Threat Intelligence Team Leader

Vodafone; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global telecommunications company in Newbury is seeking an experienced Cyber Threat Operational Intelligence Manager to lead its cyber threat intelligence teams. This role involves analyzing cyber threats, managing staff, and collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance security. Candidates should have strong leadership skills, proficiency in threat intelligence tools, and the ability to communicate effectively. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement with occasional on-site presence in London/Newbury.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated operational intelligence and remediation of cyber threats.
• Ability to communicate technical information to diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in improving incident detection and response.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cyber Threat Intelligence Teams with management responsibilities.
• Create actionable threat assessments for stakeholders.
• Support incident management during ongoing incidents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance security posture.

Skills

Leadership experience in cyber threat intelligence

Proficiency in threat intelligence tools

Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational and time management skills

Education

Computer science and threat intelligence qualifications

Job description

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Client:

Vodafone

Location:

Newbury, United Kingdom

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Posted:

01.08.2025

Expiry Date:

15.09.2025

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Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

Vodafone Cyber Security’s role is to enable a secure connected future for our customers and society. We believe that we can inspire trust and confidence in our customers by enabling secure connectivity. Our purpose is to proactively protect Vodafone from security threats and reduce risk across Vodafone’s global footprint. This role is pivotal in how we contribute the security community and society through collaboration, sharing and learning and protect our Critical National Infrastructure in line with Government regulations.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Cyber Threat Operational Intelligence Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading a team at the heart of Vodafone’s Cyber Defence organization: analyzing cyber threats and providing actionable insights to protect Vodafone and its customers from potential attacks. This role requires great people management skills, a deep understanding of cyber threat landscape, strong analytical skills, the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and to work collaboratively with colleagues of varying backgrounds and experience.

• Lead one of Vodafone Group’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Teams with line management responsibilities for several staff with varying levels of expertise and experience.
• Create and/or guide the creation of threat assessments and provide actionable intelligence to relevant stakeholders.
• Lead and support proactive investigations on priority threats through our Threat Action Groups / Threat and Vulnerability Reviews.
• Support Incident Management/CSOC teams with intelligence and threat actors monitoring during ongoing incidents and in feeding early warning impacting Vodafone.
• Provide support and guidance as needed to support the development of trainee staff and experts alike.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to share threat intelligence and enhance security posture.
• Develop and maintain relationships with industry partners, government agencies, and other organizations.
• Prepare and deliver reports, briefings, and presentations on cyber threats and intelligence findings.
• Monitor and analyse cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attack trends.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in cyber threat intelligence and security technologies.
• Hybrid working: attend Vodafone office in London/Newbury around 8 times per month.
• This is an operational role: some on call working outside of regular working hours is expected, depending on operational requirements / events.

Who you are

• Practical leadership experience in the cyber threat intelligence field. Able to demonstrate the operational intelligence and tactical remediation of cyber threats.
• Excellent leadership and people management skills.
• Proficiency in threat intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent analytical /critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to communicate concise summaries of complex technical scenarios/information across diverse and senior stakeholder groups.
• Practical experience of utilising cyber intelligence to improve incident detection and response.
• Creating strong working relationships, and engaging effectively, across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders. Building and maintaining trusted strategic level intelligence relationships.
• Computer science and threat intelligence qualifications (desirable).
• Change management, agile and continuous improvement experience. (desirable).