Assistant Vice President - Cyber Security Practice Lead - IT Services

Role Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced and strategic Cyber Security leader to drive and scale the Cyber Security Practice for a growing IT Services organization. The role will be responsible for building cybersecurity capabilities, driving consulting and managed security services, supporting pre-sales and solutioning, managing enterprise client relationships, and leading large-scale security transformation engagements.

The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership capabilities across Cyber Security consulting, SOC/SIEM, Cloud Security, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Vulnerability Management, and Managed Security Services.

Key Responsibilities:

Practice Leadership

• Build, grow, and lead the Cyber Security Practice across consulting, implementation, and managed services.
• Define cybersecurity service offerings, GTM strategy, delivery frameworks, and capability roadmap.
• Drive practice P&L, revenue growth, utilization, margins, and customer success.
• Create reusable accelerators, security frameworks, and solution offerings.

Business Development & Pre-sales and P&L Owner

• Partner with sales and leadership teams to drive cybersecurity business growth.
• Lead client discussions, solution presentations, RFP/RFI responses, and proposal creation.
• Engage with CXOs, CISOs, and enterprise stakeholders to understand security transformation requirements.
• Own end-to-end presales activities including estimation, solution architecture, and bid strategy.

Delivery & Operations

• Oversee delivery of Cyber Security projects and managed services engagements.
• Ensure delivery excellence across SOC, SIEM, IAM, Endpoint Security, Cloud Security, VAPT, and GRC programs.
• Govern SLAs, KPIs, compliance standards, risk management, and operational efficiency.
• Lead escalation management and ensure high customer satisfaction.

Team & Capability Building

• Build and mentor high-performing cybersecurity teams across consulting and delivery functions.
• Hire, train, and develop cybersecurity talent aligned with business growth.
• Drive competency development, certifications, and knowledge management initiatives.

Technology & Innovation

• Stay updated with evolving cyber threats, regulatory changes, and emerging technologies.
• Drive strategic partnerships with cybersecurity OEMs and platform providers.
• Lead innovation initiatives around AI-driven security, Zero Trust, Cloud Security, and Security Automation.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 16+ years of overall experience in Cyber Security with strong exposure to enterprise security environments.
• Proven experience in leading Cyber Security Practices or large security delivery organizations.

Strong expertise across:

• SOC / SIEM
• Cloud Security
• IAM / PAM
• Network & Endpoint Security

• Vulnerability Management
• GRC & Compliance
• Security Operations
• Incident Response
• Security Architecture
• Strong understanding of security tools and platforms such as Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Zscaler, CyberArk, SailPoint, etc.
• Experience managing large enterprise customers and global delivery teams.
• Strong presales, solutioning, stakeholder management, and consulting capabilities.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, CCSP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer preferred.
• Experience working with global customers across BFSI, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Telecom, or Retail domains.
• Exposure to managed security services and shared services environments will be an advantage.