Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence in London

About the Role:

The Cyber team is part of the larger Chief Transformation and Technology Officer organization which drives S&P Global's digital evolution, fostering a culture of innovation and client-first thinking while delivering transformative technology solutions. The team values strategic partnership, operational excellence, and forward-thinking approaches that enable business growth and enhance employee productivity. As a collaborative and dynamic group, we prioritise integrity, discovery, and partnership while supporting leaders who shape the future of financial intelligence and technology at a global scale.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead and manage a team of 5-6 threat intelligence analysts to deliver comprehensive threat intelligence capabilities across S&P Global's global operations.
• Design, implement, and continuously enhance the enterprise threat intelligence program to proactively identify and assess emerging advanced cyber threats targeting financial services organisations.
• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with industry intelligence sharing organisations including FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center), Cyber Intelligence Sharing Communities, and other relevant threat intelligence groups.
• Drive proactive defence strategies by translating threat intelligence into actionable security controls, detection rules, and incident response procedures.
• Prepare and deliver regular threat intelligence briefings and strategic security updates to executive leadership team and board-level stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with business divisions and functions to understand specific business strategies and identify relevant threat landscapes, requiring divisions to provide business context and strategic updates for targeted threat assessment.
• Oversee the analysis and dissemination of threat intelligence to support security incident investigations, vulnerability management, and executive decision-making.

What We're Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, with 8+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity and threat intelligence.
• Proven leadership experience managing cybersecurity teams of 5+ professionals, with demonstrated ability to develop talent and drive team performance.
• Deep expertise in threat intelligence platforms and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, with experience using Google SecOps, Wiz, and Recorded Future for threat analysis and intelligence gathering.
• Strong knowledge of financial services threat landscape, including regulatory requirements and industry-specific attack vectors targeting banking and financial institutions.
• Experience with threat intelligence tools and technologies including SIEM platforms, threat hunting platforms, and intelligence analysis software.
• Excellent executive communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to translate complex technical threats into business risk language for C-level audiences.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCTI (GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence), or SANS certifications demonstrating specialised threat intelligence expertise.
• Experience with cloud security platforms and threat intelligence in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), including cloud-native security tools and threat detection.
• Previous experience in financial services, banking, or regulated industries.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling threat intelligence programs from the ground up, including establishing processes, metrics, and stakeholder engagement models.

Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership.

We are committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Benefits: We take care of you, so you can take care of business. Our benefits include health care coverage, generous time off, access to resources for career growth, competitive pay, retirement planning, and family-friendly perks.

Equal Opportunity Employer: S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.