Senior Global Incident Response Leader

McGregor Boyall; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Bonus

Job summary

McGregor Boyall in North London is seeking a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Incident Response to lead a global IR team across the US, UK and India. The role combines hands-on expertise with strategic leadership to manage major cyber incidents.

You will oversee incident command, stakeholder communications, and playbooks development, while coaching the team and aligning with security operations and business goals.

Qualifications

• Hands-on incident response experience with progression into leadership.
• Experience leading incident response teams through major cyber investigations.
• Knowledge of IR processes, tools and post-incident activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global incident response function across regions.
• Direct response activities and incident command during major incidents.
• Coordinate investigations with internal partners and external providers.
• Develop runbooks, playbooks and operating procedures for rapid response.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Incident command

Stakeholder coordination

Executive communication

Tools

EDR

SIEM

IR management platforms

Forensics tools

Job description

McGregor Boyall in North London is seeking a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Incident Response to lead a global IR team across the US, UK and India. The role combines hands-on expertise with strategic leadership to manage major cyber incidents.

You will oversee incident command, stakeholder communications, and playbooks development, while coaching the team and aligning with security operations and business goals.