Job Description
Head – Cyber Security Practice (Consulting & Delivery)
Total Experience: 15+
Job Location: Bangalore
Role Purpose
The Head of Cyber Security Practice is responsible for building, scaling, and leading the organization’s external cyber security consulting and delivery business. This role owns client advisory, service portfolio, delivery excellence, talent development, and commercial outcomes for the cyber security practice.
Key Responsibilities
Practice & Business Leadership
Build and grow a profitable cyber security consulting and delivery practice
Define service offerings, value propositions, and go-to-market strategy
Partner with sales and leadership teams to support deal shaping, pre-sales, and large pursuits
Own practice P&L, margins, utilization, and growth targets
Client Advisory & Engagement
Act as a trusted advisor to CXOs, CISOs, and senior business leaders
Lead strategic client conversations on cyber risk, transformation, and resilience
Provide executive oversight for complex, multi-year cyber programs
Delivery & Quality
Ensure high-quality delivery across consulting, transformation, and managed services engagements
Establish delivery frameworks, playbooks, and reusable assets
Oversee risk management, governance, and escalation for client programs
Capability & Talent Development
Build and mentor senior cyber leaders, architects, and delivery managers
Define skill requirements, career paths, and certification strategies
Drive consistency, scalability, and maturity across global delivery teams
Market & Thought Leadership
Track evolving threats, regulations, and technology trends
Contribute to whitepapers, client POVs, and industry positioning
Represent the organization in client forums and industry engagements
Core Skills & Experience
Functional Skills
Strong client advisory and executive communication skills
Proven experience in building and scaling consulting practices
Program leadership across large, complex cyber engagements
Commercial acumen including estimation, pricing, and margin management
Talent leadership and practice capability building
Technical Expertise
Enterprise security architecture (cloud, hybrid, identity, Zero Trust)
Risk management, governance, and regulatory frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOC2, etc.)
Identity and Access Management
SOC, detection engineering, and incident response models
Cloud security, application security, data security
Awareness of emerging areas such as AI security
Experience & Background
15+ years in cyber security, with significant experience in consulting or services organizations
Demonstrated leadership of external client-facing cyber programs
Wide technical knowledge in Cyber Security domains, and technical expertise in selected areas
Experience engaging with global clients and senior stakeholders
Prior Practice/ Consulting/ Client facing role experience is a must
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
Total Experience: 15+
Job Location: Bangalore
Role Purpose
The Head of Cyber Security Practice is responsible for building, scaling, and leading the organization’s external cyber security consulting and delivery business. This role owns client advisory, service portfolio, delivery excellence, talent development, and commercial outcomes for the cyber security practice.
Key Responsibilities
Practice & Business Leadership
Build and grow a profitable cyber security consulting and delivery practice
Define service offerings, value propositions, and go-to-market strategy
Partner with sales and leadership teams to support deal shaping, pre-sales, and large pursuits
Own practice P&L, margins, utilization, and growth targets
Client Advisory & Engagement
Act as a trusted advisor to CXOs, CISOs, and senior business leaders
Lead strategic client conversations on cyber risk, transformation, and resilience
Provide executive oversight for complex, multi-year cyber programs
Delivery & Quality
Ensure high-quality delivery across consulting, transformation, and managed services engagements
Establish delivery frameworks, playbooks, and reusable assets
Oversee risk management, governance, and escalation for client programs
Capability & Talent Development
Build and mentor senior cyber leaders, architects, and delivery managers
Define skill requirements, career paths, and certification strategies
Drive consistency, scalability, and maturity across global delivery teams
Market & Thought Leadership
Track evolving threats, regulations, and technology trends
Contribute to whitepapers, client POVs, and industry positioning
Represent the organization in client forums and industry engagements
Core Skills & Experience
Functional Skills
Strong client advisory and executive communication skills
Proven experience in building and scaling consulting practices
Program leadership across large, complex cyber engagements
Commercial acumen including estimation, pricing, and margin management
Talent leadership and practice capability building
Technical Expertise
Enterprise security architecture (cloud, hybrid, identity, Zero Trust)
Risk management, governance, and regulatory frameworks (ISO, NIST, SOC2, etc.)
Identity and Access Management
SOC, detection engineering, and incident response models
Cloud security, application security, data security
Awareness of emerging areas such as AI security
Experience & Background
15+ years in cyber security, with significant experience in consulting or services organizations
Demonstrated leadership of external client-facing cyber programs
Wide technical knowledge in Cyber Security domains, and technical expertise in selected areas
Experience engaging with global clients and senior stakeholders
Prior Practice/ Consulting/ Client facing role experience is a must
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
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