Senior Managing Consultant - Cybersecurity

LE001 Berkeley Research Group, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

BRG is seeking an experienced cybersecurity and AI risk Senior Managing Consultant to lead complex advisory engagements and drive growth across cyber, technology risk, and AI governance. You will mentor teams, build senior-level client relationships, and shape BRG’s capabilities with industry frameworks like NIST, CIS and CRI AI RMF.

You will oversee multi-disciplinary programs, deliver board-ready insights, and help translate technical risks into strategic business decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, or enterprise risk consulting.
• Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements or complex cybersecurity/risk programs.
• Experience with AI governance or risk management frameworks (NIST AI RMF, CRI AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 preferred).
• Experience managing client relationships and communicating with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex technical and risk findings into executive-level insights and board-ready recommendations.
• Build and deepen client relationships through technical credibility and strategic thinking.
• Originate opportunities, contribute to proposals, and drive revenue growth.
• Scope and shape new cybersecurity, technology risk and AI risk engagements with BRG leaders.
• Mentor consulting staff and contribute to coaching and team development.
• Develop repeatable client offerings, methodologies, accelerators and IP.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Risk assessment

Executive communication

Team leadership

Business development

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor/Master degree

Tools

NIST CSF

CIS Controls

CRI AI RMF

ISO 42001

Job description

We Do Consulting Differently With teams of industry specialists and experts in forensic accounting and global investigations, discovery and forensic technology, M&A and private equity disputes, and cybersecurity and AI risk, BRG is a leader in the areas that can impact business most significantly. With a multidisciplinary team of cybersecurity and AI risk specialists, our AI-native practice is at the forefront of enterprise resilience and safeguarding AI. We address the risks that matter most to boards, C-suites, and risk functions across financial services, technology, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Our practice is expanding, and we are seeking an experienced cybersecurity and AI risk Senior Managing Consultant with a strong track record leading complex advisory engagements across cybersecurity, technology risk, and emerging AI risk. The Senior Managing Consultant will play a leading role in business development and the delivery of client engagements while contributing to practice growth. The role will involve leading multidisciplinary teams, developing trusted senior-client relationships, mentoring consulting staff, and helping shape BRG’s evolving cybersecurity & AI risk capabilities. You will lead client engagements, mentor teams, and drive client impact across: Cybersecurity and AI maturity assessments and strategic roadmaps, using leading frameworks including NIST, CIS and CRI Cybersecurity strategy, operating models, and transformation programs Cyber and AI risk governance, executive and board reporting Third-party cyber and AI risk management Lead multidisciplinary teams through complex cybersecurity and AI risk programs with accountability for scope, schedule, resources, quality, and client satisfaction Cyber resilience, incident preparedness, and executive tabletop exercises Cybersecurity and AI benchmarking assessments Cyber risk quantification and business-impact analysis

Key responsibilities

• Translate complex technical and risk findings into clear executive-level insights, business implications, and board-ready recommendations
• Build and deepen client relationships through technical credibility and strategic thinking
• Originate opportunities, contribute to proposals and pursuit activity, and developing proposals/SOWs, and contributing to revenue growth
• Scope and shape new cybersecurity, technology risk and AI risk engagements in collaboration with Managing Directors and other BRG leaders
• Mentor consulting staff and contribute to coaching and team development
• Develop and industrialize repeatable client offerings, methodologies, accelerators and IP that can strengthen delivery and support business development

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, or enterprise risk consulting
• Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements or complex cybersecurity/risk programs
• Demonstrated understanding of emerging AI governance, risk, and control requirements; experience designing or implementing AI governance or control frameworks e.g. NIST AI RMF, CRI FS AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 is preferred
• Experience managing client relationships and communicating with senior executive stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical risks in business terms
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous issues, synthesize complex information, and develop practical recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or another relevant advanced security or risk certification
• Experience within a Big 4 firm, specialist cybersecurity consultancy, or comparable advisory firm
• Experience scoping and proposing cybersecurity and AI risk engagements with demonstrated contribution to business development and sales
• Track record of delivering enterprise cybersecurity transformations, large-scale governance programs, or risk-management implementations
• Experience presenting cybersecurity or technology-risk issues to executive leadership and boards/board committees

Salary Range: $170,000 – $200,000 per year. Bonus Eligible. Candidate must be able to submit verification of his/her legal right to work in the U.S. or Canada, without company sponsorship.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead. At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely able to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. We do Consulting Differently It takes more than top-tier people. It takes top-tier people grounded in real-world expertise, working together in the right ways. This is BRG. Purpose-built for the agility and connectivity that sets us apart— we bring the best data, brightest talent, and boldest thinking to all that we do. With the crucial added ingredient of our real-world business acumen, we translate insights into action. BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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