investment priorities and help ensure SPEN remains prepared to respond to emerging challenges.

This role will lead resilience threat assessments, horizon scanning activities and vulnerability reviews, providing valuable insight into current and future risks. You will contribute to resilience planning, crisis simulations, cyber exercises and recovery testing, helping the organisation understand potential impacts and improve its readiness. You will also produce threat-informed reports and briefings for senior leaders and support regulatory and assurance activities, including CAF, NIS and Operational Resilience assessments.

What you'll bring

We're looking for a proactive and analytical professional with experience in Cyber Security, Threat Intelligence, Operational Resilience, Risk Management or a related field. You will have a strong understanding of cyber threats, threat actors, resilience risks and emerging threat trends. Experience working within Critical National Infrastructure or other highly regulated environments is highly desirable.

You should be comfortable analysing both technical and non-technical information and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations. Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and reporting skills are essential, as you will work across a wide range of business, technology and operational teams while building relationships with industry, regulatory and government partners.

Knowledge of Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Information Technology (IT), NIS Regulations and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) will be important. Experience within the energy, utilities or wider Critical National Infrastructure sector would be advantageous, as would professional qualifications in cyber security, resilience, risk management or threat intelligence.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence resilience strategy, drive meaningful improvements and help safeguard the services that millions of customers rely on every day. If you are passionate about understanding emerging threats and strengthening organisational resilience, we would love to hear from you.

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of th