Senior Managing Consultant – Cyber Threat Management Consultant

Overview

The Senior Managing Consultant – Cyber Threat Management Consultant at IBM Consulting in Riyadh is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and improvement of cyber threat management and security operations capabilities for large enterprise clients, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience requirements. The role operates within IBM Cyber Threat Management, which delivers holistic security operations and cyber defense solutions combining security intelligence, advanced methodologies, and market-leading technologies.

The consultant works directly with clients to implement and enhance cybersecurity solutions, develop threat detection and response capabilities, and ensure effective identification, analysis, and mitigation of cyber attacks, violations, and abuse within enterprise environments. The role includes leading or managing Security Operations Center (SOC) functions, including processes, governance, technology integration, and operational workflows. It requires designing security architectures, building threat models, developing use cases, correlation rules, and response runbooks, and ensuring integration across SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Palo Alto XSIAM.

The position involves managing client relationships, developing business cases, supporting proposals, driving client engagements, and ensuring delivery of complex cybersecurity transformation programs. The consultant also leads workshops, training sessions, and client-facing events while managing engagement risks, project plans, and deliverable quality. Additionally, the role supports SOC capability development including threat intelligence and threat hunting programs, incident management frameworks, and security monitoring operations.

The position requires close collaboration with executive stakeholders, global IBM teams, and client leadership to ensure alignment of cybersecurity strategies with business objectives while driving continuous improvement in security posture and operational efficiency.

• Lead the design, implementation, and improvement of cyber threat management and security operations capabilities for large enterprise clients, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience requirements.
• Lead or manage Security Operations Center (SOC) functions, including processes, governance, technology integration, and operational workflows.
• Design security architectures, build threat models, develop use cases, correlation rules, and response runbooks, and ensure integration across SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Palo Alto XSIAM.
• Manage client relationships, develop business cases, support proposals, drive client engagements, and ensure delivery of complex cybersecurity transformation programs.
• Lead workshops, training sessions, and client-facing events while managing engagement risks, project plans, and deliverable quality.
• Support SOC capability development including threat intelligence and threat hunting programs, incident management frameworks, and security monitoring operations.
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders, global IBM teams, and client leadership to align cybersecurity strategies with business objectives and drive continuous improvement in security posture and operational efficiency.