SOC Manager

Job Description

Role: SOC Manager

Location: London

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Manager

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and the candidate being granted a level of security clearance which typically requires 10 years continuous UK address history, usually including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK, and a declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Note: The above information relates to a specific client requirement

Role Description:

The SOC Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the SOC. This includes ensuring the SOC meets service-level objectives, maintaining compliance, coordinating with external stakeholders and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee daily SOC operations, ensuring effective monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

• Define SOC KPIs, metrics, and reporting frameworks for operational performance and risk visibility.

• Manage staffing, scheduling, training, and career development for SOC personnel.

• Ensure alignment of SOC activities with organizational security policies and regulatory obligations.

• Coordinate with the Incident Response, Threat Intelligence, and IT Operations teams for cross-functional collaboration.

• Oversee onboarding of new tooling, integrations, and process automations.

• Lead SOC maturity assessments and drive improvement roadmap initiatives.

• Represent SOC during internal and external audits and executive reporting sessions.

• Maintain readiness for major incident management and crisis communication.

Role Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, or related field.

• Experience: 8–12 years in cybersecurity with 3+ years leading a SOC or Incident Response function.

• Certifications (preferred): CISSP, CISM, GIAC GSOM, or ISO 27001 Lead Implementer.

• Skills: Strong leadership, program management, risk awareness, and communication skills. Proven ability to manage technical teams in high-pressure environments.

Please Note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS, SC and DV security clearance which requires 10 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) and declaration of being a British passport holder with no dual nationalism at the point of application.

Closing Date for Applications: 01/06/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. #LI-EU

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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