Lead Cyber Security Vulnerability Manager

Posting date:	26 September 2025
Salary:	£75,026 to £89,995 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	12 October 2025
Location:	NE98 1YX
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	428864/4

Summary

Can you turn complex cyber risks into clear, actionable strategies that keep services safe and resilient?

Digital Security require an experienced Lead Cyber Security Vulnerability Manager. This is a leadership role with responsibility to:

• Lead the development and implementation of the Departments vulnerability management strategy including people, process, and technology elements.
• Ensure organisation-specific vulnerability management policies, procedures and guidelines are aligned with organisational objectives and risk appetite.
• Drive prioritisation security vulnerabilities through a risk-based approach, to meet common organisational objectives such as security policy compliance, regulatory compliance, and industry best practice.
• Collaborate with other Security and Operational teams, Lead with the development of mitigation strategies in order reduce the Departments exposure to the risks presented by unaddressed security vulnerabilities.
• Lead a team of Vulnerability Analysts to manage capability and resource levels and develop their skills, knowledge, and capabilities.
• Use expert knowledge to lead and inform the investigation of cyber security vulnerabilities (risks), develop, and agree remediation and prioritisation actions within agreed KPIs, across multiple Digital functions to protect DWP systems.
• Contribute to the delivery of security awareness to meet the objectives set out in Government Cyber Security Strategy.

Please note this role requires you to pass Security Check clearance. For further information, please see 'Selection process details'.

• Lead with the development and implementation of the Departments vulnerability management strategy including people, process, and technology elements.
• Ensure organisation-specific vulnerability management policies, procedures and guidelines are aligned with organisational objectives and risk appetite.
• Drive prioritisation of those vulnerabilities through a risk-based approach, to meet common organisational objectives such as regulatory compliance and audit functions.
• In collaboration with other Security and Operational teams, Lead with the development of mitigation strategies in order reduce the Departments exposure to the risks presented by unaddressed security vulnerabilities.
• Lead a team of Vulnerability Analysts to manage capability and resource levels and develop their skills, knowledge, and capabilities.
• Use expert knowledge to lead and inform the investigation of cyber security vulnerabilities (risks), develop, and agree remediation and prioritisation actions within agreed KPIs, across multiple Digital functions to protect DWP systems.
• Contribute to the delivery of security awareness to meet the objectives set out in Government Cyber Security Strategy.
• Establish interfaces and working processes with other teams within Security and operational teams which have a shared responsibility to deliver a mature vulnerability management programme.

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