Cybersecurity Operations Senior Lead Specialist

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end execution of transactions including target identification, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and closing.
• Oversee in-depth valuation, financial modeling, and scenario analysis to ensure data-driven decision-making.
• Build and manage a robust pipeline of potential acquisition and partnership targets through proactive market scanning and networking.
• Define and continuously refine the M&A strategy to support the organization s corporate growth agenda and diversification goals.
• Prepare investment cases, transaction updates, and recommendations for senior leadership, the executive committee, and the board.
• Act as the lead negotiator with target companies, external advisors, and counterparties to secure favorable terms.
• Ensure all transactions comply with regulatory requirements, legal frameworks, and internal governance processes.
• Partner with Post-M&A Integration teams to ensure seamless transition and realization of deal synergies.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging opportunities to identify potential strategic moves.

Key Accountabilities:

• Direct and control departmental projects to ensure project cycle completion and commitment to the company s guidelines and quality.
• Ensure effective utilization of the department s allocated budget, and report accurately on progress and challenges manage all the department staff to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and carry out their responsibilities to the required standards.
• Set performance objectives, provide the necessary support, evaluate team(s), and offer regular feedback on performance.
• Provide clear top-down communication to employees and down-top feedback to the Executive Team.
• Direct and control the department s staff to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained and carry out their responsibilities to the required standards.
• Comply with communication and information sharing/handling policy to ensure confidentiality of the information and comply with all relevant risk and information security procedures to ensure operating within the acceptable risk levels.
• Direct the development and implementation of the department s policies, procedures, and processes covering all areas of the department s activities to ensure the fulfillment of all work requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, and processes throughout the department in order to achieve the company s operational excellence

Skills Required:

• Strategic thinking
• Leadership skills
• Communication skills
• Proactivity
• Stakeholder management skills