Manager, Cybersecurity

Based in Detroit, MI, this onsite cybersecurity leadership role blends strategic advisory with hands-on delivery. The opportunity offers a USD 190,000 annual salary, requires a bachelor's degree and at least six years of practical cybersecurity experience, and invites you to collaborate across disciplines with global teams to elevate clients' security postures.

Benefits

• Cross-disciplinary impact with opportunities to work across BCG and across disciplines, combining strategic thinking with practical application.
• Collaborate with a team of passionate problem-solvers focused on delivering innovative digital solutions in a supportive environment.
• Health coverage with zero premiums for employees, spouses, and children.
• Prescription and urgent care copays, along with dental coverage that includes orthodontia benefits up to $5,000.
• Vision coverage for glasses and contact lenses, plus reimbursement for gym memberships and fitness activities.
• Fully vested annual retirement contributions, regardless of contribution level.
• Generous paid time off, holidays, and an annual office closure between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Paid parental leave and family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
• Employee, spouse, and child coverage at no cost, with shared costs for domestic partner coverage.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity expertise to drive innovative, client-focused solutions as a technical lead.
• Apply cutting-edge cybersecurity approaches to tailor customized strategies for each client engagement.
• Act as a change agent to align and onboard teams, implementing new processes and tools across organizations.
• Collaborate across cross-functional stakeholders and existing security teams to achieve aligned security outcomes.

Requirements

• 6+ years of practical experience in cybersecurity consulting or cybersecurity management (leading teams of five or more), across diverse sectors and contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information systems, mathematics, natural sciences, business management, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with, or extensive knowledge of, multiple areas, including but not limited to:
  • Developing cybersecurity strategies or policies
  • Quantifying and managing cybersecurity risk
  • Leading security assessments
  • Designing, transforming, implementing, and running cybersecurity programs
  • Developing security architectures
  • Integrating security into applications and systems
  • Implementing cloud security
  • Managing cybersecurity risk arising from third parties and the supply chain
  • Designing and implementing identity and access management
  • Developing and upskilling a cybersecurity workforce
  • Delivering cybersecurity culture change, awareness, and training
  • Performing continuous monitoring with SIEM, APT hunting, and UBA
  • Designing and implementing vulnerability management and conducting vulnerability assessments
  • Penetration testing, incident management, BCP, and DRP
  • Broad knowledge of cybersecurity technologies across the organizational and acquisition lifecycle
  • Working knowledge of at least two frameworks: NIST CSF, C2M2, NIST SP 800-53 and ISO/IEC 27000 family, Cloud Security Alliance CCM
• Team-oriented attitude with strong communication and presentation skills
• Outstanding analytical and conceptual abilities with a results-oriented mindset
• Confidence and persuasiveness in stakeholder interactions
• GenAI tool fluency and ability to validate responses (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude)
• Business-fluent written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel globally to work with clients and BCG teams as project needs require

Technologies

• ChatGPT, Claude
• SIEM tools
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• C2M2
• NIST SP 800-53
• ISO/IEC 27000 family
• Cloud Security Alliance CCM

Locations

• Atlanta
• Austin
• Boston
• Brooklyn
• Chicago
• Denver
• Detroit
• Durham
• Houston
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Nashville
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Summit
• Washington

About BCG Platinion

BCG Platinion operates worldwide, with offices across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. We aim for digital excellence by delivering durable solutions to complex, time-sensitive challenges. We guide clients toward transformative outcomes by pushing the status quo, overcoming technical barriers, and enabling deeper digital journeys. At BCG Platinion, value comes from the thoughtful application of technology to business problems.