
Business Operations Lead
- Nottingham
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Procurement & Budget Management
- Coordinate procurement activities to ensure acquisition of tools, and services required by several Cyber Fusion Centre (CFC) functions.
- Work with CFC leadership to manage budget planning and tracking, ensuring understanding of organizational financial policies and priorities.
- Monitor and reconcile expenditures with finance teams, providing regular updates to leadership to support informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with finance and vendor management teams to improve purchasing processes and maintain compliance with procurement standards.
- Support forecasting and resource allocation efforts, helping CFC leadership improve spend and plan for future operational needs.
- Strategic Operations & Governance
- Define operational governance models, including leadership cadences, risk reviews, and performance tracking.
- Improve programmes across CFC workflows, tooling, and reporting to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Data-Driven Insights & Metrics
- Define and report on Indicators and operational metrics to measure performance, identify trends, and inform strategic decisions.
- Develop dashboards (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) to visualize incident metrics, threat trends, and operational health.
- Create forecasting and scenario analysis to evaluate the potential impact of proposed process changes.
- Work with CFC leadership and tower leaders to define measurements and coordinate the automation of metric reporting dashboards.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure operational activities align with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).
- Support audit readiness, compliance documentation, and evidence collection for internal and external reviews.
- Represent the Cyber Fusion Centre during internal and external audits, assessments, and compliance reviews.
- Partner Engagement & Communication
- Deliver executive-level briefings and client engagement materials to showcase CFC capabilities and effect.
- Present the Cyber Fusion Center's services, capabilities, and incident management workflows to internal departments and newly acquired organizations as part of M&A integration efforts
- Fusion Collaboration
- Facilitate integration between cyber, physical, and threat intelligence teams to support a unified threat response.
- Promote a culture of cybersecurity awareness and operational discipline across the organization.
- Strategic Innovation
- Contribute to the strategic development and continuous improvement of CFC service offerings, incorporating latest technologies and evolving threat landscapes.
- Relationship Management
- Build partnerships with our teams, leaders, and external partners to support collaboration, integration, and operational success.
- Documentation and Training:
- Consult with teams to build onboarding documentation, training roadmaps, and performance metrics.
- Help redesign internal knowledge bases and process documentation.
- Break down technical process documents centered around cybersecurity into layman's terms.
- Travel
- Occasional domestic or international travel may be required for training, strategic planning sessions, internal meetings, audit meetings, or project execution.
- Experience in business operations, programme management or cybersecurity operations with audit & consultancy background.
- Technical Skills
- Familiarity with cybersecurity tools and concepts (e.g., SIEM, threat intelligence platforms, incident response workflows).
- Proficiency in data analysis tools (Tableau, Excel, Power BI)
- Collaboration & Documentation: SharePoint, xWiki, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, OneNote
- ServiceNow, Jira
- PowerShell, Python scripting for automation and reporting
- Awareness of AI/ML applications in cybersecurity operations
- Operational Skills
- Experience driving operational efficiency and process improvement across operations, with proficiency in data analysis, finance management, and leadership to support projects and growth.
- Experience with technical writing, process documentation, and training procedures.
- Familiarity with common cybersecurity and data protection frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and CIS Controls.
- Experience supporting or representing teams during audit engagements and compliance assessments.
- Flexible work environment, working hybrid or in the office if you prefer.
- Great compensation package and discretionary bonus plan
- Core benefits include pension, bupa healthcare, sharesave scheme and more
- 25 days annual leave with 8 bank holidays and 3 volunteering days. You can purchase additional annual leave.
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