Cyber Strategy Manager

Public Sector Resourcing • London Britain Township, PA

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Home Office is seeking a Cyber Strategy Manager for a six-month, Inside IR35 specialist contractor assignment. The role provides delivery, analytical and coordination support to the Head of Cyber Strategy during the development of the Home Office Cyber Security Strategy, Cyber Resilience Strategy and future Cyber Practice Operating Model. The postholder will lead stakeholder engagement, support the development of strategy, governance and operating-model deliverables, and help maintain momentum across a cyber transformation programme. The role is remote within the UK, with occasional office travel required; it cannot be performed overseas. SC clearance is essential at minimum, and candidates must be willing and eligible to undergo checks. Candidates who already hold active clearance may be preferred.

The assignment involves working with technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather evidence, develop clear programme outputs and support effective governance and delivery. It falls within the scope of Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation; quoted rates are gross daily rates and are subject to applicable taxes and statutory costs.

Requirements

• Excellent stakeholder communication and influencing skills, including demonstrable experience bringing diverse stakeholders together through workshops and engagement, resolving competing perspectives and enabling progress towards shared goals.
• Experience of change, process improvement and organisational transformation programmes, including gathering and collating feedback and using it to reshape ways of working, roles, responsibilities and organisational designs.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver quality outcomes at pace through excellent coordination and prioritisation in complex environments, with minimal supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience producing high-quality presentations, briefings, dashboards and strategy artefacts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to review, analyse and summarise quantitative and qualitative information from multiple sources and produce concise, evidence-based recommendations.
• Cyber security knowledge and understanding demonstrated through a degree or professional experience in a cyber-related discipline, such as cyber strategy, cyber policy, cyber assurance, cyber risk management or cyber resilience.
• Must be willing and eligible to undergo SC clearance checks; the role requires at least SC clearance.
• Must be able to work within the UK; overseas working is not permitted.

Nice To Haves

• Holding active security clearance may be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with key stakeholders, facilitate engagements and workshops, and coordinate contributions from teams and stakeholders to support timely delivery of programme outputs.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement sessions, build consensus and achieve outcomes through influence across technical and non-technical groups.
• Draft, maintain and quality-assure strategy papers, evidence analysis reports, governance products, analytical summaries and progress dashboards.
• Produce operating-model artefacts and supporting materials, including process maps, RACI matrices, capability frameworks, stakeholder maps and governance models.
• Synthesise information from workshops, subject matter experts, existing reviews and programme activities into clear, structured and actionable outputs.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations and senior leadership packs for programme governance and decision-making.
• Gather and analyse evidence from existing policies, management information, risk assessments and reports to support strategy and operating-model development.
• Maintain programme documentation, action logs, trackers and version control to ensure consistency, accuracy and transparency across the workstream.
• Support governance and programme management activities to enable effective coordination and delivery.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed