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The Incident Response Senior Manager will work with the IR management team, IR team leads, incident responders, and incident readiness consultants within the Sophos Advisory Services practice to oversee all consulting matters. Deliverables may be proactive (e.g. capability building or threat hunting) or reactive incident/breach response. Mentoring team members on service delivery excellence and consulting skills, as well as working directly with customers to resolve any blockers/issues, is a key component of the role. The candidate will be expected to work on engagements with a minimum requirement of 15% billable work.\nThe successful candidate will have experience in developing, managing, and operating incident response capabilities, conducting training, exercises, and workshops, and will be familiar with tactics, techniques, and procedures commonly employed by and used to thwart threat actors. Familiarity with the drivers and constraints that organizations are working with and against while trying to secure their infrastructure and data is a necessity. On call (primary / support) is required.\nWhat You Will Do\nIRコンサルタントのチームを統括し、複数の顧客やチームにまたがるプロジェクト業務を調整する。\n\n採用、研修、従業員のパフォーマンス管理、能力開発など、人材管理のあらゆる側面を担当する。\n\nIRコンサルティング案件の成功および全体的な遂行責任を負う。\n\n調査、範囲特定、封じ込め、是正措置の各段階において顧客を指導し、顧客のサイバーセキュリティインシデントへの対応を直接主導・管理する。\n\nソフォスの顧客がサイバーセキュリティインシデントに備えるためのインシデント対応準備活動を主導・管理する。\n\n経営陣、リソースコーディネーター、プロジェクトマネージャー、営業、セールスエンジニアリング、製品、マーケティング、オペレーション、その他のデリバリー部門を含む、社内の他のステークホルダーと緊密に連携する。\n\nデリバリーガバナンス、方法論、ベストプラクティス、手順、およびその他のプラクティスイニシアチブを監督、確立、改善する。\n\n顧客満足度に関する課題や戦略的プロジェクトについて、エスカレーションおよび解決の窓口となる。\n\nチーム内のスキルギャップを把握し、その解消に向けたアクションプランを作成する。\n\n主要業績評価指標（KPI：稼働率、コンサルティング事業の成長、案件管理）を追跡し、安定した案件量と適切な人員配置を確保する。\n\n顧客の経営陣に対し、高品質な書面および口頭による報告、プレゼンテーション、提言、調査結果を提供する。\n\nブログ記事や講演活動などを通じて、業界における思想的リーダーシップを発揮する。\n\n経営陣会議、部門横断会議、営業会議などに定期的に参加する。例えば、四半期業績レビュー（QBR）、経営陣向けブリーフィング、業績報告やスコープ策定のための会議など。サイバーインシデント対応分野における専門知識を持つ専門家として貢献する。\n\nシニアリーダーやグローバルプラクティスリーダーとデリバリーコンサルタントとの間の、技術面および管理面における連絡役を務める。\n\nプリセールスの機会を特定し、割り当てられた他のプリセールス案件を支援する。（顧客と連携し、CISOオフィス、CSIRT、IT部門への対応方法について助言を行う）\n\n専門団体、業界誌、ネットワーキング、関連トレーニングやセミナーを通じて、最新の業界動向、公開情報、新技術に関する情報を常に把握する。\n\nインシデント対応に関して、顧客、同僚、上司、および経営陣と効果的にコミュニケーションをとる。\n\nインシデント対応チームのリーダーやコンサルタントを指導・育成する。\n\nManage teams of IR consultants to coordinate engagement work across multiple customers and teams. \nResponsible for all aspects of people management, including recruiting, training, employee performance management and development. \nResponsible for the success and the overall delivery of IR consulting engagements. \nDirectly lead and manage customer cyber security incidents by guiding customers through investigation, scoping, containment, and remediation. \nLead and manage incident readiness engagements that help prepare Sophos customers for a cyber security incident. \nWork closely with other internal stakeholders, including leadership, the Resource Coordinators, Project Managers, Sales, Sales Engineering, Product, Marketing, Operations, other delivery practices. \nOversee, establish, and improve delivery governance, methodologies, best practices, procedures, and other practice initiatives. \nAct as a point of escalation and resolution for customer satisfaction issues and strategic projects. \nUnderstand skill gap on teams and create action plans to improve these gaps. \nTrack Key Performance Indicators KPI (utilization rates, consulting growth, engagement management) to ensure a steady case load and proper staffing. \nProduce high-quality written and verbal reports, presentations, recommendations, and findings to customer management. \nDemonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts and other public speaking events. \nParticipate in leadership, cross-functional and sales meetings on a regular basis. For example, QBR’s, Executive Briefings, business performance and scoping calls. Serve as subject matter expert in a cyber incident response area. \nServe as a technical/managerial liaison between the senior/global practice leadership and the delivery consultants. \nIdentify pre-sales opportunities and assist with other pre-sales opportunities assigned to you. \nStay abreast of current industry trends, public disclosures and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars. \nEffectively communicate with clients, peers, leadership, and executives on the topic of incident response. \nMentor incident response team leads and consultants. \nWhat You Will 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