Role: VP - Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) Manager
Location: London (Hybrid working available)
Salary: Up to £90,000 + benefits
Sector: Cyber Security/Financial Services
Overview
A leading financial services organisation is seeking a VP-level DFIR Manager to lead its Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on incident response, threat detection, and forensics within a complex, regulated environment.
You'll be responsible for advancing the organisation's incident response capabilities, leading investigations, and driving threat detection maturity through development of use cases, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead the DFIR function, overseeing incident detection, investigation, and response activities.
2. Develop and implement IR methodologies (MITRE ATT&CK, Kill Chain, Threat Modelling, Diamond Model).
3. Conduct forensic investigations on systems, networks, and endpoints.
4. Refine threat hunting and threat intelligence capabilities.
5. Support and mature security monitoring use cases (SIEM, packet inspection, IOCs).
6. Coordinate cross-functional security incident response with SOC, Threat Intelligence, and Red/Blue teams.
7. Engage with technical and business teams on cyber risk reduction strategies.
8. Contribute to...