Vice President - Enterprise Security (Security Operations Centre) (India)

M&G; India; On-site; INR 400,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G India seeks an experienced Senior SOC Lead to oversee a 24/7 SOC, drive incident detection and response, and collaborate with UK Cyber Defence colleagues to strengthen monitoring and response capabilities.

You will lead continual improvements, support audits, and champion automation/AI initiatives to enhance SOC maturity in a high-velocity, regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of cybersecurity experience.
• 4+ years leading a SOC team.
• Experience in regulated/security-critical environments.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Oversee 24/7 SOC analyst team coverage and handovers.
• Drive effectiveness of detect-and-analyze controls.
• Collaborate with UK Cyber Defence for monitoring and incident response alignment.
• Lead continual service improvement across SOC processes and tooling.
• Support audits with accurate documentation and evidence.
• Encourage automation and AI-enabled improvements in SOC operations.

Skills

SOC management

Cybersecurity

Incident detection

Incident response

Stakeholder comms

Automation & AI

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science

Masters preferred

CISSP/CISM certification preferred

Job description

About M&G; India

We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G.; Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.

Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues.

Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G; is transforming as a business.

About M&G;

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Primary Key Responsibilities (Top 3-5 KRA)

• Oversee coordination of a 24/7 SOC analyst team, ensuring consistent coverage and smooth operational handovers.
• Drive the effectiveness of detectandanalyse controls operated by the SOC team, ensuring incidents are identified, triaged and escalated appropriately.
• Build solid collaboration with UKbased Cyber Defence colleagues to support joint security monitoring, intelligence sharing and incident response alignment.
• Lead continual service improvement activity across SOC processes, tooling and workflows.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Communicate complex threats, risks and operational challenges clearly and confidently to key stakeholders across regions.
• Support internal and external audit activities through accurate documentation, evidence preparation and control assurance activity.
• Encourage and embed automation and AIenabled enhancements to improve the efficiency and maturity of SOC operations.

Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrable experience managing a SOC team in a regulated or securitycritical environment.
• Strong knowledge of security operations, incident detection, analysis procedures and operational security tooling.
• Experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams, ideally supporting a UK security function from a satellite SOC.
• Proven ability to support audits and regulatory expectations within a controlled environment.
• Ability to articulate technical risks and threat scenarios clearly to nontechnical and senior stakeholders.
• Experience driving operational improvements through automation, AI or other optimisation initiatives.

Experience

• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 4 years focused on managing and administering Security Operations Centres
• Strong problemsolving and analytical thinking.
• Ability to organise and prioritise in a hightempo, 24/7 operational environment.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement and risk reduction.

Relevant Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. A masters degree is a plus.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or similar are preferred.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks. .