Senior Cyber Security Leader - AI-Driven Cloud Security

Sidetrade Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Great culture

Health & wellness

Time off

Competitive salary

London office

Job summary

Sidetrade, an AI-native Order-to-Cash platform, is seeking a Senior Manager, Cyber Security. You will develop and execute our operational security strategy, lead improvements, and influence architecture with Engineering, Platform and IT to align security with product delivery and business priorities.

Reporting to the CISO, you will build the SOC, strengthen detection and incident response, oversee vulnerability management and testing, and translate security risks into clear plans for executives.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operational cyber security, including leading people or major security programmes and delivering measurable improvements.
• Practical experience of incident response, vulnerability management and security monitoring, with the judgement to prioritise under pressure.
• Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure security, identity and access controls, and secure software development.
• The ability to work constructively with engineers and business leaders, explain risk clearly and make proportionate decisions.
• Experience turning security strategy into a deliverable roadmap, coordinating stakeholders and managing security suppliers.
• Curiosity and sound security judgement about AI-enabled products.
• Deep AI specialism is a useful addition rather than a prerequisite.
• Fluent English and confidence working with international teams. French is welcome but not required.

Responsibilities

• Security strategy and risk: prioritise the risks that matter most, agree a practical improvement roadmap and communicate progress and investment needs to senior leaders.
• Security operations and response: develop the team and SOC capability, strengthen detection and investigation, and coordinate incident response and lessons learned.
• Product and platform security: embed security into architecture and the development lifecycle, partnering with engineering teams on threat assessment, testing and remediation.
• Assurance and improvement: oversee vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, manage security suppliers, and use meaningful measures to improve control effectiveness.
• Security as our AI capabilities evolve: work with our engineering and AI teams to assess emerging risks and establish practical safeguards for AI-enabled products, including protecting sensitive data, controlling access and permissions, and ensuring appropriate monitoring and oversight.

Job description

Sidetrade, an AI-native Order-to-Cash platform, is seeking a Senior Manager, Cyber Security. You will develop and execute our operational security strategy, lead improvements, and influence architecture with Engineering, Platform and IT to align security with product delivery and business priorities.

Reporting to the CISO, you will build the SOC, strengthen detection and incident response, oversee vulnerability management and testing, and translate security risks into clear plans for executives.