Cyber Security Operations Manager

Cyber Security Operations Manager Liverpool (Hybrid) - £70 000 - £75,000 We're working with a growing UK business looking to hire a Cyber Security Operations Manager to take full ownership of its security operations function, ensuring the organisation is protected, resilient, and continuously improving against an increasingly complex threat landscape. This is a high-impact position where you'll lead the security operations function end-to-end, driving improvements across threat detection, incident response, and overall security posture within a complex, evolving environment. The Role You'll take ownership of security operations, ensuring the business is protected against evolving threats while continuously improving processes, tooling, and team capability. Key responsibilities include: · Leading the day-to-day operations of the Security Operations function, including oversight of any outsourced SOC · Managing the full incident response lifecycle (detection through to recovery and post-incident review) · Overseeing threat detection, vulnerability management, and cyber defence capabilities · Driving improvements across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and security tooling · Ensuring robust monitoring, alerting, and response across cloud, network, and endpoint environments · Partnering with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Risk teams to strengthen security across the business · Leading and developing a team of cyber engineers and analysts · Driving automation initiatives to improve response times and operational efficiency · Supporting governance, compliance, and audit requirements · Reporting on security performance, risks, and KPIs to senior stakeholders What We're Looking For · Proven experience leading a Security Operations or SOC function · Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, and security tooling · Experience managing incident response and threat management in complex environments · Strong knowledge of frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls · Experience working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP) · Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills · Ability to balance hands-on technical understanding with strategic oversight Why Join? · Opportunity to lead and shape the security operations function · High visibility role across technology and leadership teams · Business actively investing in cyber security and resilience If you're looking for a role where you can lead, influence, and strengthen cyber security at scale, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today with your most up to date CV. BH36094