Security Operations Lead

Salary: £60,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience in Security Incident Management, Cyber Governance, Service Management, or GRC roles
• Strong understanding of security incident lifecycles, major incident management, and security reporting and governance
• Experience working within complex multi-supplier environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement and supplier management skills
• Experience presenting incident risk information to senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), NCSC guidance, ITIL Major Incident Management, and ISO 27001 is desirable
• Experience supporting security assurance and audit activities is desirable
• Experience in Defence, Government, or highly regulated sectors is desirable
• Clearance required: SC cleared or eligible for SC as a sole UK national

Responsibilities:

• Provide governance, leadership, assurance, and strategic oversight of security incident management across a complex multi-supplier environment
• Ensure suppliers manage security incidents consistently, effectively, and in accordance with client policy, regulatory obligations, and operational risk requirements
• Act as the primary Operational Integrator lead for incident governance
• Provide a consolidated view of incident risk
• Drive supplier accountability across the incident management lifecycle
• Support continual improvement across the incident management lifecycle
• Manage security incident governance
• Oversee supplier governance and performance management
• Provide incident risk and executive oversight
• Deliver reporting and executive visibility
• Manage assurance and evidence activities
• Lead post-incident review and continuous improvement activities

Technologies:

• Incident Management
• Support
• ITIL
• Security

More:

We are offering a Security Operations Lead opportunity at up to £590 per day on an umbrella-only basis. This is a 6-month contract based in Inverness or Preston, with 5 days onsite. We operate within the Operational Integrator function and provide governance, leadership, assurance, and strategic oversight of security incident management in a complex multi-supplier environment. We also encourage vigilance regarding suspicious outreach and direct candidates to our ManpowerGroup website for verification.

last updated 33 week of 2026