Resilience Threat Lead

Resilience Threat Lead

Location: Glasgow

Salary: £59-74K (plus up to 15% bonus, private healthcare & double-matched pension).
Permanent, Hybrid (2-3 days in office per week)
 

Help us create a better future, quicker

SP Energy Networks is seeking a Cyber & Operational Resilience Threat Lead to play a key role in protecting critical services and strengthening organisational resilience. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of cyber security, operational resilience and threat intelligence within a Critical National Infrastructure environment.

What you’ll be doing

As the Cyber & Operational Resilience Threat Lead, you will be responsible for identifying, assessing and communicating threats that could impact SP Energy Networks' people, operations, technology, facilities, suppliers and critical business services. You will help shape a threat-informed resilience approach, ensuring the organisation is prepared for a constantly evolving landscape that includes cyber, operational, geopolitical, environmental, physical and supply chain risks.

 

Working closely with Cyber Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Operational Technology, Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity teams, you will turn complex threat information into practical actions that strengthen resilience across the business. You will support informed decision-making, guide investment priorities and help ensure SPEN remains prepared to respond to emerging challenges.

 

This role will lead resilience threat assessments, horizon scanning activities and vulnerability reviews, providing valuable insight into current and future risks. You will contribute to resilience planning, crisis simulations, cyber exercises and recovery testing, helping the organisation understand potential impacts and improve its readiness. You will also produce threat-informed reports and briefings for senior leaders and support regulatory and assurance activities, including CAF, NIS and Operational Resilience assessments.

What you’ll bring

We're looking for a proactive and analytical professional with experience in Cyber Security, Threat Intelligence, Operational Resilience, Risk Management or a related field. You will have a strong understanding of cyber threats, threat actors, resilience risks and emerging threat trends. Experience working within Critical National Infrastructure or other highly regulated environments is highly desirable.

 

You should be comfortable analysing both technical and non-technical information and translating findings into clear, actionable recommendations. Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and reporting skills are essential, as you will work across a wide range of business, technology and operational teams while building relationships with industry, regulatory and government partners.

 

Knowledge of Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Information Technology (IT), NIS Regulations and the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) will be important. Experience within the energy, utilities or wider Critical National Infrastructure sector would be advantageous, as would professional qualifications in cyber security, resilience, risk management or threat intelligence.

 

This is an exciting opportunity to influence resilience strategy, drive meaningful improvements and help safeguard the services that millions of customers rely on every day. If you are passionate about understanding emerging threats and strengthening organisational resilience, we would love to hear from you.

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.

Mobility

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.

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September-15-2026