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About the Role

This is a pivotal moment to join Lloyds Banking Group and the Chief Security Office as we transform how security is delivered across the Group. We're looking for an experienced and highly capable Penetration Testing Lead to lead and evolve our penetration testing capability. Reporting to the Offensive Security Lead, you'll be accountable for the strategic direction, operational delivery and technical excellence of the team. This role combines deep technical expertise with inspirational leadership, leading a team of highly skilled penetration testers while shaping the roadmap for both human-led and autonomous security testing across the Group. Spanning traditional end-to-end penetration testing services and continuous assurance capabilities, you'll work closely with engineering, security and business stakeholders, as well as the Autonomous Vulnerability Research and Harness Engineering teams, to continuously improve the Group's security posture. If you're passionate about offensive security, enjoy developing high-performing teams, and want to influence cyber resilience at enterprise scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Draw on extensive hands-on penetration testing experience to shape testing strategy, guide the execution of complex application and infrastructure security assessments, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, risk-focused testing that helps strengthen the Group's security posture.
Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of penetration testers, encouraging a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, innovation and open communication.
Define and carry out the Penetration Testing roadmap, ensuring alignment to CSO and wider Group security objectives while delivering a comprehensive security testing programme spanning threat resilience, regulatory, change-driven and continuous assurance testing.
Drive the evolution of autonomous security testing through close collaboration with the Autonomous Vulnerability Research and Harness Engineering teams, helping embed automation, frontier model testing and scalable security validation capabilities across the testing lifecycle.
Build positive relationships across the Chief Security Office and wider organisation.
Communicate security risks, testing outcomes, and recommendations to technical practitioners and executives.
Collaborate with teams to prioritise and remediate findings swiftly.

Requirements

Extensive experience leading penetration testing, application security testing or offensive security functions within a large and complex organisation.
Demonstrable expertise in conducting and supervising complex application, API, cloud, infrastructure and network penetration testing engagements.
Strong understanding of penetration testing methodologies, vulnerability discovery techniques, offensive security tooling and attacker tradecraft.
Experience building, developing and leading high-performing technical teams.
Excellent customer interaction skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
Strong understanding of modern enterprise technology environments, cloud platforms, operating systems, networks, software development practices and security controls.
Passion for cyber security research, continuous learning and advancing security testing practices.

Skills

Penetration Testing
Application Security Testing
Offensive Security
API Security Testing
Cloud Security Testing
Infrastructure Security Testing
Network Security Testing
Penetration Testing Methodologies
Vulnerability Discovery Techniques
Offensive Security Tooling
Attacker Tradecraft
Team Leadership
Communication Skills
Enterprise Technology Environments
Cloud Platforms
Operating Systems
Networks
Software Development Practices
Security Controls
Cyber Security Research
Continuous Learning
Security Testing Practices
CREST
OSCP
OSCE
OSEP
GIAC
GWAPT
CPTS
CAPE
Software Development
Automation
Engineering
C#
C++
C
Python
Bash
Java
Rust
Financial Services
Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery
AI-enabled Security Testing
Frontier Model Evaluation
Fuzzing Frameworks
Modern Security Engineering Practices

Location

Manchester
Bristol
Edinburgh
London

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Job Share

Experience Level

Experienced
Lead

Education Level

Degree or postgraduate qualification in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Salary/Compensations

Outside London: £92, 701 - £119,966
London: £107,304 - £138,864

Benefits

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

About the Company

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Equal Opportunity

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.