Security Manager – Cyber Operations – Permanent, Full-time. Hybrid Derby office and working from home (office attendance minimum once a month).
About the Role
Salary up to £75,000 plus benefits. This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of MAB’s cyber defence. You’ll take ownership of day-to-day Cyber Operations, leading a small, highly skilled engineering and protective monitoring team to detect, investigate and respond to cyber threats quickly and effectively. The role oversees threat hunting and incident response activities, manages key supplier relationships, and ensures security events are driven through to remediation within agreed SLAs. You’ll develop people, processes and tooling to continuously strengthen MAB’s security maturity, while translating technical risk into meaningful business impact when engaging with senior stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing
* Lead and deliver effective Cyber Operations across MAB, ensuring the team meets its objectives with strong detection, response and remediation capabilities.
* Oversee proactive threat hunting and incident management, ensuring security events are investigated and resolved within agreed SLAs.
* Act as a key point of escalation and translate technical risk for senior leaders.
* Support delivery of the cyber strategy and manage the MSSP through KPI and KRI oversight.
* Drive continuous improvement through the development of use cases, playbooks and tooling, ensuring cyber controls are well-monitored and operating within expected detection timeframes.
About You
* You are a self-starting cyber leader with proven experience coaching and leading deeply technical security teams in high-pressure environments.
* You are a strong communicator and stakeholder manager, confident presenting to senior leaders and deputising for the Head of Information Security.
* You have hands-on cyber expertise, including threat hunting, detection engineering, protective monitoring and incident response (forensics knowledge would be an advantage).
* You are experienced in regulated environments, with a strong focus on performance monitoring (KPIs/KRIs), security qualifications, and resilience during live incidents.
Recruitment Process
1. 1st stage: MS Teams interview
2. 2nd stage: In person interview at MAB's HQ in Derby
What’s In It For You?
* Private Medical Insurance (Vitality), 25 days annual leave (increasing to 28 with service) plus your birthday off, matched pension contribution (L&G), share save scheme (Equinity), retail discounts, free entertainment tickets, and more.
* Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager).
* A wide range of Learning & Development offers, from 121 coaching to qualification support, helping you to grow and thrive in your career.
* A supportive, inclusive culture with forums you can join from day 1, using your voice to make MAB an even better place to work.
Equality & Inclusion
At MAB, we value different experiences and perspectives which adds diversity and value to our culture. As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, included and heard for who they are. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. We are committed to reducing barriers in every stage of our recruitment process so everyone feels they can bring their best self when applying for new opportunities at MAB. If you’d like to hear how we can support you by adjusting our process, from application to interview and onboarding, please contact careers@mab.org.uk.
Use of AI
We recognise that AI tools can be a helpful way to articulate your qualities, skills and experience when applying for roles. It’s important to us, however, that we see the real you throughout the recruitment process. We hire real people, not polished personas. We simply ask that you consider carefully how and where you use AI during your application, so we can hear your own thoughts and meet your authentic self.
Please note we are unable to consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship at this moment in time. We won’t be accepting speculative CVs from recruitment agencies, with a full PSL in place.
The Company
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) PLC is the UK’s leading mortgage network. We’re experts in Mortgage and Protection advice, with over 200 awards and counting. We’re proud of our reputation in the industry and of our people, who continue to be the heart of MAB’s success.
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