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The candidate should also be capable of translating complex technical security findings into business risks and actionable recommendations for senior management and CISO-level stakeholders.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Team Leadership & Management\nLead and manage a team of 15+ security consultants across Infrastructure Security and Application Security engagements.\nPlan and allocate resources based on project requirements, skill sets, workload, and delivery timelines.\nProvide technical and professional guidance to security consultants.\nMentor team members and ensure adherence to defined security methodologies, quality standards, and industry best practices.\nMonitor team performance, utilization, productivity, and delivery commitments.\n2. Security Project Management\nManage end-to-end security projects, including planning, resource allocation, scheduling, execution, reporting, remediation tracking, retesting, and closure.\nCoordinate Infrastructure VA/PT, Web Application Penetration Testing, API Security Assessments, Mobile Application Penetration Testing, and other security assessment engagements.\nEnsure projects are delivered within defined scope, timelines, SLAs, assessment calendars, and quality standards.\nMonitor project deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, resource utilization, and escalations.\nManage project-level change requests and ensure appropriate stakeholder communication.\n3. Client & Stakeholder Management\nAct as the primary point of contact for clients, application owners, infrastructure teams, project stakeholders, senior management, and CISOs.\nConduct regular governance and review meetings with clients and internal stakeholders.\nProvide updates on project progress, security posture, critical vulnerabilities, remediation status, risks, and upcoming activities.\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with key client stakeholders.\nTranslate technical security findings into business-level risks and actionable recommendations for management.\n4. Vulnerability Management\nManage the complete vulnerability lifecycle from identification and risk prioritization through remediation, validation, retesting, and closure.\nTrack critical and high-risk vulnerabilities and drive timely remediation with relevant technical and business teams.\nReview and validate risk acceptance or deviation requests where vulnerabilities cannot be remediated due to technical, business, or operational constraints.\nMonitor vulnerability ageing, remediation trends, closure rates, and overall security posture.\n5. Quality & Security Assessment Review\nReview security assessment reports for technical accuracy, risk classification, completeness, and quality.\nEnsure findings are supported with appropriate evidence and actionable remediation recommendations.\nEnsure security assessments follow defined methodologies, standards, and internal quality guidelines.\nSupport continuous improvement of assessment methodologies, reporting standards, and delivery processes.\n6. Security Governance & Reporting\nMaintain vulnerability dashboards and management MIS covering:Open vulnerabilities\nCritical and high-risk findings\nVulnerability ageing\nRemediation status\nClosure trends\nProject performance\n\nPrepare and present monthly and quarterly security reports, management dashboards, KRIs, project status reports, and executive presentations.\nConduct periodic governance reviews with stakeholders to assess security posture, project progress, risks, and remediation performance.\n7. Risk, Issue & Escalation Management\nIdentify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.\nCoordinate with technical and business teams to ensure timely resolution of critical security issues.\nEscalate significant security risks and delivery concerns to senior management where required.\nEnsure appropriate communication and visibility of project risks throughout the engagement lifecycle.\n8. Continuous Improvement\nIdentify opportunities to improve security assessment processes, delivery methodologies, reporting, and client engagement.\nDrive initiatives to improve operational efficiency, assessment quality, and resource utilization.\nEncourage automation and standardization across security consulting activities.\nParticipate in post-engagement reviews and implement lessons learned across future projects.\nRequired Qualifications & Skills\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.\n8+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, Security Consulting, VAPT, Application Security, Infrastructure Security, or a related domain.\nProven experience managing and leading cybersecurity teams.\nExperience managing teams of 15+ security consultants is preferred.\nStrong hands-on understanding of:Infrastructure VA/PT\nWeb Application Penetration Testing\nAPI Security Assessment\nMobile Application Security 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