Cybersecurity Senior Manager - Strategy & Advisory

About the role

West Monroe is hiring a Cybersecurity – Senior Manager to deliver full-lifecycle cyber projects across various industries. These projects may involve strategy and roadmap development, security controls reviews and remediation/hardening, risk advisory, compliance assessments, resiliency planning, application and cloud security, data protection, and identity management. Senior managers engage directly with clients to understand their IT and cyber organization and systems, identify cybersecurity weaknesses, make recommendations, and lead consultants in hardening the environment.

This role offers the opportunity to join a high-growth, employee-centric firm and lead the improvement of security posture across industries including Private Equity, Energy & Utilities, Consumer and Industrial Products, Healthcare, and Financial Services.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic cybersecurity consulting services for clients, ranging from strategy definition to solution implementation and adoption, including work in the private equity industry to address developing and executing strategic roadmaps in scenarios such as carve-outs, mergers, and acquisitions.
• Leverage industry-recognized frameworks to lead risk assessments and controls reviews, developing implementation strategies and roadmaps to guide solution delivery.
• Manage client relationships to determine project objectives and translate requirements into concrete proposals, including detailed work plans and cost estimates.
• Lead junior consultants on projects, delegate workstreams, and act as a career advisor/mentor.
• Promote thought leadership in emerging cybersecurity technologies and trends through writing blogs and white papers, attending industry events, and contributing to Centers of Excellence.
• Assist with business development at existing clients, identifying opportunities to cross-sell solutions.
• Actively build a professional and affiliate network.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
• Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field preferred or equivalent experience required.
• Consulting firm or industry experience preferred.
• 7-10+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
• Experience related to cybersecurity due diligence for M&A transactions and activities related to mergers, carve-outs, and new company standups.
• Adept at leading cyber risk assessments and controls reviews using NIST or similar frameworks.
• Well-versed in various compliance, privacy, and regulatory frameworks: SOC1/2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, CMMC, FedRAMP, GDPR, CCPA, etc.
• Broad knowledge of cybersecurity competencies such as security controls, incident response strategy, identity and access management, cloud security, application security, etc.
• Knowledge of leading solutions/product capabilities for security domains.
• Experience delivering end-to-end solutions: people management, strategy/roadmap, design, solution development, implementation, change management, etc.
• Competent verbal, presentation/facilitation, and written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements (up to 30-50% per year on average).
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Hybrid role: 1-2 days a week in office.
• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for employees and their families.
• Enrollment in the company’s 401k plan.
• Opportunity to purchase shares from the employee stock ownership program.
• Eligibility to receive annual bonuses.
• Unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Ten weeks of paid parental leave available upon hire date.

Pay

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role is as follows:

• Chicago: $193,500—$227,700 USD
• Los Angeles: $212,900—$250,500 USD
• New York: $222,500—$261,900 USD

Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

About West Monroe

West Monroe is a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for clients through real-world solutions. We combine business and technology expertise to deliver lasting outcomes. We rely on data to adapt and solve new challenges, focusing on the heart of the opportunity to achieve results faster and prepare people for what’s next.

At West Monroe, collaboration is a daily action. We work personally with clients, co-creating through challenges and turning vision into clear action with lasting impact.