Sr Manager, Cyber Security Defence & Resilience

Cyber risk is a material business risk for Coats, with the potential to impact operational continuity, financial performance, regulatory compliance, and reputation.  Coats needs to hire an experienced and skilled cybersecurity head of defence who can help to steer defence and resilience, build the required strategies, engage the organisation in simulations and work with D&T leadership on being able to resist attacks or respond in the event of an attack.

• Provide strategic leadership for cyber defence and resilience, ensuring the organisation can effectively prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats across the enterprise.
• Own and optimise core security operations and platforms (e.g. email security, endpoint protection, secure access), maximising protection while supporting business productivity.
• Establish and lead the Security Operations capability, including the SOC operating model, processes, tooling integration, and third‑party support, to deliver 24x7 monitoring and response where required.
• Drive continuous improvement in cyber resilience, using incident analysis, lessons learned, and recovery testing (including backup and ransomware scenarios) to strengthen controls, processes, and organisational preparedness

The ideal candidate will bring :

• 8-10 years of experience
• Security operations and incident response experience and qualifications
• Experience of leading Security Operations Centre (SOC) and cybersecurity response functions
• Experience of delivering incident response plans and SOC strategy
• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices for cyber security resilience (e.g. backup and recovery strategy)
• Ability to work across multiple divisions and senior stakeholders
• Relevant professional cyber security certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, or equivalent, demonstrating senior‑level security leadership capability.
• Crisis response experience.- advantageous