Senior Project Manager, NCC Group
SecOps
Office located in Hardman Boulevard, Manchester
Leading cyber security & managed services
Be an early applicant
Leading cyber security & managed services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Hardman Boulevard, Manchester
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help keep their customers safe and secure.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience in Security Operations, cyber delivery, or IT/security programme management
- Proven ability to operate in high-pressure, fast-moving environments
- Experience managing or supporting incident response and risk management activities
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, including senior/executive audiences
- Familiarity with Agile delivery methods (Scrum, MoSCoW, etc.)
- Able to balance strategic oversight with hands-on delivery support
Desirable
- Exposure to frameworks such as DSPT, CAF, ISO, or similar
- Experience in SecOps leadership or acting-up roles
- Involvement in security capability building or transformation initiatives
- Experience in public sector or regulated environments is highly desirable
What the job involves
- Reporting To: Sebastian Harris
- We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a high-profile public sector engagement, supporting a complex and mission-critical cyber function
- This is a unique opportunity to operate at the heart of Security Operations, combining programme delivery, incident coordination, and operational leadership in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- You will play a key role within the Security Operations function, acting as a central coordination point across cyber activities, ensuring effective governance, delivery, and response across multiple workstreams
- You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders and technical teams, supporting both day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives, while helping drive continuous improvement in capability and resilience
- Provide oversight, governance, and escalation management across Security Operations
- Support and coordinate cyber incident response and remediation activities
- Lead delivery of security and compliance programmes (e.g. policy, DSPT/CAF, audit actions)
- Apply Agile delivery practices to prioritise and manage competing workstreams
- Act as a trusted escalation point, stepping in to support gaps or critical issues
- Drive operational improvements, including tooling, processes, and governance frameworks
- Engage and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and client leadership
- Support team capability development, resourcing, and recruitment activities
Application process
- We review every application received and will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. If you don’t hear back from us within 10 days, please don’t be too disappointed
Our take
NCC Group is a global cyber and software resilience businesses that assesses, develops and manages cyber threats. The company operates across multiple sectors, geographies and technologies but with the universal mission of communicating the best ways to keep businesses, software and personal data safe.
As we become more entrenched in the digital age, businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-related risk, and this is where NCC Group comes in. Its services work to make the Internet safer and to change the way that organisations think about cyber security. It continues to build momentum as our society becomes increasingly connected but more uncertain.
NCC Group's role is only set to grow too. As technology evolves and cyber threats become more sophisticated, businesses and individuals will need trusted partners to navigate the risks. NCC Group's expertise, global reach, and proactive approach puts it in a position to help organisations not only respond to threats, but to stay ahead of them.
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Company
Company HQ
Spinningfields, Manchester, UK
Leadership
Mike Maddison
(Group CEO)Former head of EY’s cyber security, privacy, and trusted technology practice for EMEA. Previously led PwC’s Risk Services practice across the Middle East and before that was head of Deloitte’s cyber security consultancy in EMEA.
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