Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
• Apply understanding of technology and cybersecurity products, licensing models, and emerging tech trends.
• Manage Technology contracts: Negotiate contracts with a focus on technology-specific clauses such as software licensing terms, cloud service level agreements (SLAs), data privacy, intellectual property rights, and cybersecurity compliance requirements.
• Supporting client-facing solutions: Collaborate closely with sales, product owners, and client service teams to source and deliver technology solutions that directly impact client offerings and service delivery.
• Supplier Risk Management: Assess and manage supplier risks related to cybersecurity threats, data breaches, and compliance with industry regulations, working closely with Legal Counsel, Data Protection and other stakeholders. • Enabling digital transformation: Support procurement activities that enable the company’s digital transformation efforts, such as cloud migration, SaaS adoption, and integration of advanced cybersecurity tools.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work directly with technical teams (GTS, DFIR, TAS, C&I, Internal Security) to understand technical requirements and ensure sourcing decisions meet operational and security standards.
• Participate in sourcing and contract management for projects that involve highly sensitive data or critical infrastructure, ensuring strict adherence to confidentiality, compliance, and risk mitigation protocols
• Innovation and Market Intelligence: Continuously monitor emerging technology vendors, startups and market challengers, contributing to innovation and competitive advantage for the cybersecurity business.
Functional and Technical Skills:
• Previous experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or
supply chain management, ideally in a shared services or
multinational environment.
• Strong understanding of technology procurement, including
software licensing, cloud services, IT infrastructure, and
cybersecurity products.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CIPS, ISM) advantageous but not
essential
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills.
• Familiarity with contract review, supplier onboarding, and basic
financial or commercial terms.
• Understanding of procurement compliance, supplier risk, and
ethical sourcing practices.
• Experience using eSourcing tools and ERP systems preferred,
but not essential.
• Experience in working a global matrix organisations, with
exposure to multi-jurisdictional procurement operations, cross
border contracting, and localisation of sourcing strategies.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, information security in supplier
onboarding and contract negotiation desirable but not essential.
• Prior exposure to global procurement operations or working
with international stakeholders is preferred.
Top Skills
What We Do
We assess, develop and manage cyber threats across our increasingly connected society. We advise global technology, manufacturers, financial institutions, critical national infrastructure providers, retailers and governments on the best way to keep businesses, software and personal data safe.
With our knowledge, experience and global footprint, we are best placed to help businesses identify, assess, mitigate & respond to the risks they face.
We are passionate about making the Internet safer and revolutionising the way in which organisations think about cyber security.
Headquartered in Manchester, UK, with over 35 offices across the world, NCC Group employs more than 2,000 people and is a trusted advisor to 15,000 clients worldwide
