Senior Cyber Resilience Manager

Overview

The Senior Cyber Resilience Manager will establish a new cyber resilience capability for SSE. They will drive technical cyber security resilience and recovery improvements, coordinate group-wide cyber security exercises, ensure follow-up actions are completed and learnings captured. They will own and direct cyber security resilience policy, standards and guidance, and support compliance with relevant cyber security regulations.

Your responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for cyber security resilience and recovery across the SSE Group and provide advisory support to BU exercises; champion cyber security awareness of resilience initiatives to enhance overall organisational preparedness.
• Own and direct cyber security resilience policy, ensuring alignment with industry standards and Group best practices from the Group resilience team.
• Plan, lead, and coordinate cyber security exercises to test and validate resilience capabilities at a Group level and also over the Security Operations Centre.
• Ensure follow-up actions from exercises across the Group are tracked and incorporated into resilience improvement plans and lessons learned.
• Support compliance with cyber security NIS regulatory requirements in relation to cyber resilience and recovery.

You have

• Excellent experience in cyber security, particularly in resilience, recovery planning and risk management, with a strong understanding of cyber security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, CIS Controls) and NIS Regulations.
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments and their resilience requirements.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing cyber resilience projects, with expertise in cyber exercise planning, incident response, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the resilience functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, written and verbal communication, analytical and technical skills.

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We’re building the world’s largest offshore wind farm and transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people. We invest in homegrown energy with significant ongoing projects across the pipeline. Our IT division powers growth by providing the systems, software and security needed to lead in a low carbon world.

Flexible Benefits

Discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships; wellbeing benefits such as a free online GP and 24/7 counselling; interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a bike through the Cycle to Work scheme. Generous family entitlements including maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make reasonable adjustments to ensure your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact david.brickell@sse.com to discuss how we can support you. We’re committed to fostering an open and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept online applications. We’ll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we’ll be taking your application further. If you’re offered a role with SSE, you’ll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

Requirements

Base Location: Havant, Reading, Perth, Glasgow | Salary: Competitive + performance related bonus and benefits | Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available