Managing Consultant Incident Response Management

Manchester - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Security Consultant Incident Response Management

Cheltenham/Manchester - Hybrid working with travel to client sites

Do you enjoy helping organisations prepare for the moments when the unexpected strikes

In this role at NCC Group youll help clients design refine and test their incident management capabilities through pragmatic planning and immersive tabletop exercises. Youll shape crisis response frameworks that work under real pressure strengthen leadership decision-making and ensure clients are confident in their readiness to respond to cyber incidents.

This is a role where your expertise directly improves resilience and recovery outcomes for major organisations across multiple sectors.

What youll do

Design and deliver incident management frameworks: Build and enhance incident management and crisis response plans aligned to best practice (NIST ISO 27035 ISO 22301).
Lead Silver-level tabletop exercises: Facilitate engaging scenario-based workshops for leadership teams simulating real-world cyber events to test strategy communication and coordination.
Assess and uplift readiness: Conduct gap analyses and maturity assessments to identify strengths and improvement areas across people process and technology.
Develop tailored playbooks: Create clear actionable incident management playbooks and decision trees that integrate with technical and operational response teams.
Coordinate with technical teams: Work with SOC IR and resilience specialists to ensure incident response and escalation paths are aligned.
Engage stakeholders: Provide trusted advisory to executive operational and technical audiences; translate technical impact into clear business decisions.
Capture lessons learned: Produce post-exercise reports and improvement roadmaps that drive measurable maturity gains.
Mentor and share expertise: Support junior consultants and contribute to internal knowledge bases and client-facing collateral.

What youll bring

Strong experience in incident management crisis management or cyber resilience consulting ideally within complex or regulated environments.
Proven background designing and running tabletop exercises particularly at Silver (tactical/managerial) level.
In-depth knowledge of incident response lifecycle principles (prepare detect respond recover learn).
Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF ISO 27035 ISO 22301 and NCSC guidance.
Excellent facilitation and communication skills confident leading workshops and debriefs with senior stakeholders.
Strong written reporting ability with a focus on clarity prioritisation and actionable outcomes.
Consulting experience including stakeholder management requirements gathering and presentation of findings.

Nice-to-haves (not show-stoppers)

Experience facilitating Gold-level (strategic) exercises or broader business continuity workshops.
Understanding of communications and media management during cyber incidents.
Exposure to incident response operations or SOC environments.
Certifications such as ISO 22301 LA/LI CISM CISSP or PRINCE2.

How we work

Real-world focus. We prioritise practical evidence-based improvements over theoretical frameworks.
Collaborative culture. Youll partner with cyber continuity and crisis experts across NCC Groups global network.
Continuous learning. We encourage you to experiment research and grow your expertise.
Inclusive and supportive. We embrace diverse perspectives and flexible working styles.

About NCC Group

Were a global cyber security and resilience company with 2000 colleagues supporting 15000 customers across the UK North America Europe APAC and the Middle East. Our mission is to help organisations protect their brand value and reputation in an ever-evolving threat landscape. We invest in our people and operate with fairness creativity and respect.

Inclusion & accessibility

Were committed to diversity equity and flexibility. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage please let us know. Your personal data will be handled in line with our Privacy Policy. If youd prefer us not to retain your details for future opportunities please contact .

Ready to apply

If this sounds like you wed love to hear from you. We value curiosity adaptability and the drive to make a difference.

Applications are open until the 4th of January so dont hesitate - were looking forward to speaking with you in the new year!

*** Please note that this role has background clearance as mandatory due to the nature of the work NCC Group does. To apply you must be willing and able to undergo the vetting process ***

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Senior Security Consultant Incident Response ManagementCheltenham/Manchester - Hybrid working with travel to client sitesDo you enjoy helping organisations prepare for the moments when the unexpected strikesIn this role at NCC Group youll help clients design refine and test their incident managemen...