Senior Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Manager

About this role

A leading Financial Services client in the City of London is looking for a Senior Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Manager to lead its cyber threat, vulnerability, penetration testing and exposure management capabilities.

This is a senior, hands-on role within the CISO function, focused on identifying and responding to emerging threats, reducing cyber exposure and driving effective remediation across the business.

The role offers a base of circa £110,000 + excellent benefits with very flexible working.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end Threat, Vulnerability and Exposure Management function.
• Drive the prioritisation and remediation of high and critical vulnerabilities, including zero-day and actively exploited threats.
• Own penetration testing programmes, including scoping, delivery, findings and remediation.
• Develop and improve vulnerability governance, SLAs, processes and reporting.
• Work closely with Technology, Cloud, Security and external partners to improve cyber resilience and reduce exposure.
• Provide clear reporting and challenge to senior stakeholders on cyber risk, remediation and emerging threats.
• Identify opportunities to use AI, automation and data enrichment to improve threat detection, vulnerability prioritisation and response.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Cyber Threat, Vulnerability and Exposure Management within a complex, fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of threat intelligence, risk-based vulnerability prioritisation and remediation.
• Experience managing high and critical vulnerabilities, zero-day and emerging threats through to remediation.
• Experience owning penetration testing programmes and working with external security partners.
• Experience working across cloud, infrastructure, applications, endpoints and third-party services.
• B2C or consumer-facing experience, ideally within Financial Services, Insurance or another high-volume environment.
• Good understanding of the cyber security risks and challenges associated with AI adoption, including emerging threats, attack vectors and vulnerabilities.
• Experience using AI, automation or data enrichment to improve cyber security outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior technology and security teams.

If you are an experienced Senior Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Manager with the required skills, please respond to this advert with an up-to-date CV for review.

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