Cyber Security Operations Manager

About The Role

Team Information Security

Working Pattern - Hybrid Minimum 2days per week in the Vitality StockportOffice.Full time, 35 hours per week.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Security Operations Leadership & Incident Response
• Risk, Governance & Regulatory Compliance
• Technical Depth in Monitoring & Security Engineering

What this role is all about:
You will be joining a vibrant, exciting environment to lead on maturing the cyber security capabilities at Vitality. We are a values-based organisation and our members are at the heart of everything we do.
The primary purpose of the role is to support with the implementation of the Information Security Strategy and protecting Vitalitys and its members data.
You will be leading a team of security analysts and a service delivery manager with specific skill sets. This role provides cyber security leadership through risk management, threat monitoring, incident response, resilience planning, training, and CSIRT team support.
In addition to your daily responsibilities, you will be playing a part in the longer-term security goals such as continuous improvement, developing a technology roadmap and steering the future direction of security operations.

Key Actions

• Leadership and management of the Cyber Security Operations team
• Conducting cyber security maturity assessments; continuous improvement of existing security controls and assessing new tools/capabilities for recommendation to management
• Perform cyber risk assessments; develop reporting metrics to articulate risk posture to Senior Management
• Be the key contact for, and lead on the management of Cyber Security incidents, performing and co-ordinating forensic investigations; mature the Cyber Incident detection and response capabilities
• Engagement with internal stakeholder and external bodies as required, Vendors, forensic partners, regulatory bodies
• Threat hunting; monitoring for emerging security threats
• Ensure compliance with Vitalitys ISMS, Regulatory requirements and Information Security best practice frameworks (e.g. ISO27001, GDPR, NIST, Cyber Essentials, ITIL) to ensure the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of Vitality Information Systems
• Deliver key Information Security initiatives/projects, in line with InfoSec and Cyber Security strategy and Enterprise Risk Management Framework
• Responsible for ensuring that Vitality IT assets are adequately protected from Cyber-attacks and malicious insiders
• Provide expert professional advice across Vitality on Information and Cyber Security best practice, training, and awareness sessions

What do you need to thrive?

• Degree or professional security qualifications and certifications such as MSc, CISSP, CISM, CISA or equivalent
• Extensive experience working in Cyber Security with proven leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate technical knowledge to non-technical audience; production of policy/standards/project documentation
• Appropriate level of technical knowledge, hands-on experience of configuring security tools
• Demonstrable experience of designing, implementing and managing information security initiatives
• Sound understanding of security frameworks (e.g. ISO27001/2, PCI DSS, NIST), Data Protection and regulatory compliance (e.g. FCA, ICO, PRA, GDPR)

So, whats in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance Four times annual salary

If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.

About The Company

Were incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created recently being named one of Glassdoors Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.

Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place. Weve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. Were successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people and because we care.

Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.

Ready to find out if were the right fit for you? We cant wait.