Cyber Security Operations Manager

Role overview

We're working with a growing UK business looking to hire a Cyber Security Operations Manager to take full ownership of its security operations function, ensuring the organisation is protected, resilient, and continuously improving against an increasingly complex threat landscape.

This is a high-impact position where you'll lead the security operations function end-to-end, driving improvements across threat detection, incident response, and overall security posture within a complex, evolving environment.

• Leading the day-to-day operations of the Security Operations function, including oversight of any outsourced SOC
• Managing the full incident response lifecycle (detection through to recovery and post-incident review)
• Overseeing threat detection, vulnerability management, and cyber defence capabilities
• Driving improvements across SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and security tooling
• Ensuring robust monitoring, alerting, and response across cloud, network, and endpoint environments
• Partnering with Infrastructure, Cloud, and Risk teams to strengthen security across the business
• Leading and developing a team of cyber engineers and analysts
• Driving automation initiatives to improve response times and operational efficiency
• Supporting governance, compliance, and audit requirements
• Reporting on security performance, risks, and KPIs to senior stakeholders

• Proven experience leading a Security Operations or SOC function
• Strong understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, and security tooling
• Experience managing incident response and threat management in complex environments
• Strong knowledge of frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls
• Experience working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance hands-on technical understanding with strategic oversight

• Opportunity to lead and shape the security operations function
• High visibility role across technology and leadership teams
• Business actively investing in cyber security and resilience