Senior Director, Cybersecurity Advisory Services

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. Lead a distributed Cyber Consulting Services organization spanning Information Security Governance, Cybersecurity Architecture, and Offensive Security .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive leadership in cybersecurity consulting, with a focus on financial accountability, project economics, and client engagement. Capable of developing and managing multidisciplinary teams while ensuring high-quality delivery and strategic alignment with client needs.

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Cybersecurity Consulting LeadershipFinancial Accountability in Professional ServicesExperience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)Technical Enablement for Sales TeamsExecutive Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Cybersecurity GovernanceCybersecurity ArchitectureOffensive SecurityProject EconomicsWorkforce PlanningConsulting MethodologiesUtilization ManagementService Portfolio DevelopmentClient Engagement StrategiesSubcontractor Management

Soft Skills

Leadership DevelopmentCollaboration Across TeamsPerformance ManagementClient Relationship ManagementProblem-Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

CISSPCISMCISA

Industry Keywords

SOXAICPA SOC Reporting StandardsISO27001PCINISTHIPAACybersecurity Services MarketGeographically Distributed TeamsFixed-Fee Professional ServicesTechnical Sales Enablement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a distributed Cyber Consulting Services organization spanning Information Security Governance, Cybersecurity Architecture, and Offensive Security
Grow the business faster than the cybersecurity services market while maintaining gross profit, margin, utilization, delivery quality, and client outcome expectations
Own operating performance across revenue, gross profit/gross margin, utilization, backlog, capacity, project economics, forecasting, and engagement health
Build workforce plans balancing FTE capacity, skills, backlog, utilization, projected demand, and consulting economics
Increase internally delivered services revenue through FTE capability and selective subcontractor use
Own subcontractor and third-party delivery strategy, including partner selection, economics, quality, capacity, and performance
Lead, develop, and hold accountable managers and individual contributors across cybersecurity disciplines
Own succession planning, leadership development, performance management, hiring strategy, career development, and retention
Establish mechanisms for resource forecasting, engagement governance, project reviews, quality control, utilization management, and delivery escalations
Maintain executive oversight of major consulting engagements and intervene when delivery quality, project economics, client satisfaction, or contractual commitments are at risk
Create, evolve, and retire consulting services based on demand, performance, market changes, technical developments, and scalability
Define and improve consulting methodologies, delivery standards, costing models, level-of-effort models, and repeatable engagement structures
Challenge Principal-level consultants and practice leaders on technical direction, methodology, service relevance, delivery quality, and capability development
Partner with Client Success Management, Sales, and pre-sales teams on strategic engagements, capacity, client needs, and technical sales enablement
Develop technical enablement to help Sales and pre-sales identify, position, and qualify cybersecurity consulting opportunities
Engage CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and other executives during strategic engagements, escalations, briefings, and sponsorship activities
Build collaboration across governance, architecture, and offensive security teams to provide integrated consulting capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and/or military experience
Minimum of 12–15 years of cybersecurity experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibility
Significant leadership experience in cybersecurity consulting, advisory, professional services, or a comparable client-facing security organization
Experience leading managers and senior individual contributors in geographically distributed teams of more than 20 people
Experience leading multidisciplinary cybersecurity organizations spanning governance, security architecture, offensive security, or comparable consulting disciplines
Financial accountability for consulting or professional services organizations, including revenue, margin, utilization, capacity, and project economics
Experience with fixed-fee, T&M, retainer, or comparable professional services models
Ability to work effectively with Sales and pre-sales organizations while maintaining a vendor-neutral consulting approach
Functional understanding of SOX, AICPA SOC Reporting Standards, ISO27001, PCI, NIST, HIPAA, and related methodologies
Experience developing workforce plans balancing permanent employees, demand, utilization, specialized skills, and external delivery capacity
Experience managing subcontractors or third-party delivery resources
Experience working directly with senior client executives and serving as an escalation point or executive sponsor
Strong understanding of cybersecurity consulting across GRC, security architecture, offensive security, application security, and cloud security
Technical depth sufficient to challenge Principal Consultants on methodologies, technical approaches, service design, delivery quality, and emerging requirements
Ability to translate demand and backlog into hiring, development, subcontractor, and capacity decisions
Demonstrated ability to improve utilization and margin without compromising delivery quality
Experience building repeatable consulting services, including methodologies, scope, level-of-effort estimates, costing, staffing models, and delivery standards
Ability to determine when services should be expanded, redesigned, standardized, or retired
Ability to build collaborative teams across technical disciplines and develop managers
Executive communication skills for advising senior client stakeholders and managing difficult delivery or commercial conversations
Experience operating in a remote or geographically distributed delivery organization
Ability to travel up to 30% for client engagements and internal meetings
Preferred: AI Security consulting or enterprise AI security risk experience
Preferred: service portfolio development experience
Preferred: technical enablement development for Sales and pre-sales teams
Preferred: cybersecurity conference, client event, executive briefing, or external forum speaking experience
Preferred: CISSP, CISM, CISA, or comparable cybersecurity certification
Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, business, or related field
Preferred: military leadership or cybersecurity experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
Opportunity to work with AI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, next-generation infrastructure, and digital transformation
Opportunities to shape the future through Generative AI, resilient digital ecosystems, and data-driven transformation