AVP,Threat and Vulnerability Management Job Hull area,Kingston upon Hull England UK,IT/Tech

Location: Kingston upon Hull

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you'll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our

Purpose:

helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description

As the AVP, Threat & Vulnerability Management (TVM) within Digital Security Threat Management (DSTM) under Security, Risk & Crisis Management (SRC), you will lead Sun Life's global capability for identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and mitigating cyber vulnerabilities and threats across the enterprise. You will oversee multiple sub‑disciplines-vulnerability management, red teaming, threat intelligence, defensive security (blue team), application security platform & testing, and incident management & process development-ensuring Sun Life maintains a resilient and compliant security posture.

This role partners closely with Security Engineering & Advisory, Technology Risk & Compliance, Security Governance & Client Programs, Security Initiatives & Awareness, and Security Operations to drive measurable improvements in cyber resilience and reduce enterprise attack surface.

What will you do?

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Vulnerability Management Leadership

You are the Responsible Person/Contact for the enterprise Vulnerability Management Directive, overseeing the entire vulnerability lifecycle across Sun Life: identification, prioritization, reporting, remediation governance, and compliance monitoring.

Internal and external vulnerability scanning
Database scanning
Security Scorecard monitoring
Threat‑intel‑driven vulnerability monitoring
Classification of vulnerabilities and zero‑day response
Audit, Client and Regulatory responses.
Management of platforms related to Vulnerability Management.
Produce Senior Leadership and Executive Reporting for all areas of Vulnerability Management.

Cyber Threat Intelligence & Hunting

You oversee the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH) function responsible for:

Lead the collection, analysis, and operationalization of internal and external threat intelligence.
Monitoring global threats affecting Sun Life brands, staff, infrastructure, and clients
Identifying indicators of compromise, campaign activity, and attacker behaviors
Producing actionable threat briefings for Security teams, Technology Risk, and senior leadership.
Maintain relationships with intelligence‑sharing communities, industry groups, and government partners.
Ensure threat intelligence directly informs detection engineering, vulnerability prioritization, and offensive testing.
Perform continuous Threat Hunting activities based on Cyber Threat Intelligence and internal Red/Blue team information.
Develop and refine use cases based on threat intelligence and work with Security Operations and Engineering teams to implement for alerting to Defensive Security teams.

Red Team / Offensive Security Oversight

You lead the Offensive Security (Red Team) program, which conducts:

Application, network, social…

AVP, Threat and Vulnerability Management