Cyber Security Manager

Please note – this role UK based role and unfortunately, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship.

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What we’re offering (saves you scrolling straight to the bottom ????):

Salary: £50,000-70,000 depending on experience.
Shares : we are an employee-owned business and you will have the opportunity to own a slice of our success going forward.
Holiday: work hard, rest hard ????. You’ll get 21 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (increasing by 1 day each year on your work anniversary) and your birthday is a paid holiday day ????
Pension: we run a work pension scheme via Nest, which most of our employees take advantage of.
Flexible Working: we love getting the team together in the office, typically spending two to three days per week together in our lovely London office (39 floors up in Canary Wharf ????).  The rest of the time, you can choose to work from wherever you are most productive and happy.
Working Days / Hours: 8 hour / day (start and finish time can be flexed).  We are happy for this to be a 4 days per week (32 hours) role if desired.
Training: individual training plan and budget for one certification / course per year.
Socials: we meet regularly to have a drink, throw some axes, etc. so you’ll need to live within ~1hr commuting distance of Canary Wharf, London.

Start Date

ASAP

About CyPro

We are an innovative cyber security start-up united in a shared mission: to redefine cyber security for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). You can learn more about our mission here:

Our Founders – Jonny & Rob - spent most of their early careers delivering cyber security for large enterprises and central government, and they saw a clear need for a new approach to cybersecurity, especially as small to medium-sized businesses became increasingly targeted by cyber criminals. Indeed, by 2022, SMBs were the focus of 75% of cyber attacks, largely due to them being easy targets.

Together, CyPro is already setting new standards, defining innovative solutions and equipping its clients with the cyber security they need to prevent attacks, secure bigger clients, and scale to new heights of success.

We are growing quickly as a business and the next few years promise more of the same.  Joining CyPro will allow you to become an integral part of our mission and join a team industry experts embarking on this exciting journey.

The Role

You will be in a dynamic, client-facing team, where you will manage the security needs of a number of high-growth clients through our consultancy and managed services offerings. You’ll work alongside a skilled team provided by CyPro, including a CISO, SOC Manager, Security Architects, Penetration Testers, and Cloud Security Specialists.

As a Cyber Security Manager, your role will be diverse and engaging, with responsibilities that span across 4 key areas; client delivery (primarily), practice development, people management and business development:

Client Delivery:
Act as the primary point of contact for clients, fostering strong relationships and providing clear communication.
Preparing for monthly executive and operational governance meetings.
Identifying and managing cyber risks, defining appropriate remedial actions.
Overseeing client certification audits, e.g. ISO 27001, CE+ and SOC2.
Supporting our Security Operations Centre during incident response, ensuring effective threat mitigation.
Raising cyber security awareness through our entertaining bulletin, blogs, phishing simulations and tabletop exercises.
Scoping, planning, and coordinating penetration tests to improve client security.
Completing third-party due diligence questionnaires and assessing new vendors.

Practice Development:
Contribute to activities that improve the operation of the company / team such as:
Designing and implementing new business processes.
Implementing automation and AI to speed up client delivery.
Maintaining a bank of client deliverable templates and assets.

People Management:
In time, have the appetite and capability of managing small teams (2-3 people).
Helping juniors learn and foster a professional growth culture.
Supporting learning and performance management for junior team members.

Business Development:
Support the winning of new work for the company by:
Contributing to discovery call minutes and proposals.
Attending client pitches and prospect discovery calls.
Performing outreach using our existing business development processes.
Contribute to our thought leadership by writing engaging cyber security blogs.
Writing cyber security service pages for the CyPro website.

Who are we looking for:

Self-Starters – we are not a large FTSE organisation with a procedure for everything. You will need to operate in an environment often with little guardrails – we are looking for people who are excited by this ‘green field’ mentality.
Ambitious & Driven – do you have aspirations to grow beyond this role? Lead a team? Become part of the leadership team in years to come? If so, let’s chat.
Always Improving - we are a growing business and want our people to grow with us.

What we think you need to be successful:

University Educated : an undergrad degree in computer science, information security, or equivalent .
Client Experience: at least three years working within cyber security, ideally with experience in a consulting capacity, at an MSSP or in-house within industry.
Management Skills: proven ability to lead security projects, manage small security teams, and coordinate with stakeholders, including C-suite and technical teams.
Risk Management Expertise: strong understanding of identifying, assessing, and managing cyber security risks.
Fluent in Business English: clear and confident communication around complex security issues with our clients is critical to our business. You’ll need to be fluent in business level English, able to deliver messages without technical jargon and in an easy-to-understand manner.
Incident Response: familiarity with incident response processes and documentation.
Audit and Compliance Knowledge: experience taking clients through security certifications, such as ISO 27001, CE+, and SOC2.
Problem-Solving: ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve a wide range of security issues effectively, both tactically and strategically.
Adaptability: ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced, evolving environment.
London Based: high-performing teams need face-to-face time to nurture relationships, so you’ll need to live within ~1hr commuting distance of Canary Wharf, London.

Rapid Two Stage Hiring Process:

We are agile and make decisions quickly. We only require two meetings and sometimes these can conclude within the same week:
Introductory Discussion (15-30 minutes, Remote): a relaxed initial conversation where you can learn more about us, the role and we can get to know you better.

Technical Evaluation & Final Interview (1.5 hours, London Office): you'll take on a brief, on-site task (no preparation needed) that gives us insight into your practical skills, followed by an in-depth interview with our founding partners.