Global Cybersecurity Director in London

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What You'll Do

• Security Continuous Monitoring Oversight
  • Establish and lead BCG's first enterprise-wide Cybersecurity Continuous Monitoring (CSCM) program, ensuring continuous visibility into system, endpoint, network, and cloud activity.
  • Define and implement governance models, including ownership of monitoring metrics (e.g., MTTD, MTTR, false positive rate, coverage completeness).
  • Stand up monitoring processes and integrate telemetry sources across SIEM, EDR, identity, network, and cloud platforms.
  • Ensure monitoring outputs are actionable, enriching detection and response activities and informing risk and compliance stakeholders.
• Technical Architecture & Integration
  • Design and implement a continuous monitoring reference architecture, leveraging SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and threat intelligence.
  • Establish enterprise logging standards covering log coverage, retention, encryption, access, and integrity requirements.
  • Drive automation of monitoring workflows and correlation logic to reduce dwell time and improve detection accuracy.
  • Collaborate with threat intelligence teams to ensure real-time enrichment of event data and alignment with MITRE ATT&CK adversary tactics.
• Program & Capability Development
  • Build the CCM capability from the ground up, defining the operating model, reporting cadence, and engagement with SOC, risk, and compliance.
  • Develop and track KPIs, ensuring CCM effectiveness is measurable and communicated to senior stakeholders.
  • Prioritize creation of top 5–10 operational dashboards and reports that provide critical enterprise visibility.
  • Mature the function from initial operational capability (M1) toward advanced maturity, embedding continuous improvement cycles.
• STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
  • Serve as the founding leader for the CCM function, creating the strategy, roadmap, and tactical build plan.
  • Partner with enterprise stakeholders across IT, Risk, and Security to align monitoring with business risk tolerance and resilience objectives.
  • Influence senior leaders by translating technical telemetry insights into business-relevant intelligence.
  • Build, inspire, and retain a high-performing team of analysts and engineers over time, leveraging both full-time staff and contractors.
  • Advise senior leadership (via SecOPS) on monitoring-driven insights, risks, and mitigation recommendations.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent). Master's preferred.
• 10+ years in cybersecurity operations, with at least 5 years in security monitoring, SOC leadership, or equivalent detection & response functions.
• Proven track record of building or maturing monitoring capabilities (SIEM, SOAR, telemetry pipelines, UEBA, threat intel integration).
• Knowledge of log ingestion, normalization, correlation, and enrichment processes.
• Familiarity with leading monitoring technologies: Splunk, DataDog, Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon, Azure/AWS/GCP telemetry, threat intelligence platforms.
• Expertise in metrics-driven monitoring: defining, tracking, and reporting MTTD, MTTR, false positive rates, and coverage completeness.
• Familiarity with frameworks like NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and ISO 27001, with experience applying these to monitoring.
• Experience in threat hunting, anomaly detection, and behavioral analytics.
• Strong leadership skills: able to recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team in a newly established function.
• Executive presence: able to present complex monitoring data and risks to senior leadership in clear, concise business terms.

Additional info

• COMPETENCIES: Director, Cybersecurity Continuous Monitoring
• Leads a critical security function with measurable business impact. Establishes foundational capabilities, manages delivery, and develops a growing team to support BCG's enterprise security posture.
• Technical & Functional Expertise
  • Develops and executes the continuous monitoring strategy, aligned to enterprise security goals and SecOPS direction.
  • Demonstrates deep technical expertise in telemetry ingestion, SIEM/SOAR integration, log management, and threat intelligence enrichment.
  • Serves as a recognized expert in monitoring and detection, providing guidance to peers and influencing related security domains.
  • Codifies monitoring practices and standards into repeatable processes and playbooks, reducing reliance on ad hoc approaches.
  • Evaluates and pilots emerging monitoring technologies; ensures adoption of digital tools to scale efficiency and coverage.
• Problem Solving & Insight
  • Frames monitoring and detection challenges in business-relevant terms (risk, resilience, compliance).
  • Uses data-driven methods (metrics such as MTTD, MTTR, false positives) to identify control gaps and inform improvements.
  • Translates complex monitoring outputs into actionable insights for stakeholders across IT, Risk, and Security.
  • Innovates in detection methodologies, leveraging behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and adversary simulations.
  • Acts as a problem-solver during incidents, ensuring monitoring outputs guide rapid containment and response.
• Effectiveness & Value Creation
  • Leads the build-out of the CCM function from the ground up, establishing governance, processes, and reporting.
  • Structures, plans, and executes monitoring programs and initiatives, balancing near-term needs with long-term maturity goals.
  • Delivers measurable outcomes (visibility, faster detection, reduced dwell time) that directly enhance business resilience.
  • Proactively manages resources, balancing full-time staff and contractors to deliver capability within deadlines.
  • Prioritises actions with the highest impact on reducing enterprise cyber risk.
• Role Model
  • Operates with integrity, safeguarding BCG and client data through responsible monitoring practices.
  • Promotes a culture of transparency, accountability, and data-driven decision-making in the team.
  • Demonstrates perseverance and adaptability in building a new function with high visibility and expectations.
  • Creates an inclusive working environment that values diverse technical and analytical perspectives.
  • Leads by example, modeling sustainable workload practices even under incident-driven pressure.
• Communication, Presence & Influence
  • Develops and delivers clear dashboards, reports, and executive communications on monitoring outputs.
  • Shapes perspectives by translating technical monitoring metrics into risk- and business-relevant insights.
  • Communicates effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring alignment with IT and business leaders.
  • Leads conversations in operational reviews, incident post-mortems, and governance forums.
  • Encourages open dialogue within the team, and fosters credibility with cross-functional partners.
• Teaming & Collaboration
  • Builds strong partnerships with SOC, Offensive Security, IT Operations, and Security Architecture teams.
  • Develops productive relationships across regions and business units to expand telemetry coverage.
  • Works collaboratively with compliance, risk, and audit to align monitoring with enterprise governance.
  • Anticipates and manages conflicts in data ownership, tool coverage, and priorities, resolving them constructively.
  • Promotes knowledge-sharing across security teams, reducing silos and strengthening collective defense.
• People Development & Leadership
  • Defines the vision and purpose of the CCM function, instilling clarity and purpose for the team.
  • Coaches and mentors analysts, engineers, and contractors to expand monitoring expertise.
  • Provides stretch opportunities for team members to develop technical and leadership skills.
  • Balances empowerment and oversight — ensuring autonomy in monitoring activities while maintaining governance discipline.
  • Leads quality team meetings, defines clear objectives, and ensures alignment to SecOPS priorities.
  • Provides frequent developmental feedback, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

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