Senior Cyber Security Advisor: Executive Strategy & Risk

Outpost24; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Outpost24 is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Advisor to join our team in Amsterdam, Leuven or Karlskrona. You will lead senior advisory engagements, communicate cyber risk to executive stakeholders, and shape security strategy to strengthen clients’ security postures while delivering tangible business outcomes.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity advisory or related customer-facing roles, with expertise across vulnerability management, cloud security, and security programme maturity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, ideally in security advisory, consulting, managed services, or customer-facing technical roles.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity domains (Vulnerability Management, Application Security, Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, EASM).
• Experience advising customers on security strategy, risk management, and security programme maturity.
• Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior escalation point and trusted advisor for strategic accounts.
• Lead end-to-end advisory engagements with executive stakeholders to shape security strategy.
• Provide guidance on risk remediation, programme maturity, prioritisation and regulatory alignment.
• Translate technical findings into actionable insights in executive business reviews with cross-functional teams.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments and communicate findings at executive level.
• Contribute to advisory practice growth through solution design and SOWs.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Consultative mindset

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT preferred

Tools

CISSP

CISM

Job description

Outpost24 is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Advisor to join our team in Amsterdam, Leuven or Karlskrona. You will lead senior advisory engagements, communicate cyber risk to executive stakeholders, and shape security strategy to strengthen clients’ security postures while delivering tangible business outcomes.

The role requires 5+ years in cybersecurity advisory or related customer-facing roles, with expertise across vulnerability management, cloud security, and security programme maturity.