Leading monitoring and response capabilities
We have partnered with a global, Irish-owned organisation to appoint a Senior Manager of Cyber Defence to take ownership of an enterprise-wide cyber defence capability — shaping strategy, leading major incident response, and staying ahead of an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape.
This is a key leadership role, reporting to the CISO. You’ll lead advanced defensive services across detection, response, exposure management, and continuous control improvement.
This is a 12-month day rate contract role.
Why This Role Stands Out
Opportunity to shape and lead an enterprise-scale cyber defence function
High-impact role with visibility at senior management level
Acting as Incident Commander during major cyber incidents
Overseeing internal and external teams to deliver effective monitoring and response
Strong likelihood of long-term contract extensions
What You'll Be Doing
Defining and executing a Cyber Defence strategy aligned to business priorities, regulatory requirements, and emerging threats.
Leading the incident response programme, acting as Incident Commander during major cyber events.
Govern outsourced SOC and CSIRT, managing performance, exposure management and remediation governance.
Build and lead Red and Blue teams, maintain and regularly testing defence playbooks to ensure organisational readiness.
Driving real-time detection and response capabilities using SIEM, EDR, SOAR, and automation.
What They're Looking For
15+ years’ experience in cybersecurity/IT, with deep expertise in incident response and defensive operations
Proven leadership experience (5+ years) managing teams, services, and third-party providers
Hands‑on experience acting as Incident Commander during complex cyber incidents
Experience managing outsourced security services and delivering against SLAs/KPIs.
Interested?
For a confidential discussion, contact Tommy.
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