Overview

eir business talent is seeking an experienced Senior Information Security Manager to provide cybersecurity leadership, governance, risk management and operational oversight for a public sector organisation, ensuring a robust and auditable security posture. This is an initial 6-month contract role operating on a hybrid working model (2 days onsite / 3 days remote) in Dublin 4.

Key Responsibilities

  • Act as the organisation’s lead cybersecurity professional, providing ownership and direction for cyber risk management.
  • Establish and maintain a practical cybersecurity governance framework aligned to organisational requirements.
  • Develop and manage cybersecurity roadmaps, policies, standards and procedures.
  • Own and maintain IT and cybersecurity risk registers, including risk assessment and treatment tracking.
  • Conduct security risk assessments across systems, applications and third-party services.
  • Support compliance, audit and regulatory initiatives including GDPR and NIS2 readiness activities.
  • Lead third-party security risk management, including supplier onboarding, due diligence and ongoing vendor monitoring.
  • Manage and operate vendor risk assessment platforms such as UpGuard or equivalent solutions.
  • Oversee MSSP and security service providers, reviewing incidents, alerts, vulnerability reports and remediation activities.
  • Develop and maintain incident response plans and coordinate responses to cybersecurity incidents.
  • Facilitate incident response tabletop exercises and post-incident review activities.
  • Provide security guidance and assurance for projects, architecture reviews and new technology implementations.
  • Produce executive-level reporting on cyber risk, security posture, incidents and remediation progress.
  • Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, suppliers, legal, compliance and governance functions.

Requirements

  • Experience: Minimum 7 years’ professional experience in Cybersecurity Management and Strategy, including leadership of complex security programmes, service management and vendor management functions.
  • Cybersecurity Governance & Risk: Proven experience establishing and operating cybersecurity governance frameworks, maintaining risk registers, supporting audits and compliance initiatives, and developing practical security policies and standards.
  • Third-Party Risk Management: Demonstrable experience conducting vendor security assessments, supplier due diligence, ongoing risk monitoring and remediation tracking. Experience with UpGuard or similar third-party risk platforms is advantageous.
  • Security Operations & Incident Management: Experience overseeing MSSP/SOC providers, managing security incidents, reviewing vulnerability assessments and leading incident response activities.
  • Supplier & Vendor Management: Experience managing third-party IT and security providers, driving performance, handling escalations and coordinating multiple suppliers within a shared responsibility model.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Strong communication skills with experience engaging senior leadership, technical teams and business stakeholders, translating cybersecurity risks into actionable business decisions.
  • Qualifications: Recognised cybersecurity certification such as CISSP, CISM or equivalent.

Ref: EET8114

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.
  
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