Cyber Capability Centre Delivery Lead

Location: Remote with occasional onsite visits and quarterly team sessions (Preston or local site)
Term: 6 months initially
Rate: £45.46 per hour umbrella, circa £336.40 per day, inside IR35

Please note successful candidate must go through a BPSS check and be able to obtain government security clearance

The Cyber Capability Centre Delivery Lead plays a key role in delivering new cyber capabilities, system upgrades, and improvements across enterprise-managed systems and services. Reporting to the Cyber Capability Centre Delivery Manager, you will oversee the full delivery lifecycle—planning, governance, execution, and closure—ensuring that cyber initiatives are delivered effectively, efficiently, and in alignment with business and security objectives.

You’ll coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams, manage third-party partners, and work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure that new cyber capabilities strengthen enterprise resilience and align with strategic priorities.

• Lead and manage the delivery of small to medium-sized cyber security change projects with high business impact.

• Translate business and cyber security requirements into actionable delivery plans, milestones, and resource schedules.

• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across Cyber, IT, and Business functions, ensuring collaboration and accountability.

• Apply governance, assurance, and delivery frameworks to manage cost, schedule, quality, and risk.

• Manage and forecast delivery budgets, taking corrective action on overspends or variances.

• Identify and communicate project risks, issues, dependencies, and opportunities.

• Engage with suppliers, vendors, and partners to ensure efficient and compliant delivery.

• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in delivery practices.

• Support the Capability Centre Manager in developing team capability, mentoring staff, and fostering a culture of improvement.

• Ensure that all delivery activities align with cyber strategy, governance, and compliance standards.

• Proven experience delivering IT or cyber security projects or capability enhancements in complex environments.

• Strong understanding of cyber security principles, controls, and frameworks (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001, CIS).

• Experience working with DevOps tools and practices (e.g. JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps).

• Familiarity with enterprise security domains such as identity management, cloud security, network defence, vulnerability management, or security operations.

• Demonstrated ability to work within structured governance and change control frameworks.

• Experience managing third-party suppliers and delivery partners.

• Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies:

  • PRINCE2, APM PMQ, Agile/Scrum, or Hybrid delivery models.

  • Understanding of ITIL and service management principles.

  • Experience applying Change Management and Lean Six Sigma techniques is beneficial.

• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.

• Highly organized, adaptable, and able to manage multiple concurrent deliverables.

• Skilled at influencing stakeholders across technical and non-technical domains.

• Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes in complex, cross-functional environments.

• Committed to continuous improvement and professional development.

• “Can-do” attitude with strong ownership and accountability.

• Degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Engineering, or a related field.

• Formal project management training: PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, or Agile Project Management.

• Additional certifications desirable: ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, Change Management, CISSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+.

Please note applications are likely to close soon so please act quickly if you would like to be considered.