Managing Consultant – Incident Response Management
NCC Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Manchester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Design and deliver incident management frameworks
- Lead Silver-level tabletop exercises
- Assess and uplift readiness
- Develop tailored playbooks
- Coordinate with technical teams
- Engage stakeholders
- Capture lessons learned
- Mentor and share expertise
Requirements
- Strong experience in incident management, crisis management, or cyber resilience consulting
- Proven background designing and running tabletop exercises, particularly at Silver (tactical/managerial) level
- In-depth knowledge of incident response lifecycle principles (prepare, detect, respond, recover, learn)
- Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27035, ISO 22301, and NCSC guidance
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills
- Strong written reporting ability, with a focus on clarity, prioritisation, and actionable outcomes
- Consulting experience including stakeholder management, requirements gathering, and presentation of findings
- Nice-to-haves: Experience facilitating Gold-level (strategic) exercises, understanding of communications and media management during cyber incidents, exposure to incident response operations or SOC environments, certifications such as ISO 22301 LA/LI, CISM, CISSP, or PRINCE2
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Health insurance
- 25 days annual leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
incident managementcrisis managementcyber resilience consultingtabletop exercisesincident response lifecycleNIST CSFISO 27035ISO 22301NCSC guidance
Soft skills
facilitationcommunicationwritten reportingclarityprioritisationactionable outcomesstakeholder managementrequirements gatheringpresentation skillsmentoring
Certifications
ISO 22301 LAISO 22301 LICISMCISSPPRINCE2