Salary: £80,000 - 89,000 per year Requirements: Demonstrable experience leading a cyber security function covering strategy, operations, and incident management. Useful experience in mergers and acquisitions, particularly cyber due diligence for partnership growth. Strong knowledge of risk, governance, compliance, and security architecture in complex environments. A technical cyber security background. Proven ability to engage, influence, and advise senior stakeholders, including executive teams and boards. Experience within public sector organisations or shared service/multi-entity environments is desirable. Responsibilities: Provide strategic and operational leadership across a multi-organisation shared service environment. Support a partnership of public sector organisations and report directly to the Chief Information Officer. Shape cyber strategy and oversee governance and risk management. Lead incident response capabilities and provide assurance on organisational cyber resilience at executive and board level. Develop and deliver a cyber security strategy and roadmap aligned to organisational priorities and relevant government resilience frameworks. Oversee cyber security operations, including incident response, threat monitoring, vulnerability management, and third-party security services. Act as the senior cyber authority, offering expert guidance and clear assurance on cyber risk, compliance, and resilience to senior leadership, audit committees, and boards. Lead, develop, and inspire specialist cyber security teams while promoting a strong security culture. Embed security-by-design principles across enterprise architecture, digital initiatives, and service delivery. Maintain effective cyber governance, policies, and performance metrics, aligned to recognised standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, CAF, and Cyber Essentials Plus. Technologies: Support Security More: We are offering a permanent Head of Cyber Security role based in Glasgow with a relaxed hybrid working approach. The position comes with a salary of up to £89,000, a local government pension scheme, excellent annual leave, and great flexibility. We support a multi-organisation public sector shared service environment and are looking for someone who can provide senior cyber leadership across strategy, operations, governance, and resilience. last updated 24 week of 2026