Salary: £54-68K (plus double-match pension)
Permanent, Hybrid (2-3 days per week in office)
Help us create a better future, quicker
SP Energy Networks (SPEN) is undertaking an ambitious cyber security transformation programme focused on reducing risk, meeting NIS regulatory requirements and building a resilient, secure business. As part of this journey, we are looking for an experienced Incident Response Lead to join our growing cyber security function and play a key role in protecting the operational technology (OT) environments that support the delivery of safe and reliable electricity to customers.
What you’ll be doing
Reporting into a global cyber security team, you will lead the development and continuous improvement of SPEN's incident response capability. This is both a strategic and operational role, responsible for ensuring the organisation is prepared to respond to, manage and recover from cyber security incidents in a coordinated and effective manner.
You will oversee the governance of incident response processes, playbooks and frameworks, ensuring they remain aligned with regulatory expectations, evolving threats and industry best practice. Alongside providing technical leadership and mentoring to analysts, you will take ownership of major cyber incidents, coordinating cross-functional teams, guiding decision-making and ensuring clear communication throughout the incident lifecycle.
The role also involves driving post-incident reviews, embedding lessons learned and implementing improvements that enhance organisational resilience. You will design and lead a programme of incident response exercises, helping to test readiness, validate processes and strengthen collaboration across technical teams and senior leadership.
Working closely with stakeholders across operations, engineering, risk, legal, communications and executive leadership, you will build strong relationships that support an effective and business-focused approach to cyber security. You will also contribute to the wider cyber security strategy, identifying capability gaps, recommending improvements and helping shape the future direction of security operations across the business.
We're looking for an experienced cyber security professional with a strong background in incident response leadership, major incident management and stakeholder engagement. You'll have a deep understanding of recognised frameworks and methodologies such as MITRE ATT&CK, the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle, Kill Chain and Diamond Model, together with experience developing incident response processes, playbooks and governance frameworks within complex IT, OT or regulated environments.
What you’ll bring
You will bring excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and translate technical issues into practical business outcomes. Experience designing and delivering incident response exercises, mentoring teams and contributing to strategic cyber security initiatives will be highly valued.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a leading role in strengthening cyber resilience within one of the UK's critical infrastructure organisations, helping to protect essential services while shaping the future of incident response capability across SP Energy Networks.
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
36 days annual leave
Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
Payroll giving and charity matched funding
Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
Life Assurance (4x salary)
Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
