Cyber Security Operations Manager

We're partnering with a market‑leading UK financial services organisation to recruit a Security Operations Manager to play a pivotal role in strengthening and evolving their cyber defence capability. This is a high‑impact leadership role where you'll own security operations end‑to‑end, lead incident response, and work closely with the CISO to drive continuous improvement across a mature but evolving cyber function. What you'll be doing Leading and developing a Cyber Security Operations team Acting as incident commander during cyber events and investigations Maturing SOC, CSIRT and incident response capabilities Driving threat hunting, detection and monitoring improvements Owning vulnerability management and pen test governance Ensuring alignment with ISO27001, NIST, GDPR and regulatory expectations Communicating cyber risk clearly to senior stakeholders What we're looking for 5+ years' experience in cyber security, with leadership responsibility Strong background in security operations / SOC / incident response Experience working in regulated environments Hands‑on technical understanding paired with leadership credibility Excellent communication skills across technical and non‑technical audiences