Head of Cyber Engineering

Overview

As a key part of our Cyber Security Leadership team, you'll help define Element Materials Technology's cyber security strategy, transformation roadmap, and governance framework. You will lead a global team of security engineering experts, providing a supportive environment that attracts and retains talent.

This role is not primarily hands-on however, the Head of Cyber Engineering is expected to remain technically engaged and may occasionally contribute directly during important initiatives, solving complex problems, or high-severity security incidents.

A successful candidate will have an established background as a security engineering leader responsible for securing complex, global environments and developing security solutions at scale, with deep experience across application, cloud, and infrastructure domains.

Who you are:

• A highly self-motivated individual with a positive, can-do mindset and a strong belief in security as an enabler of business growth
• Ability to apply sound judgment across a wide range of business and technical contexts
• An effective leader and mentor, able to build and sustain high-performing, high-morale engineering teams
• An exceptional communicator and business partner, capable of influencing senior stakeholders

• Hiring, developing, mentoring, and managing security engineers and the day-to-day activities of the team
• Leading the deployment of security tools and platforms to protect valuable assets across the business, including cloud environments
• Leading the development of secure by design technical solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks
• Promoting a positive cyber security culture across the organisation
• Acting as a key contributor to the security strategy, defining the long-term cyber security vision in alignment with business objectives
• Managing delivery of the cyber engineering elements of the security strategy
• Acting as a trusted advisor, providing security leadership and guidance to business units, projects, and third parties, ensuring security is embedded early in systems and product design
• Providing a clear organisation of security mechanisms and prioritising their deployment in line with technology direction and risk
• Identifying efficient and cost effective security solutions driven by the Technology Framework, Roadmap, and business change
• Evaluating and recommending standard security products and technologies
• Designing and documenting reusable security components where bespoke solutions are required
• Working closely with Group IT infrastructure and development teams to support implementation
• Identifying current and future capability gaps, producing business cases to fund required technologies and processes
• Guiding the effective implementation of enterprise wide security technologies and processes funded through investment
• Leading additional project-based security transformation initiatives as required, supported by contingent resources where appropriate
• Providing hands-on technical leadership during critical security incidents, complex engineering challenges, or high priority transformation initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Significant industry experience in cybersecurity or security engineering (typically 10+ years), with a strong hands-on technical foundation and the ability to remain technically engaged when required
• Demonstrated progression from hands-on security engineering roles into senior technical leadership positions
• Experience operating in complex, global technology environments
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong understanding of threat models and frameworks (e.g. Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model) and how they inform threat intelligence and control design
• Strong understanding of security technologies across network, endpoint, application, identity, and cloud domains (e.g. FW/IPS/IDS, EDR/MDR, IAM, SIEM/SOAR, DAST/SAST)
• Background in offensive security, penetration testing, or threat-led security engineering, with the ability to apply attacker…