Technical Cyber Security Manager

BT Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company is seeking a Technical Cyber Security Leader to manage and innovate within their security team. The role includes driving transformation agendas, ensuring high-level security services, and requires DV clearance. Candidates need to have significant experience in Cyber Security and relevant certifications. The position offers competitive benefits and a hybrid working model based in Manchester or other locations.

Benefits

Competitive salary

10% on-target bonus

BT Pension scheme

On-call allowance

25 days annual leave

World-class training

Flexible working options

Enhanced women's health support

Qualifications

• Highly experienced in Cyber Security and Information Assurance.
• Strong technical background and demonstrated leadership capability.
• Familiar with security frameworks and a proven record in delivering security programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a technical cyber security team.
• Drive transformation and support wider business strategies.
• Establish and maintain key stakeholder communities.

Skills

Cyber Security

Security Risk Management

People Management

Stakeholder Management

Threat Hunting

Education

CISSP or CISM certification

Job description

Overview

You'll be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people. Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities and your contribution is always valued.

Why this job matters: Our Global Secure Customers expect a high degree of security implementation within all goods and services provisioned by BT. This role leads a team of experienced technical security professionals who apply their skills through implementations, design reviews, in-life assurance testing and professional consulting. As part of BT Business, this team supports a positive contribution to revenues upwards to £250m per annum. This job role can be based in Manchester, Cheltenham, London or Ipswich. Hybrid (3 days office based & 2 days remote). Monday-Friday 37.5 hours. DV Clearance is required. Must have lived in UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance.

What you'll be doing

• Security Innovation: Lead and develop an innovation focused technical cyber security team, with defined career paths and succession planning, delivering the highest level of technical security services. Maintain and challenge the current Cyber Security posture across systems, networks and the Internet.
• Transformation: Drive a transformation agenda, supporting wider BT transformation strategies and local CTO activities, challenging and supporting customer ways of working and improving efficiencies and system implementations.
• Secure by Design: Lead a technical cyber security team that supports BT and government customers through commercial best security practices and augmented security expectations. Evolve local standards to maintain high-level design patterns and alignment.
• Establishing and maintaining key stakeholder communities across BT and government customers, maintaining security as an effective business enabler.
• Be the technical cyber security leader for this business unit. Coach, mentor, and establish a strong awareness culture locally and across colleagues, stakeholders and customers.
• Stakeholder Management
• Decision Making
• Threat Hunting
• Security Assessment
• Configuration Management
• Highly experienced and demonstrable track record in Cyber Security, Information Assurance and Security Risk Management, with a strong technical background and people management experience.
• Fully conversant in security frameworks and able to demonstrate a career record of accomplishment to support how experience has delivered security programmes and projects.
• Experience setting direction, leading and managing a technical security team(s).
• Ability to work in a process intensive and complex environment.
• Will have achieved certification as a CISSP or CISM, or equivalent industry standard.

About BT and our benefits

• Competitive salary
• 10% on target bonus (depending on country)
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• On-call allowance
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• Huge range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
• World-class training and development opportunities
• From January 2025, equal family leave: 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks half pay, 26 weeks at statutory rate
• Enhanced women's health support including menopause support, cancer screenings, period care and more
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• 2 weeks paid carer's leave
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
• Access to hundreds of retail discounts including the BT shop
• Flexible working: 3 days on-site, 2 days flexible per week