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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Director, Cyber Strategy and Transformation - **Company:** Deloitte - **Location:** Bristol, United Kingdom - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security - **Published:** October 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=54d724c99362e389 ## About the Role * Core cyber experience: Significant experience in at least one of our three core areas, with the breadth and credibility to operate across adjacent cyber, technology, risk and business challenges. * Strategic judgement: Demonstrated ability to navigate complex and ambiguous issues, synthesise technical, regulatory, risk and commercial considerations, and provide clear advice to senior executives. * Transformation leadership: Experience shaping and overseeing significant cyber or technology transformation, translating strategic ambition into prioritised programmes, investment choices and measurable outcomes. * Frameworks and regulation: Strong understanding of the cyber security frameworks, standards and regulatory environment relevant to your clients, and the ability to interpret their implications in a wider business context. * Enterprise perspective: Strong understanding of how cyber interacts with technology, enterprise risk, regulation, operations and business strategy, with the judgement to bring together specialist expertise to address complex client needs., * Professional services: Senior experience within consulting or professional services, including responsibility for client relationships, commercial performance and business development. * Complex transformation: Experience sponsoring, shaping or leading major cyber, technology or enterprise transformation programmes. * External network and profile: A strong external network across clients, industry, technology partners, regulators or the wider cyber ecosystem, supported by experience contributing to industry forums, publications, events or other thought leadership. * Proposition development: Experience taking new services or propositions from an emerging market need through to a differentiated offering and commercial growth. * Professional qualifications: Relevant professional cyber security, technology or risk qualifications where applicable to your background. * Technology and AI: Experience identifying how AI and emerging technologies can transform client organisations, cyber capabilities and the delivery of professional services. We value breadth of experience and different perspectives. If you are an established leader with strong cyber judgement, senior client credibility and the ambition to help shape and grow a market-leading Cyber Strategy & Transformation business, we encourage you to apply. ## Description Our Cyber Strategy & Transformation team works with senior leaders on complex, enterprise-level cyber challenges spanning three connected areas: Cyber strategy and risk Helping organisations understand the cyber risks that matter most, make informed choices about where to focus and invest, and define practical strategies aligned to business priorities and risk appetite: * Assess cyber risk, capability and maturity to identify priority areas for action. * Develop enterprise cyber strategies, investment priorities and risk-based roadmaps. * Support executives and boards to understand cyber risk and make clear, evidence-based decisions. * Interpret relevant regulation, standards and emerging threats in the context of an organisation's strategy and operating environment. Cyber transformation and delivery Turning cyber strategy into measurable change by shaping, mobilising and delivering transformation programmes that strengthen capabilities, improve resilience and embed cyber into wider business and technology change. * Translate strategy and assessment findings into prioritised transformation programmes and delivery plans. * Shape programme scope, outcomes, governance, dependencies and investment cases. * Lead or support complex cyber transformation programmes across multiple capabilities and stakeholder groups. * Help clients track outcomes, manage delivery risk and sustain improvements beyond the programme. Cyber governance and operating models Helping organisations establish clear accountability and effective ways to govern, manage and oversee cyber risk across the enterprise. * Design or evolve cyber governance, decision rights, roles and accountabilities. * Develop cyber operating models that connect security teams with technology, risk and the wider business. * Define proportionate policies, oversight mechanisms, metrics and reporting that support effective decision-making. * Help embed cyber risk management into business-as-usual processes and wider enterprise governance., At Associate Director level, you will typically lead significant client relationships, major engagements and strategic growth initiatives within priority accounts. You will play an active role in developing our people, propositions and market presence, while building your own external network and profile. At Director level, you will additionally be expected to demonstrate sustained opportunity origination, market leadership and a significant contribution to the growth and strategic direction of the practice. You will take broader ownership for priority client relationships, markets or propositions, build a distinctive external profile and help shape where and how we invest and grow. * Build trusted executive relationships: Develop trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, CROs, Boards and ExCo stakeholders, becoming a recognised