Head of Professional Services – Cyber Assurance & Consultancy£90,000 – £110,%bonus – Homebased

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Head of Professional Services – Cyber Assurance & Consultancy, Detection, Testing and Advisory – £90,000 – £110,000 plus 10% bonus – Homebased

Are you ready to step into a New Head of Professional Services within a Cyber division enjoying exceptional growth?

Do you want to be part of the leadership function of the largest Service offering within a phenomenal Solution Provider?

Do you want to shape the delivery model within an organisation that will continue to grow?

We are partnered exclusively with a Leading IT Solutions and Services Provider to find two Heads within their Cyber Security Offerings. One of these is the Head of Professional Security Services.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to come in and define the project delivery model for years to come. You will be leading the division, and you will build design and run a portfolio of Assurance services. This will be done through deep technical engagement, evidence-based assessment and close partnership with the SOC team.

You will lead the Project Consultancy division, and you will be supported by a Phenomenal SOC to be able to deliver Consultancy services and offer a MSSP wrap around that is unrivalled in the market right now.

You will the core enabler of detection-led security and ensure that assessments, testing and advisory services improve the detection, response and assurance. You will ensure this is done through a deep understanding of IT environments and architecture and that meaningful assurance depends on how systems are built and run.

You will have astute commercial awareness to manage and optimise core Professional Services levers such as utilisation days rates; skills mix as have a strong tactical grasp of forecasting and delivery dynamics. Following incidents, you will lead Root Cause Analysis and drive concrete remediation across the client environment, internal services and delivery practices.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in leading large-scale consulting operations, including information consulting, penetration testing, and technical consulting.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity systems, and enterprise architectures, and how these shape both risk and remediation.
• Strong grasp of professional services economics and delivery mechanics, including utilisation, margin, and capacity planning.
• Deep understanding of assurance methodologies, risk management, penetration testing techniques, and relevant frameworks/standards.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with experience developing senior managers and technical teams.
• Commercial acumen and experience managing budgets, contracts, and service portfolios.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the assurance services strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client needs.
• Position Assurance as a core enabler of detection-led security, ensuring that assessments, testing, and advisory services actively improve detection quality, response effectiveness, and client resilience.
• Operate as a close strategic partner to the Head of Security Services, jointly exploring service evolution
• Oversee the design and delivery of assurance services
• Ensure that assurance activities are grounded in a deep understanding of client IT environments, architectures, and operational constraints
• Oversee project implementations and technology integrations, ensuring robust delivery of assurance and consulting services.
• Maintain and enhance assurance governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations (eg, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI-DSS, NIST).
• Own the assurance services budget, including forecasting, cost control, and investment planning.
• Actively manage and optimise core professional services levers, including utilisation, day rates, skill mix, cost by grade, and margin, with a strong tactical grasp of short-cycle forecasting and delivery dynamics.

This is as good a role as there is out there now, you will be a huge part of the growth and excitement within the Cyber Division and they are monthly half day meet ups in the office, and quarterly get together which will enable you to collaborate and be part of.

Head of Professional Consultancy Services – Cyber Security Services – Microsoft, Cyber Operations, Engineering – £90,000 – £110,% plus bonus – Homebased