Regional Lead; UKI & EMEA; Vulnerability Response Management

Job Title Regional Lead (UKI & EMEA) - Vulnerability Response Management

Location Birmingham

Corporate Title Vice President

The Regional Lead for Vulnerability Response Management is responsible for overseeing vulnerability response and remediation activities across a designated geographic region. The role ensures the timely identification, prioritization, escalation, remediation, and reporting of vulnerabilities while maintaining compliance with corporate cyber security standards, regulatory requirements, and remediation SLAs.

The Regional Lead acts as the primary liaison between Global Vulnerability Management, regional technology teams, application owners, infrastructure teams, cloud platforms, risk functions, and senior management to drive vulnerability reduction and improve the organisation’s cyber resilience.

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4
  
  Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

• Leading the regional vulnerability response function and oversee the activities of Vulnerability Response Managers
• Ensuring serious vulnerabilities are assessed and prioritized according to enterprise standards
• Driving remediation of serious vulnerabilities and regulatory-relevant vulnerabilities
• Coordinating regional response to zero-day and actively exploited vulnerabilities
• Monitoring and managing regional vulnerability exposure and risk
• Acting as the senior representative for vulnerability response within the region

• Extensive experience in Vulnerability Management, Cyber Defense, Security Operations, or Cyber Risk Management
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams
• Proven track record managing enterprise-scale vulnerability remediation programmes
• Experience operating within complex, global organisations
• Exposure to regulatory environments such as NIST SP 800-40, DORA, FCA/PRA requirements, ISO 27001 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Strong understanding of risk-based vulnerability prioritization
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

Please note the expected salary for some roles may be below the minimum level requirements to support candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK. Should you already have a Skilled Worker visa and are identified for a role, we can…