University of Cambridge
Senior Teaching Associate - Cybersecurity
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About Us
Our mission is to enable professional and continuing education throughout life and to widen access to higher education. We design, deliver, and curate a portfolio of world-leading short courses and award-bearing qualifications across a broad range of disciplines.
The Digital Skills Team at Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) plays a pivotal role in advancing the University of Cambridge's mission to widen access to high-quality, research-informed education. Our interdisciplinary team designs and delivers pioneering career accelerator programmes that bridge the gap between academic rigour and industry relevance.
Building on the success of the Data Science Career Accelerator, we are launching the Cybersecurity Strategy & Leadership Accelerator—a programme developed in partnership with FourthRev that equips working professionals with the strategic, governance, resilience, and crisis-leadership capabilities needed to guide organisations through an AI-amplified cyber threat landscape. Our work spans curriculum co-creation, content development, industry engagement, and the establishment of a growing portfolio of digital credentials trusted by employers.
The Role
This programme is designed for cybersecurity professionals ready to move from specialist practice into security leadership. It develops the skills to:
- Translate cyber intelligence into business action
- Lead risk and governance conversations
- Manage incident and crisis response
- Shape security transformation in complex organisations
Key focus areas include:
- Strategic threat intelligence
- Cyber risk assessment
- Threat modelling
- Ransomware resilience
- Security governance & compliance
- Third-party risk
- Cyber-physical systems
- AI-enabled cyber risk
- Emerging cyber technologies
The programme is delivered flexibly for working professionals, combining:
- Online learning
- Expert-led live sessions
- Leadership coaching
- A Cambridge Leadership Immersion
In this role, you will:
- Take academic ownership of the programme’s curriculum and delivery, ensuring content is rigorous, current, applied, and research-informed.
- Collaborate with Dr Ali Al-Sherbaz (Academic Director for Digital Skills) and FourthRev’s teams, including curriculum design, learning design, and industry experts, to shape a programme aligning with Cambridge’s academic standards and real-world cybersecurity leadership needs.
- Contribute to defining how strategic cybersecurity leadership is taught at the professional level.
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This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of cybersecurity education at a world-leading university. Ideal candidates should be passionate about redefining how organisations bridge the gap between technical expertise and executive decision-making in cybersecurity.
Responsibilities
Your core responsibilities will include:
Academic Leadership
- Designing and ensuring the academic rigour of the curriculum while maintaining industry relevance.
- Collaborating with subject matter experts and industry partners to refine and evolve the programme content.
- ensuring all programme materials align with research-informed best practices in cybersecurity leadership.
Curriculum Development
- Developing new workshops, case studies, assessments, and applied artefacts (e.g., risk briefings, incident-response plans).
- Designing flexible, blended learning formats suited to working professionals.
Teaching & Delivery
- Delivering expert-led sessions, online workshops, and leadership coaching components.
- Facilitating a Cambridge Leadership Immersion experience for programme participants.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Coordinating with industry advisory boards, Cambridge partners (including departments, academics, and centres) and external stakeholders (e.g., FourthRev).
- Translating between academic research and practical industry challenges to ensure curriculum alignment.
Requirements
Core Qualifications
- A PhD in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security, Digital Risk, or a closely related field, or equivalent exceptional senior professional experience (minimum 7-10 years in cybersecurity leadership practice).
- Deep expertise in areas such as:
- Cyber strategy
- Security governance
- Risk assessment
- Threat intelligence
- Incident response
- Cyber resilience
- Compliance frameworks
- AI-enabled cyber risk
Teaching & Curriculum Experience
- Proven track record in curriculum design and delivery at postgraduate or professional level (e.g., led Masters courses, Higher Education teaching, or industry training.
- Ability to simplify complex cybersecurity concepts for diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience adapting teaching styles for blended and online learning environments.
Communication & Collaboration
- Expertise in translating technical cybersecurity issues into executive or board-level business-risk discussions.
- Experience working across interdisciplinary partnerships, including academic, industry-facing, and advisory roles.
- Ability to support advanced learning outcomes by facilitating artefacts such as:
- Risk briefings
- Threat models
- Incident response plans
- Security transformation proposals
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Commitment and Flexibility
- This role offers a fixed-term contract (initially 2 years).
- Willingness to consider part-time or flexible working arrangements.
Benefits
No specific benefits are listed in the original document.
How To Apply
Please note: References must be submitted as part of your application. Failure to comply will result in disqualification.
- Apply online by registering via the ‘Apply’ button link above.
- Informal enquiries can be directed to: Dr Ali Al-Sherbaz (aa2545@cam.ac.uk).
For application process enquiries, contact: HR@pace.cam.ac.uk
Designated Reference: Quote EA49278 on your application and in correspondence.
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026 (Applications open soon)
Interviews: Scheduled for 24 August 2026
Required Documents to Upload:
- CV
- Cover letter (limited to two pages)
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The University of Cambridge actively supports equality, diversity, and inclusion and encourages applications from individuals across all segments of society. All successful new leavers will be offered a place on one of our apprenticeships or other programmes in accordance with our equality and diversity commitments and policies.
The University holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award, reflecting its commitment to furthering gender equality. It is also committed to supporting lesbians, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, disabled people, and Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff. Our diversity page provides further information on equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives within the University. Our staff network view a list of staff networks inside the University, and staff resource groups which exist to support and champion each of the protected characteristics which are enshrined in UK law.
The University is committed to ensuring that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK, and will provide a visa sponsorship package for successful appointed international candidates.
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