Cyber Security Lead

Overview

In this role you will own and drive the cyber security agenda for a multi-site, private equity-backed dental care business. You’ll align security work with the company’s growth and digitisation, protecting digital assets and ensuring regulatory and standards compliance. You’ll partner with leadership to shape risk-based decisions and enable safe adoption of AI and new technologies. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role in a supportive, collaborative team.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days’ holiday rising to 30 with service plus bank holidays
• Health and wellbeing benefits including virtual GP and EAP
• Discounts at cinemas, retail brands, restaurants and coffee chains
• Recognition schemes including Support Centre Heroes and service awards
• Free onsite parking and nearby train station

Responsibilities

• Own the security roadmap, strategy and budget across multiple sites
• Lead incident response and resilience, including root-cause analyses, reporting (ICO within 72 hours, NHS/DSPT where applicable) and tabletop exercises
• Provide guardrails for AI and emerging tech adoption with risk assessments and data classification
• Collaborate with DPO, information governance and clinical safety on data protection, DPIAs and digital clinical safety obligations
• Coordinate cyber insurance engagement and ensure ongoing risk reduction and compliance activities

Key requirements

• EDR/XDR experience (e.g., Aurora, Microsoft Defender)
• Microsoft cloud security (Azure, M365, Entra ID, Purview)
• Identity and access management
• Network architecture across a distributed multi-site estate
• 7+ years in IT or information security with senior/analyst experience

• Strategic thinking and commercial judgment
• Stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving under pressure
• EDR/XDR (Aurora, Microsoft Defender)
• Microsoft Azure security
• Microsoft 365 security

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