Help shape a secure, resilient, and innovative ICT service that protects Warwickshire and enables digital transformation across the Council.
We’re looking for a Cyber Team Manager to lead our cyber security function and strengthen the governance of our Power Platform capabilities. If you’re someone who brings calm leadership, strong technical insight, and a passion for enabling safe digital innovation across a large, diverse organisation — we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
In this key leadership role, you will:
1. Lead the delivery of high‑quality Cyber Security services and governance of the Microsoft Power Platform Centre of Excellence.
2. Provide strong, proactive leadership that ensures cyber resilience, secure system operation, and effective management of cyber risks across the Council.
3. Develop and maintain robust governance standards for Power Platform usage, ensuring compliance, safe development practices, and consistent adoption of policies and controls.
4. Work closely with the ICT Operations Service Manager to support and deliver cyber, compliance and digital innovation strategies.
5. Be responsible for our organisational cyber resilience capabilities, including monitoring threats, leading responses to incidents, and maintaining high‑quality operational documentation (Cyber plans, SOPs, BCP, DRP).
6. Ensure all cyber technologies and tooling are maintained in line with industry best practice.
7. Use performance data and risk insight to drive continuous improvement across Cyber and CoE services.
8. Manage relevant third‑party cyber security contracts, ensuring strong performance and value for money.
9. Collaborate with ICT Service Managers, Digital teams, and stakeholders across the organisation to embed secure‑by‑design approaches and support safe citizen‑focused services.
About you
You’ll bring:
10. Proven experience managing Cyber Security functions in a complex ICT environment.
11. Strong understanding of cyber frameworks, risk management, security operations, and compliance.
12. Experience leading governance and enabling digital tools such as Microsoft Power Platform, including environments, policies, DLP controls and citizen developer governance.
13. Confident, resilient people‑leadership skills, with experience onboarding, coaching, and developing teams through periods of change.
14. Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical cyber and platform concepts into clear, accessible messages for the business.
15. ITIL Foundation (or equivalent experience) with strong knowledge of operational best practice.
16. Demonstrable experience developing operational processes and documentation including SOPs, cyber resilience plans, BCP and DRP.
17. Evidence of strong operational management, including meeting business measures, service SLAs, and using performance data to improve service outcomes.
18. A collaborative, customer‑focused approach that builds strong relationships across ICT and the wider organisation.
19. A continuous learning mindset and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies, threats, and opportunities.
20. For full details, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
For full details, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Why join us?
21. Make a meaningful impact by helping helping protect critical services offered by colleagues across Warwickshire to deliver vital public services.
22. Play a leading role in shaping our digital future and enabling safe innovation through the Power Platform.
23. Enjoy flexible, agile working that supports your wellbeing and helps you balance life and work.
24. Grow in a culture that champions collaboration, kindness and personal development.
25. Access a generous benefits package, including a strong pension scheme and wellbeing discounts.
Working for Warwickshire – this is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund
The benefits we offer include agile working (a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government), generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Closing date: 13th April 2026
Interview date: w/c 13th and 20th April 2026