Director, Cybersecurity

THE·TEAM is seeking an experienced Director, Cybersecurity (EMEA) to provide hands-on cybersecurity leadership, people management, and operational security support across the region. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Cybersecurity, the role serves as an extension of global cybersecurity leadership during EMEA business hours.

• Serve as the day-to-day cybersecurity leader for EMEA and an extension of the Sr. Director of Cybersecurity.
• Manage, mentor, and develop UK/EMEA cybersecurity team members, establishing priorities, providing technical guidance, and supporting professional development and performance management.
• Represent Cybersecurity with regional Technology and business stakeholders, maintain visibility into regional risks, and escalate material issues to global cybersecurity leadership.
• Work hands-on with the team on security investigations, incidents, assessments, remediation, and technical initiatives, and serve as a primary internal cybersecurity escalation point during EMEA business hours.
• Partner with the 24×7 SOC/MDR on detection, investigation, containment, and incident response, coordinate regional response activities, and escalate significant events into the global incident-response process.
• Support security analysis across identity, endpoint, email, SaaS, cloud, and other enterprise technologies, and participate in incident-response exercises and post-incident reviews.
• Drive regional vulnerability prioritisation, remediation, and validation with Technology teams, and support vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, risk assessments, and remediation activities.
• Participate in security reviews of new technologies, SaaS platforms, cloud services, AI capabilities, and integrations, and help ensure regional technology implementations meet established global cybersecurity architecture and control requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve security controls, visibility, processes, and automation.
• Partner with EMEA Technology, Legal/Privacy, People, and business leadership on cybersecurity matters, support client security reviews, audits, third-party assessments, and regional security requirements, and assist with implementation and evidence collection for global policies, security frameworks
• And certification requirements.
• Maintain awareness of relevant UK and European cybersecurity and regulatory considerations in partnership with Legal and Privacy.

• Strong professional experience in cybersecurity/information security, including senior technical or leadership responsibilities.
• Experience managing, mentoring, or leading cybersecurity professionals.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise security operations and incident response.
• Experience working with SOC/MDR/MSSP providers.
• Practical knowledge of SIEM, EDR/XDR, identity security, vulnerability management, email security, and cloud security.
• Experience investigating identity, endpoint, email, SaaS, and cloud security events.
• Understanding of vulnerability management, penetration testing, risk assessment, and remediation practices.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls.

• Experience within a multinational or geographically distributed organisation is preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications are desirable but should not substitute for demonstrated experience.

THE·TEAM provides representation and marketing services to talent, brands and properties across 28 countries and more than 70 cities worldwide. Shaped by a belief in the unifying power of sports, music and entertainment, THE·TEAM leads with intelligence, ideas and influence.