Head of Global Cyber Command Centres and Holistic Operations

Head of Global Cyber Command Centres & Holistic Operations

Role Purpose

The Head of Global Cyber Command Centres & Holistic Operations is accountable for the strategic leadership and operational excellence of HSBCs three global Cyber Command Centres. This role will drive the transformation to a best-in-class fusion operating model integrating cyber technology and business continuity disciplines under the holistic incident management workstream. You will also own key relationships with Technology and BCIM stakeholders ensuring a unified proactive and resilient response to cyber threats and incidents.

What you will do

• Lead the design implementation and continuous improvement of a global fusion centre model.
• Maintain 24/7 situational awareness through advanced monitoring real-time analytics and automated alerting.
• Embed a preventative/predictive approach to reduce dwell time and improve response consistency via automation and orchestration.
• Champion threat intelligence to fuse internal/external data enabling proactive threat hunting and risk prioritisation.
• Operationalise and regularly test playbooks/runbooks for incident response crisis management and business continuity.
• Act as the executive interface with Technology BCIM and key stakeholders aligning priorities and resources.
• Lead cross-functional exercises and simulations; represent HSBC in relevant industry and regulatory engagements.
• Ensure operations align to HSBCs risk framework and standards such as ISO 27001 and NIST CSF.
• Deliver executive reporting lead post-incident reviews and drive remediation and resilience improvements.
• Build and develop a diverse high-performing global team and strong succession pipelines.

What you will bring

• Significant director-level experience in cyber operations incident response or fusion centre leadership in a complex global environment.
• Proven delivery of operational excellence and transformation (e.g. moving from SOC to integrated fusion operations).
• Strong knowledge of cyber resilience business continuity and holistic incident management.
• Credible crisis leadership and stakeholder management including regulatory engagement.
• Strong technical acumen across security tooling threat intelligence automation and analytics.
• Certifications such as CISSP CISM CISA CBCP GIAC/SANS are highly desirable.

Join HSBC to leadthe evolution of our global cyber defence and resilience capabilities and make a lasting impact at scale.

This role is based in Sheffield UK.

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