Base Location: Havant, Reading, Perth, Glasgow

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + performance related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

The Cyber Security Resilience Manager is responsible for establishing a new cyber resilience capability for SSE.  They will drive technical cyber security resilience and recovery improvements, coordinating Group wide cyber security exercises, ensuring follow-up actions are completed and learnings captured.  They will also own and direct cyber security resilience policy, standards and guidance, and support compliance with relevant cyber security regulations.

You will

• Act as a key point of contact for cyber security resilience and recovery across the SSE Group and provide advisory support to BU exercises and champion cyber security awareness of resilience initiatives to enhance overall organisational preparedness.
• Own and direct cyber security resilience policy, ensuring alignment with industry standards and Group best practices from the Group SHE team.
• Plan, lead, and coordinate cyber security exercises to test and validate resilience capabilities at a Group level and also over the Security Operations Centre.
• Ensure follow-up actions from exercises from across the Group are tracked and incorporated into resilience improvement plans and lessons learned.
• Support compliance with cyber security NIS regulatory requirements in relation to cyber resilience and recovery.

You have

• Excellent experience in cyber security and in particular in resilience, recovery planning and risk management and strong understanding of cyber security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls) and NIS Regulations.
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments and their associated resilience requirements.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing cyber resilience projects and expertise in cyber exercise planning, incident response, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the resilience functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Strong leadership skills and excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication, analytical and technical skills.        

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're building the world's largest offshore wind farm. Transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people and investing over £20 billion in homegrown energy, with £20 billion more in the pipeline.

Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact david.brickell@sse.com  discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.