Director, Threat Intelligence Collections Manager in London

CLS is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven Cyber Threat Intelligence Director for Collection Management to join a global threat intelligence team. The role will be located in London and will report to the Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence and Proactive Cyber Defense. The candidate will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our intelligence collection.

The ideal candidate will be aware of industry trends and frameworks and how they could impact our business, including threat actor groups, their TTPs, intrusion activities, and geopolitical relevance. Responsibilities include:

• Leading the collections and processing of cyber threat intelligence from varying sources, including open-source reports, information sharing partners, and vendor reports to create actionable results for internal stakeholders.
• Collaborating with stakeholders across the firm to evaluate intelligence requirements regularly.
• Developing strategies for intelligence collection through developing requirements and determining appropriate sources to answer requirements.
• Driving the relationship with intelligence vendors and partners to ensure intelligence requirements are being answered.
• Actively managing external intelligence sharing engagements with other financial institutions and government partners.
• Evaluating intelligence sources using measures of performance and measures of effectiveness.
• Coordinating and producing strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence products for business units, technical teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Providing situational awareness on current threat landscape and maintaining knowledge of adversary activities including geopolitical implications and TTPs.
• Assessing emerging threats against our operational environment and working in partnership with our security teams for detection, mitigation, and remediation efforts.
• Performing trend and correlation of cyber intelligence for recommendation-based countermeasures.
• Supporting and engaging in incident response investigations.
• Performing basic network security analysis in support of intrusion detection operations, including the development and enrichment of indicators used to enhance network security posture.
• Reviewing other analysts' work and providing mentorship and guidance.

Experience required includes:

• 6-10+ years of direct cyber threat intelligence experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in information security (cyber security) field, preferably in Threat Intelligence.
• Understanding of intelligence lifecycle and risk management.
• Knowledge of fundamentals of threat actors' TTPs.
• Understanding of IOC validation practices and sources.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and mapping.
• Geopolitical knowledge and potential impacts to the financial sector.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Self-motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated strong writing skills; ability to convey complex technical and non-technical concepts.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity studies, Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Economics, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Security certification such as SANS GIAC (or equivalent) ideally GCTI or working towards certification (or equivalent).
• Experience with threat intelligence and SOC/CIRT interaction.
• Experience with Threat Intelligence Platforms.
• Experience with threat intelligence vendors.
• Experience with private-public information partnership organizations.
• Ability to work on-site at least twice a week in London and/or participate in local intelligence sharing groups.

Desired skills include financial sector experience.

Our Commitment to Employees: Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 'life days' (in addition to).