Director, Cyber Strategy and Risk

The Role

At Teneo, we provide expert cyber security strategy, risk and response advisory within a multi‐disciplinary environment, working closely with our strategy and communications, risk advisory and restructuring teams across a globally connected platform. We are seeking highly experienced Cyber Strategy and Risk Directors to join our growing global cyber team. This role is suited to a senior cyber security professional with deep expertise across cyber strategy, risk and technology regulatory domains, including advising organisations on longer‐term transformation following strategy and risk reviews. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, supporting clients through complex and high‐stakes situations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements, manage teams across jurisdictions, contribute to business development and collaborate closely with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Play a key role in shaping the growth of our global cyber security team and mentoring emerging talent.
• Bring recognised expertise in cyber strategy, risk and regulatory advisory, shaping strategy and guiding decision‐making on critical business issues.
• Drive end‐to‐end cyber strategy, risk and resilience engagements – from analysis and review through to roadmap development, mobilisation and delivery.
• Act as a trusted cyber advisor to senior stakeholders on critical issues such as M&A, restructuring, complex regulation and geopolitics.
• Build and grow a high‐performing team, creating an environment that empowers people, encourages initiative and supports an entrepreneurial mindset.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong track record of winning and delivering complex, multidisciplinary engagements across cyber strategy, risk and resilience.
• Established relationships at both C‐suite and senior risk and regulatory levels, alongside a strong understanding of the technologies and tools underpinning cyber risk advisory.
• Extensive experience in cyber strategy development, analysis and execution with an understanding of multi‐disciplinary risk, business and technological client issues.
• Experience in one or more risk management and governance domains such as risk quantification, enterprise and solution architecture, AI governance, technology and data transformation, M&A and IPO due diligence.
• Experience in cyber and operational resilience with strong understanding of business continuity, crisis management and comms, recovery planning and relevant regulatory regimes and frameworks such as DORA and NIS2.
• Expertise in one or more cyber domains such as data security, identity and access management, security operations, threat intelligence, and cyber and technology regulation.
• Strong credibility with senior stakeholders, including clients, legal counsel, senior cyber and risk professionals, regulators and boards, with the ability to communicate clearly and strategically in sensitive situations.
• A proven leader who builds and develops teams, with experience growing capability, encouraging initiative and creating an environment where people and ideas can thrive.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future. Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand‐alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organisations. Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.