Strategic Threat Intel Senior Manager

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Job Title: Strategic Threat Intel Senior Manager

Business Function: Cyber Security – Threat Intelligence

Location: Kingston/Port Sunlight

Reports to: Director of Threat Intelligence

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home, and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 3.4 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Persil, Dove, Knorr, Domestos, Hellmann’s, Wall’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Marmite, and Lynx. Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose as Unilever is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’.

At Unilever, we’re determined to achieve a culture where everyone can thrive, a culture where all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, and where their uniqueness is celebrated. We’re taking a holistic approach that focuses on how we can use the scale and reach of our business to have the greatest impact in our own workplace and beyond. We’ve set clear goals to eliminate any bias and discrimination in our policies and practices, accelerate diverse representation in our leadership, and remove barriers for people with disabilities. At the same time, we’re setting out to spend more with diverse businesses and increasing representation of diverse groups in our advertising. Find out more about our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion on our website.

Unilever’s Cyber Security team is a global, product-led function aligned to the NIST Cyber Security Framework. We deliver capabilities across governance, protection, detection, response, and recovery to safeguard our people, operations, and digital assets. Operating alongside our Technology and Data teams, Cyber Security enables secure innovation and resilience across our global business. Our structure is built around product families and risk-based priorities, with teams embedded across regions and business units.

JOB PURPOSE

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Strategic Threat Intelligence Manager to lead our strategic intelligence function within the Cyber Threat Intelligence team. This role is pivotal in shaping our understanding of long-term threat trends, geopolitical risks, and adversary behaviour. The successful candidate will drive the development of high-level threat assessments and intelligence products that inform executive decision-making and support enterprise-wide risk management.

Role Summary:

The Strategic Threat Intelligence Manager leads the strategic intelligence function within the Cyber Threat Intelligence team, reporting to the Director of Threat Intelligence. This role is responsible for delivering forward-looking threat assessments, geopolitical analysis, and adversary profiling to inform enterprise risk decisions. The manager will oversee the development of threat scenarios, impact analysis, and threat modelling to support GRAC processes, while also driving intelligence sharing across the cyber community. Additionally, the role supports executive protection through travel and online exposure reporting, and contributes to the overall success of the threat intelligence strategy.

Main Accountabilities

Lead Strategic Threat Intelligence Operations

Direct the strategic intelligence function, ensuring timely and relevant delivery of high-level threat assessments, geopolitical analyses, and long-term threat trend reports.

Manage Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs)

Establish and maintain a structured process for gathering, validating, and updating PIRs from internal stakeholders to ensure intelligence outputs are aligned with business needs.

Adversary Profiling and Threat Actor Analysis

Oversee the profiling of adversaries, including their motivations, capabilities, and TTPs, to support proactive defence and strategic planning.

Support Enterprise Risk Assessment (GRAC)

Develop threat scenarios and intelligence inputs to inform Governance, Risk, Assurance, and Compliance processes, contributing to enterprise risk posture.

Drive External Intelligence Collaboration

Represent the organization in cyber threat intelligence communities and facilitate bi-directional information sharing with trusted partners and industry groups.

Oversee Executive Protection Intelligence

Manage the production of travel risk assessments and online exposure reports for VIPs, aligning with broader executive protection and digital risk reduction strategies.

Ensure Intelligence Integration Across Teams

Collaborate with other teams in cyber and executive leadership to ensure strategic insights are actionable and embedded in security operations.

Mentor and Develop Team Members

Provide leadership, coaching, and professional development opportunities for strategic intelligence analysts to build a high-performing team.

Key Skills and Relevant Experience

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able to be understood by both technical and non-technical personnel
• Strategic Thinking – Ability to anticipate long-term threat trends and align intelligence outputs with business strategy.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) – Deep understanding of threat actor behavior, TTPs, and intelligence lifecycle.
• Geopolitical Analysis – Skill in assessing how global political developments influence cyber threat landscapes.
• Threat Modelling & Scenario Development – Proficiency in building threat models and hypothetical scenarios to inform risk decisions.
• Risk Assessment Support – Experience contributing to enterprise risk frameworks like GRAC (Governance, Risk, Assurance, and Compliance).

Experience:

• Proven experience (10+ years) in cyber threat intelligence, with at least 3 years in a strategic or leadership role.
• Strong understanding of geopolitical risk, cyber threat actor ecosystems, and intelligence tradecraft.
• Experience with threat modelling, scenario planning, and risk analysis methodologies.
• Familiarity with intelligence platforms (e.g., TIPs), automation tools, and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex intelligence into executive-level insights.
• Experience managing teams and mentoring analysts.
• Active participation in intelligence-sharing communities is a plus.

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’  

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

Recruitment Fraud

Cyber criminals advertise fake job adverts with prestigious employers as a way of stealing information or even defrauding individuals out of money. In the most sophisticated cases, they will set up fake websites, which have a similar address to companies like Unilever. They even conduct fake telephone interviews and then offer candidates a role with the proviso they pay a fee for background checks or to cover work visa costs.  These types of attacks are becoming more common as more people are looking for employment in the economic climate. 

How is Unilever tackling this?

Many of Unilever’s recruitment sites publish a warning to candidates about recruitment fraud. The Cyber Security team also proactively scan for signs of people setting up fake Unilever sites and act to close them down. 

What can I do?

If you become aware of potential recruitment fraud, spot fake Unilever recruitment adverts or fake LinkedIn profiles, report them via Una Live Chat. 

Unilever does not accept responsibility or liability for any candidates who are financially impacted by recruitment fraud. Your vigilance is key!