Strategic Head of Information Security & Cyber Operations

William Scott Consulting Ltd; Gerrards Cross; On-site; GBP 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

William Scott Consulting Ltd is recruiting a Group Head of Information Security & Cyber Operations to lead the security strategy and roadmap across the organisation. You will influence senior stakeholders and translate complex security topics into clear business language.

This role sits on the IT Senior Leadership Team and drives governance, risk, incident response, and cyber resilience across multi-site, cloud environments while maturing capabilities and team performance.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership in information security and cyber operations with senior stakeholder influence.
• Hands-on experience maturing security operations and delivering transformation.
• Background in a complex, regulated environment.
• Ability to balance security, compliance, operations and business needs; strategise and execute.
• Experience managing major cyber incidents and decisions under uncertainty.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CRISC are advantageous.
• Experience with outsourced SOC/MDR/XDR, cloud security, Zero Trust, security architecture, or multi-site operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group Information Security and Cyber Operations function and develop the cyber strategy and roadmap.
• Assess current tools, processes, people, vulnerabilities and maturity; define and deliver improvements.
• Oversee cyber operations, incident management, governance, compliance, resilience and business continuity.
• Oversee MDR/XDR, security monitoring, threat detection and vulnerability management; satisfy regulatory requirements.
• Lead significant cyber incident responses with calm, credibility and sound judgement.
• Build the team structure and advance maturity and performance.
• Contribute to IT leadership team, collaborating with Compliance, Risk, and other stakeholders.
• Translate complex security matters into business-friendly language for leaders.

Skills

Leadership experience

Information security

Cyber operations

Regulated environments

Stakeholder influence

Incident management

Security strategy

Risk governance and compliance

Cloud security

Security architecture

Tools

MDR/XDR environments

Cloud security tools

Job description

William Scott Consulting Ltd is recruiting a Group Head of Information Security & Cyber Operations to lead the security strategy and roadmap across the organisation. You will influence senior stakeholders and translate complex security topics into clear business language.

This role sits on the IT Senior Leadership Team and drives governance, risk, incident response, and cyber resilience across multi-site, cloud environments while maturing capabilities and team performance.