Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead

Salary: £47,000 - 87,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experienced in cyber threat intelligence, cyber security operations, government intelligence, military intelligence, or law enforcement environments.
• Strong understanding of the intelligence lifecycle and threat intelligence frameworks.
• Experience producing strategic intelligence assessments and executive-level briefings.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving security improvements through intelligence-led recommendations.
• Excellent analytical, research, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong knowledge of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Experience mentoring or developing junior analysts.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within financial services or other regulated industries is desirable.
• Industry-recognised certifications such as GCTI, CCTIM, GCFA, GREM, GPEN, or equivalent are desirable.
• Threat-intelligence-led detection and IOC operationalisation is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end threat intelligence lifecycle and maintain intelligence requirements aligned to business objectives.
• Develop and maintain strategic, operational, and tactical threat intelligence products.
• Provide regular threat briefings and intelligence updates to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Contribute directly to the development and evolution of the Cyber Security Strategy.
• Act as the principal cyber threat intelligence advisor to the Head of Cyber Fusion and Chief Resilience and Security Officer.
• Develop threat-led action plans and influence remediation priorities across Technology and business functions.
• Embed a threat-led approach across vulnerability management, detection engineering, threat hunting, security architecture, and incident response activities.
• Assess emerging threats, adversary activity, geopolitical developments, and industry trends relevant to our business.
• Develop and maintain intelligence sources, including OSINT, commercial intelligence feeds, industry partnerships, and government engagement.
• Support major incident response activities through threat analysis, attribution assessments, and remediation guidance.
• Build relationships with external intelligence sharing communities, government agencies, and industry bodies.
• Present complex intelligence findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Drive understanding of the threat landscape across Technology Leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Coach and develop junior threat intelligence analysts and support future team growth.
• Establish threat intelligence methodologies, standards, and quality controls.

Technologies:

• Support
• Security

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We are Hiscox, a diversified international insurance group with a powerful brand, strong balance sheet, and a long history of growth. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda, with most of our group leadership in London. Our business spans London Market, Reinsurance & Insurance Linked Securities (ILS), Hiscox Retail USA, Hiscox Retail UK, and Hiscox Retail Europe. For the financial year 2024, our gross written premium grew to $4,766.9m, with net premiums earned of $3,675.6m and a record pre-tax profit of 685.4M. We value Courage, Human, Ownership, Integrity, and Connected, and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and flexible hybrid working. This permanent Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead role is based in York or Lisbon, with travel to other team locations as needed.

last updated 34 week of 2026