OT Security Advisory & Transformation Director
Ekco Group
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Résumé du poste
Ekco Group seeks an experienced Director of OT Security Advisory & Transformation to act as a senior strategic partner to the CTO, guiding growth of DataLogiX's OT consulting and cybersecurity business. You will engage CIOs, CISOs, and Manufacturing Directors to shape transformation roadmaps and long-term customer relationships.
You will lead complex engagements, drive governance, and oversee delivery while collaborating with commercial and engineering teams to align OT and IT initiatives with
Qualifications
- 10+ years in OT, industrial cybersecurity or related disciplines.
- Experience leading customer-facing consulting or professional services engagements.
- Proven track record with regulated industries such as Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Critical Infrastructure, Utilities, Energy.
- Experience presenting to executive or board-level stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of OT security domains and governance frameworks.
Responsabilités
- Lead OT security strategy engagements across key sectors.
- Develop OT cybersecurity roadmaps aligned to business objectives and regulatory obligations.
- Oversee large-scale OT consulting and transformation programs.
- Provide executive governance and program assurance for strategic initiatives.
- Grow revenue, pipeline and strategic account expansion through advisory leadership.
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Description du poste
Founded in 2016, Ekco has quickly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing cloud solution providers and your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider. IT leaders choose Ekco to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk – powered by local expertise, delivered at European scale.
We specialise in helping organisations advance their cloud maturity guiding transformation, strengthening security, and maximising the value of their technology investments.
In simple terms: we help organisations modernise with confidence securing their systems, optimising their cloud, and keeping them resilient in a rapidly changing world.
Today, we’re a thriving team of 1,000+ talented and supportive colleagues across the UK, Ireland, Benelux, South Africa, and Malaysia—and we’re continuing to grow.
At Ekco, how we work matters as much as what we deliver. Our people live by four core values that shape everything we do:
- On It: We take ownership, follow through, and get things done.
- All In: We collaborate, support each other, and commit fully to shared goals.
- Connected: We build trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners.
- Hungry to Grow: We stay curious, keep learning, and push ourselves to the next level.
If these values resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home here.
How did Ekco and Datalogix come together? Datalogix is a Cork headquartered Operational Technology (OT) business with more than 20 years' experience designing, implementing and supporting secure OT infrastructure for enterprise customers in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, general manufacturing and critical national infrastructure. Datalogix now forms the Operational Technology (OT) division of Ekco's Security. Ekco is a security first managed services provider with more than 2,000 customers in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, the Caribbean and North America. Ekco employs over 1,000 people across Europe, Asia and Africa. A key part of Ekco Security’s mission is to serve our customers' converged IT and OT security requirements and to capture the rapidly growing OT new market opportunity.
The Director of OT Security Advisory & Transformation will act as a senior strategic partner to the CTO, supporting the growth and evolution of DataLogiX's OT consulting and cybersecurity business. The role combines executive-level customer engagement, strategic consultancy, commercial leadership and delivery oversight.
You will work directly with CIOs, CISOs, Manufacturing Directors, Digital Transformation leaders, Engineering organisations and plant stakeholders to develop OT security strategies, define transformation roadmaps, lead complex consulting engagements and create long-term customer relationships.
- Act as a trusted advisor to customer executives including CIOs, CISOs, Manufacturing Directors and Digital Transformation leaders.
- Lead OT security strategy engagements across life sciences, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and critical infrastructure sectors.
- Facilitate executive workshops, maturity assessments and strategic planning sessions.
- Develop OT cybersecurity roadmaps aligned to business objectives, regulatory obligations and operational requirements.
- Guide customers through IT/OT convergence initiatives and secure digital transformation programmes.
- Partner with the CTO and commercial teams to identify, develop and close strategic OT opportunities.
- Build executive relationships across key customer accounts.
- Support account planning and expansion strategies for both existing and new customers.
- Lead customer presentations, proposals, business cases and executive briefings.
- Actively contribute to revenue growth, pipeline development and strategic account expansion.
- Identify new consulting offerings and market opportunities aligned to industry demands and emerging OT security trends.
- Sponsor and oversee large-scale OT security consulting and transformation engagements.
- Ensure consulting engagements deliver measurable business and operational outcomes.
- Provide executive governance and programme assurance for strategic customer initiatives.
- Facilitate customer steering committees and transformation governance forums.
- Manage complex stakeholder environments and align multiple business and technical functions around shared objectives.
- Provide strategic guidance across
- Support the development of DataLogiX intellectual property, methodologies and consulting frameworks.
- Act as a senior escalation point for complex customer security and transformation discussions.
- Represent DataLogiX and Ekco at industry events, conferences and customer forums.
- Develop thought leadership content and market-facing viewpoints.
- Maintain awareness of evolving OT threats, regulations and industry trends.
- Strengthen strategic partnerships across the OT and cybersecurity ecosystem.
- 10+ years of experience within OT, IC, industrial cybersecurity or related disciplines.
- Experience leading customer-facing consulting or professional services engagements.
- Proven track record working with regulated industries such as; Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Critical Infrastructure, Utilities, Energy, Advanced Manufacturing
- Experience presenting to executive and board-level stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge across OT cybersecurity domains including:
- -OT Security Architecture
- -OT Risk Management
- -IEC62443 Programmes
- -ISA95-based Architecture
- -Network Segmentation
- -Zero Trust for OT
- -OT Asset Visibility
- -Vulnerability Management
- -Secure Remote Access
- -Industrial Incident Response
- -OT Governance Frameworks
- Strong commercial and business development experience.
- Demonstrated ability to influence complex decision-making environments.
- Track record delivering strategic transformation programmes.
- Time Off: 25 days annual leave + public holidays
- Birthday Leave: One extra day off to celebrate
- Company Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support
- EkcOlympics: Global team activity challenges
- Unlimited access to Pluralsight for continuous development
- Real opportunities to grow, including international progression
- Company of the year 2026 Tech Excellence Awards
- Microsoft 2023 Rising Star Security Partner of the Year
- First Irish Microsoft MSP to achieve all four Microsoft Security Specialisations
- A culture rooted in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Strong commitment to internal mobility and career progression
- Flexible, family-friendly working at the heart of our culture
- A trusted, security-first MSP helping organisations scale smarter and stay ahead of risk
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