Manager – Cybersecurity Integration
As a Manager – Cybersecurity Integration, you will lead key streams within large-scale cybersecurity integration programmes (e.g., acquisitions, divestments, and transformations).
You will be responsible for managing security assessments across corporate IT, retail, payment, and OT environments, driving integration execution, and ensuring successful delivery of Day 1 and post-close security milestones.
This role combines technical cybersecurity expertise, programme leadership, and stakeholder management, with accountability for delivery outcomes and team management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Cybersecurity Assessment Leadership
- Lead and oversee asset discovery and security control assessments across:
- Corporate IT environments
- Retail / distributed site environments
- Payment systems
- Operational Technology (OT)
- Identify risks, gaps, and interdependencies impacting integration
2. Integration Planning & Roadmap Development
- Develop and maintain cybersecurity integration roadmaps and workplans
- Define sequencing of activities aligned to Day 1, transition, and steady-state targets
- Ensure alignment with broader programme timelines and dependencies
3. Risk & Remediation Management
- Drive risk identification, prioritization, and remediation tracking
- Ensure timely closure of critical security gaps
- Provide structured reporting on risks, issues, and mitigation plans to stakeholders
4. Programme Delivery & Day 1 Readiness
- Ensure delivery of Day 1 security readiness across all relevant domains
- Oversee transition execution and post-close stabilization activities
- Manage dependencies across workstreams to ensure integrated delivery
5. Stakeholder Management & Coordination
- Act as a primary interface between business, IT, OT, and security teams
- Coordinate across internal and client stakeholders to drive alignment and execution
- Support senior leadership with clear updates and decision inputs
6. Team Leadership & Governance
- Manage and mentor consultant-level team members
- Establish governance structures including:
- Status tracking
- Risk management forums
- Decision and escalation processes
- Ensure high-quality delivery across all outputs
7. Reporting & Client Communication
- Prepare and present executive-level status reports and dashboards
- Ensure consistent, accurate, and timely reporting to client stakeholders
- Support programme governance and steering committees
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, or related field
- 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT risk, or technology consulting
- Proven experience in:
- Leading cybersecurity or technology workstreams
- Delivering complex transformation or integration programmes
- Experience across multiple domains such as:
- Minimum viable company & cyber resilience
- IT infrastructure and cloud security
- Payment and retail environments
- OT / industrial cybersecurity
- Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS
Key Skills
- Strong programme management and multi-workstream coordination
- Ability to manage complex stakeholder environments
- Strong analytical and risk management capabilities
- Excellent communication skills, including executive-level reporting
- Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel for tracking and reporting
Professional Attributes
- Strong ownership and accountability for delivery outcomes
- Ability to operate in high-pressure, fast-paced integration programmes
- Collaborative leadership style with cross-functional teams
- Structured and detail-oriented approach to problem-solving
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