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Strategic Cyber Advisory Director
Job Location:
Job Location:
Manchester - UK
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Not provided by the employer
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Posted:
29 September 2026 (4 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
As Strategic Advisory Director you will play a senior client-facing role in originating shaping and winning high-value cyber opportunities for NCC Group. Working with senior client stakeholders and prospects you will translate NCC Groups technical depth global cyber expertise and market insight into compelling propositions that support strategic growth strengthen executive engagement and position NCC Group as a long-term cyber resilience partner.
This role combines strategic cyber advisory credibility with complex pursuit and commercial leadership. You will partner across sales delivery marketing solution engineering legal finance propositions partnerships and senior leadership to develop account strategies shape transformational deals qualify opportunities and lead cross-functional teams through high-value pursuits.
You will bring a strong understanding of cyber risk regulatory scrutiny AI adoption identity modernisation third-party exposure operational resilience and assurance requirements.
We are looking for a number of Strategic Advisory Directors each to support an assigned NCC Group vertical:
- Financial Services & Insurance
- Public Sector
- Industrials
- Technology Media and Telecommunications
Key Responsibilities
- Originate shape and execute large strategic cyber opportunities that support NCC Groups growth ambitions improve win rate and increase pull-through across multiple capabilities.
- Build trusted senior relationships with client stakeholders including CISOs CIOs CTOs CROs audit risk compliance legal privacy and board-level audiences.
- Take a consulting-led approach to identify long-term high-value opportunities by connecting client business priorities regulatory pressures and cyber risk to NCC Groups propositions and capabilities.
- Lead cross-functional pursuit teams bringing together expertise from across NCC Group and its partner ecosystem to shape commercially robust and client-relevant solutions.
- Apply disciplined opportunity qualification and governance prioritising investment in deals with the strongest strategic fit and propensity to win.
- Advise clients across priority areas including technical assurance cyber governance regulatory readiness digital identity cloud security application and product security third-party risk operational resilience AI governance incident readiness continuous assurance and proactive security.
Skills Knowledge & Expertise
- Significant senior-level experience across cybersecurity cyber advisory consulting cyber services technology risk compliance security leadership or complex enterprise sales.
- A strong track record of originating shaping or closing strategic opportunities ideally including large or transformational deals with multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Strong understanding of cyber risk regulatory expectations audit cycles remediation programmes operational resilience third-party risk fraud exposure data protection AI risk and board-level reporting.
- Ability to engage credibly with senior business technology risk and security stakeholders translating complex technical capability into clear commercial regulatory and operational outcomes.
- A strong senior customer network and the ability to convert trusted relationships into qualified pipeline executive introductions revenue growth and new-logo opportunities.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity services and propositions including technical assurance governance and compliance identity cloud security incident readiness red teaming continuous testing managed detection and response AI security and third-party risk.
- Strong commercial acumen an entrepreneurial mindset a collaborative pragmatic and proactive style with the ability to influence across Sales Delivery Marketing Product Solution Architecture Partners and senior leadership.
Job Benefits
- Flexible Working: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
- Generous Holiday Allowance: Enjoy 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy up to 5 additional days of annual leave.
- Medicash & Critical Illness Scheme
- Financial & Investment Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with our Pension Life Assurance and Share Save Scheme.
- Community & Volunteering Programmes: Make a difference in your community with our volunteering opportunities.
- Green Car Scheme: Drive green and save money with our eco-friendly car scheme.
- Cycle Scheme: Stay fit and healthy with our cycle-to-work scheme.
- Special Time Off: Take time off for those big moments in life like getting married/entering into a civil partnership becoming a grandparent and welcoming home a new pet.
- Family Planning: Benefit from our generous maternity and paternity leave as well as time off and support for those undergoing fertility treatments.
Required Experience:
Director
