Thrive
Thrive is a rapidly growing MSP/MSSP focusing on Cloud, Cybersecurity, Networking, Disaster Recovery, and Managed Services. Our corporate culture, engineering talent, customer-centric approach, and focus on “next-generation” services are differentiators in the technology service provider space.
Requirements:
Our European consulting practice seeks a dynamic, strategic leader to help further develop our services within this region. In this dynamic role, you will work with our regional sales team to help drive consulting services sales as a subject matter expert in cybersecurity, managed IT services, and more. You will manage a talented team of consultants and provide strategic guidance internally and to customers. A strong technical background and the ability to translate technical and business requirements are required.
Director of Consulting Services has these primary responsibilities:
- Manage the UK consulting team
- Help to drive sales of consulting offerings in the UK by collaborating with the Sales Team
- Assist with project scoping and pricing
- Provide strategic guidance to the UK Consulting Team
- Assist with the delivery of consulting services, including stakeholder interviews, internal roundtables, and customer presentations
- Serve as the primary liaison with IASME around Cyber Essentials Certifications.
- Develop consulting products for the UK and European markets.
- Be available to present at events as a SME, internally and for customers/prospects.
- Assist in developing and enhancing Thrive’s methodologies and approaches to consulting products
- Collaborate with Thrive’s global consulting team members regarding product development and strategic initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent accreditation in a related discipline (e.g. Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Information Technology)
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in strategic leadership of a technical team
- Ability to present to both technical and non-technical audiences at levels up to C-suite
- Existing CISSP or CISM certification, or willingness to achieve certification
- Knowledge of industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks, including the CIS 18 controls
- Operational and technology experience in MSP, MSSP, software/hi-tech, healthcare, and/or manufacturing & distribution organisations
- Ability to create customer-facing documents and presentations
- Candidates must be eligible to work permanently in the United Kingdom
- Ability to travel as required
Education:
BS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
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