Cyber Defense Manager

Your role as a Cyber Defense Manager at KPMG 

As a Manager, you bring together the right people and expertise to make Cyber Defense assignments a success. You understand the technical challenges and know how to translate them into clear priorities and actions for the client. You also have a good sense of where the client's next question lies. You combine substantive expertise with strong advisory, leadership, and commercial skills.

As a Cyber Defense Manager, you lead client assignments, manage multidisciplinary teams, and work on security monitoring, threat & vulnerability management, incident response, and cyber resilience. You combine in-depth cybersecurity expertise with a pragmatic approach and a sharp commercial instinct. In this way, you help both our clients and our Cyber Defense team progress. 

• You recognize the needs of clients, often before they have even expressed them, and convert them into new opportunities and assignments. 

• You take the lead in or actively contribute to proposals, pitches, and tenders, from the first conversation to the signed assignment (and delivery thereafter). 

• You build relationships that go beyond individual projects and see where KPMG can add even more value. 

• You think along about the further development of our Cyber Defense services, based on what clients need and what is happening in the market. 

You lead client assignments 

• You are the central point of contact for clients and build trust-based relationships with security leaders and other stakeholders. 

• You lead workshops, assessments, and discussions with technical teams, management, and CISOs. 

• You dare to challenge clients where necessary and translate complex security issues into clear advice and practical next steps. 

Leads Cyber Defense projects to success 

• You lead assessments, improvement programs, and Cyber Defense transformations. 

• You help clients improve in areas such as security monitoring, threat management, vulnerability management, incident response, and cyber resilience. 

• You are responsible for scope, quality, planning, budget, and delivery, while also keeping a sharp eye on the commercial health of your projects. 

• You design and implement improvements together with our team, from target operating models and technical solutions to concrete transformation roadmaps. 

• you Lead project teams and coach team members 

• You manage multidisciplinary teams of consultants and technical specialists. 

• You coach colleagues, review their work, and help them grow. 

• You contribute to an environment in which people share knowledge, keep each other sharp, and deliver high-quality work together.

What you bring 

• Salary between EUR 3,965 and EUR 6,250
• 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the possibility to buy more days or sell your vacation days.
• A lease car + NS business card or the mobility allowance
• A flexible pension without a mandatory personal contribution.
• An extensive range of training and education that contributes to your professional and personal development.
• Attention to vitality! Exercising at the office in Amstelveen or a discount at a gym near you and access to coaching, health, and vitality programs
• 'Together' is one of our core values. You can therefore count on various social activities such as team outings, drinks, and events together with your colleagues