adviser on complex cyber, technology and business challenges. At Director level, you will increasingly own and grow strategic relationships across priority clients and the wider market. * Shape complex client agendas: Frame ambiguous problems, challenge established thinking and help senior decision-makers navigate the strategic, commercial, technology and risk choices required to achieve their objectives. * Lead major engagements and transformations: Provide senior leadership and oversight across complex, multidisciplinary engagements and transformation programmes, maintaining quality, managing risk and ensuring our work delivers meaningful and sustainable client outcomes. * Bring together Deloitte's capabilities: Mobilise expertise from across cyber, technology, transformation, risk and industry teams to address clients' most important challenges and create differentiated, enterprise-wide solutions. * Originate and grow opportunities: Identify emerging client needs, create demand and lead significant pursuits and commercial conversations. At Associate Director level, you will increasingly originate opportunities and drive growth within priority relationships; at Director level, you will be expected to demonstrate sustained origination and growth of material business. * Build our market position and external profile: Develop propositions, points of view and go-to-market activity around emerging client priorities, while building strong external networks across clients, industry, technology partners and the wider cyber ecosystem. At Director level, you will be expected to establish a visible market profile and actively strengthen Deloitte's position in priority areas. * Lead and develop our people: Build and inspire high-performing teams, coach and sponsor future leaders, create opportunities for others to grow, and help shape the skills and capabilities we need for the future. At Director level, you will play a broader leadership role in developing our talent, culture and leadership pipeline. * Champion innovation: Use technology, data and AI to challenge how we solve client problems and deliver consulting services, creating new sources of value and improving the effectiveness and scalability of our business. You will have the opportunity to influence some of the most significant cyber agendas in the market, advise senior executives and boards, shape major transformation programmes and build a distinctive external profile. You will also have a meaningful voice in the future of our Cyber Strategy & Transformation business - helping determine where we invest, how we differentiate and how we grow. Connect to your skills and professional experience We are looking for established cyber leaders who combine strong cyber and business judgement with the ability to lead senior client relationships, create opportunities and mobilise Deloitte's capabilities around complex client problems. You may have developed your career in consulting, industry, government or another complex organisation; what matters is the depth of your experience, the perspective you bring and your ability to create impact with senior clients. For Associate Director, we are looking for evidence that you can lead significant client relationships and engagements, develop high-performing teams and create growth within priority accounts. For Director, we will additionally look for a sustained track record of originating significant opportunities, building senior market relationships, developing a recognised external profile and contributing to the strategic and commercial leadership of a business., * Executive relationships: Build trusted relationships with Board, ExCo and other senior stakeholders, influencing decisions, constructively challenging thinking and establishing credibility as a strategic adviser. At Director level, demonstrate the ability to sustain and grow strategic relationships across multiple senior stakeholders and organisations. * Commercial leadership: Identify client needs, shape opportunities and lead significant pursuits and commercial conversations. Associate Directors will demonstrate increasing origination and account growth; Directors will bring a sustained track record of originating, converting and growing material business. * People leadership: Build, inspire and develop diverse, high-performing teams; coach and sponsor others; create opportunities for people to grow; and contribute to building the next generation of leaders. Directors will additionally play a broader role in shaping talent strategy, capability development and the leadership pipeline. * Industry and market insight: Understand the strategic, commercial, regulatory and technology forces affecting clients and use that perspective to anticipate emerging needs and shape new opportunities. * Engagement leadership: Provide senior oversight of complex engagements and programmes, taking accountability for client outcomes, commercial performance, quality and risk. * Market and practice leadership: Contribute to the development of propositions, thought leadership and go-to-market activity and build strong external networks. At Director level, demonstrate a visible external profile and help set the strategic direction and investment priorities of the practice. * Executive communication: Communicate complex issues with clarity, authority and impact, creating compelling narratives and recommendations for Board and executive audiences. * Collaboration: Navigate a large, multidisciplinary organisation effectively, building strong internal networks and connecting capabilities from across Deloitte to create greater value for clients and the firm.