Job Title: Director of SOC CSIRT & E Discovery Manager

Office Location: Warwick OR Porto

Reports To: Senior Director Security Operations

Department: Global Cyber Security

Job Summary

Join our Global Cyber Security Team at Kantar as the Director of SOC CSIRT & E Discovery Manager.

Based in Warwick, you'll lead an international team of experts to safeguard our global operations. Your role will encompass managing incident response, optimizing security tools, and driving continuous improvement in our security protocols.

With a focus on transforming cyber security practices, you'll connect these with business needs, ensuring the protection of our clients, products, and employees.

What you’ll be doing

In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for all aspects of information security incident response, ensuring that alarms are thoroughly investigated and handled.

You'll also be tasked with refining security tools, managing incident status, and performing deep forensic investigations to address and resolve complex security incidents.

As a leader, you'll mentor and guide a distributed team of CSIRT analysts, manage third-party relationships, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align strategies and optimize our security posture. Your ability to research and develop automation for investigation and response capabilities will be crucial in enhancing our security operations.

The skills & experience needed as Director of SOC CSIRT & E Discovery Manager

Lead an international team of experts to safeguard global operations, manage incident response, optimize security tools, and drive continuous improvement in security protocols.

Your role involves deep forensic investigations, mentoring CSIRT analysts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance our security posture.

Qualifications

We're seeking a leader with exceptional cyber security expertise.

In this pivotal role, you'll spearhead incident response, optimize security tools, and drive continuous improvement in our security protocols.

Ideal candidates possess extensive technical skills, strong communication abilities, and effective leadership experience. Elevate your career with us and make a significant impact on our global security operations.

Apply now and be part of a team that values innovation, excellence, and professional growth.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.