Practice Manager - Attack and Penetration Testing

At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest-growing companies in a truly essential industry.
In your role at Optiv, you’ll be inspired by a team of the brightest business and technical minds in cybersecurity. We are passionate champions for our clients and know from experience that the best solutions for our clients’ needs come from working hard together. As part of our team, your voice matters, and you will do important work that has an impact, on people, businesses, and nations. Our industry and our company move fast, and you can be sure that you will always have room to learn and grow. We’re proud of our team and the important work we do to build confidence for a more connected world.
The Practice Manager is responsible for technical leadership and personnel management of a service delivery practice area within one of the consulting services divisions. The Practice Manager ensures that appropriate methodologies are in place, current and enforced for the execution of the services aligned under the practice division. The Practice Manager also provides delivery quality oversight from a technical and leadership perspective to include enforcement of the defined methodologies as well as preliminary deliverable review to ensure content is appropriate, comprehensive and addresses the requirements of the project.

Expectations:

• Delivery of engagements that encompass multiple disciplines, such as penetration testing and offensive security.
• Lead a geographically diverse team of consultants responsible for penetration testing, social engineering, physical security, and other offensive security related functions.
• Provide delivery quality oversight from a technical and leadership perspective to include enforcement of the defined methodologies as well as preliminary deliverable review to ensure content is appropriate, comprehensive and addresses the requirements of the project
• Partner with teams across the organization to help deliver on engagements where multiple specialties are required (e.g., Application Security, Vulnerability Remediation, Incident Response, etc.)
• Lead consultant team to success through strong mentorship, guidance, and development
• Maintain clear visibility of consultants’ workloads and utilization to support optimal resource allocation
• Contribute and drive thought leadership within area of expertise
• Drive to successful scoping and delivery of complex custom Services offerings
• Identify gaps in current delivery models and support leadership in resourcing, training, recruiting, and hiring to meet the needs of the business
• Work closely with the project management team to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with high quality of delivery
• Ensure consultants are receiving necessary training, skills development, and growth opportunities for continued career enhancement
• Maintain a billable utilization rate in alignment with Practice guidelines by providing consulting and oversight value to clients

Qualification:

• Experience managing professional services teams in a high growth company
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Practical experience in a penetration testing role with manual testing
• 5+ years of information security and/or professional services experience
• Understanding of enterprise network architecture and design
• Understanding of current cyber security trends, threats, and pressures experienced by customer security leaders
• Ability to work with diverse and dynamic teams
• Experience driving/overseeing projects of varying scope and size; complex initiatives from framing the problem, conducting research / analysis to building the business and operational plans through to driving execution to success is required
• Strong leadership and communication skills – written and verbal -- to work with clients at various levels, well-versed with business and technical discussions
• Integrated thinker with ability to apply intuition, experience, and judgement to the available data.   

If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.
With Optiv you can expect:
• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Affinity groups including, Black Employee Network, Disabled Employee Network, Latino Employee Network, Optiv Pride (LGBTQIA+), Veterans Support Network, and Women's Network.• Work/life balance. • Professional training resources• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.• The ability and technology necessary to productively work remote/from home (where applicable)
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