Cybersecurity Manager - Security Operations

As a Manager you will join our teams on engagements to deliver end-to-end solutions, ensuring our clients receive comprehensive support throughout their project lifecycle. Playing a key role in the growth of our practice, you are also required to contribute actively to business development initiatives such as identifying new opportunities and fostering client relationships.

Your role will include engaging in a variety of impactful projects, including:

• Deliver current-state assessments (maturity, governance, lifecycle controls, using SOC-CMM) and define target-state capabilities, operating model, and controls framework
• Conduct and review threat modelling of IT/OT or organisations
• Advise and manage Security Operations transformation projects (related to Log Management, Detection, Operating model, Governance and reporting, incident response and automation and AI)
• Own SOC requirements definition and vendor evaluation (RFI/RFP), building scoring models, shaping PoV, and recommending tool selection across domains
• Manage senior stakeholders, facilitate decision workshops, and drive timely decisions via governance, options analysis, and explicit trade-offs
• Own team performance, driving delivery quality and commercial success (for instance through proposals, scoping/estimation, and account expansion)

Qualifications

To be considered for this role:

• Solid foundation in consulting skills in external client-facing consultancy.
• Proven track record of selling consulting services (account planning, client pitches, proposals, value proposition development)
• Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels of an organisation, experience in managing and leading teams, developing and coaching junior members of staff
• Hands-on technical leadership delivering SOC solutions on at least one major vendor stack, with Cloud Security Operations depth (e.g. Microsoft Sentinel Datalake / Defender XDR, CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Splunk Enterprise Security, Google Chronicle Security Operations, Elastic Security or Nozomi Networks across hybrid/multi-cloud integration patterns)

Additional Information

Our commitment: Wavestone values and Positive Way

• Impact high-growth business across US, UK, and Europe and drive client satisfaction through shaping culture, enhancing value propositions, and fostering business development.
• Nurture your growth under the Wavestone Horizon Framework - covering transparent and competitive compensation, clear salary policy, bespoke training, and definitive internal mobility.
• Embrace a barrier-free, collaborative team with a vibrant people culture and collective mindset through regular events, meetings, and committees.
• Experience flexible work options, strong CSR commitment, ethical responsibility, and a culture promoting work-life balance and time-off.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme
• Income protection insurance, 5% company pension, private health and dental cover, life insurance, company share scheme
• Additional flexible benefits you can select from such as additional holidays, additional pension contributions, subsidized gym, subscriptions to wellbeing apps, Netflix, retail vouchers
• 25 days annual leave

Travel and Location

Employees are not required to work in a Wavestone office on a full-time basis but are required to commute to the office /client site, whenever necessary. Wavestone UK office is in the heart of the City of London.

Note: Mandatory 2-3 days per week in Wavestone office / client site during probation

Diversity and Inclusion

At Wavestone, we celebrate diversity and inclusion. We have a strong global CSR agenda and an active Diversity & Inclusion committee with Gender Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability Inclusion, Social Mobility, and Anti-Racism networks.

If you need flexibility, assistance, or an adjustment to our recruitment process due to a disability or impairment, please reach out to us to discuss this.