Security Practice Lead

Security Practise Lead Permanent £100k - £120k per annum Remote with occasional nationwide travel across the UK The Opportunity We are looking for a Security Practice Lead to help build and mature our clients security services capability. The role spans three areas: defining and developing our security service portfolio, delivering those services to clients with consistency and quality, and supporting the sales team to win security business. This is a hands-on, practitioner-level role with genuine influence over the direction of our security practice. You will work closely with delivery, sales, and pre-sales to ensure security is embedded across everything we take to market. What You Will Do Security Portfolio Development Support the definition and development of Espria's Security Services portfolio: MDR, SIEM, Identity, Compliance, and AI SOC Help productise security services with clearly defined scope, SLA, and pricing aligned to the standard service catalogue Contribute to the security attach strategy, ensuring security services are embedded across platform bundles Assist in developing Security+ and compliance offerings within the Modern Workplace and Cloud tiers Keep the portfolio current - monitoring the threat landscape and recommending service enhancements where appropriate Service Delivery & Automation Lead the delivery of managed security services to clients, ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes Contribute to the development of standardised security delivery processes, reducing reliance on bespoke approaches Work within Espria's automated remediation workflow - integrating Tenable, NinjaOne, and HaloPSA - to support detect-to-remediate capability Identify opportunities to improve automation within security workflows and feed recommendations into the broader automation roadmap Support onboarding of new security customers, ensuring a smooth transition onto the platform Collaborate with operations and finance to develop visibility of security service performance and profitability Sales & Pre-Sales Support Work closely with the sales team to support security-led opportunities from qualification through to close Lead technical discovery and scoping conversations with prospects and existing clients Produce and present solution designs, security assessments, and proposals that clearly articulate business value Support bid and tender responses where security expertise is required Develop sales enablement materials - including service overviews, battle cards, and objection-handling guides - to upskill the sales team on security Contribute to client-facing QBRs by presenting security performance data and identifying upsell opportunities Technical Leadership Act as a senior technical voice on security across delivery, sales, and client engagements Provide guidance and support to the delivery team on security incidents and escalations Maintain working relationships with key vendors including Microsoft (Sentinel, Defender) and Tenable Contribute to Microsoft co-sell activity where security expertise adds value What We Are Looking For Proven experience designing and delivering managed security services in an MSP or MSSP environment Strong hands-on expertise across MDR, SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel preferred), Identity, and endpoint security Experience with vulnerability management tooling - Tenable or equivalent - and understanding of remediation workflows Demonstrable ability to build and standardise service delivery - not just configure tools Commercial awareness: able to think in terms of margin, attach rates, and recurring revenue Strong communicator - able to present at board level and lead technical pre-sales conversations equally