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Principal Recruitment Consultant – Cyber Security
📍Midtown, NY (Hybrid, 3x a week)
Talisman Advisory Partners is expanding, and we’re looking for a Principal Recruitment Consultant to lead and scale our Cyber Security search practice, as a core growth vertical within our Energy & Infrastructure platform.
As global power systems digitise and infrastructure becomes increasingly interconnected, cyber capability is no longer optional - it is central to Energy Security & Resilience, Regulatory Compliance, and Market Fundamentals. From grid protection and SCADA security to cloud infrastructure, trading platforms, and critical asset defense, the convergence of energy and cyber risk is reshaping board-level priorities.
🔹The Role
This is a 360, revenue-generating position with responsibility for:
- Developing and owning a Cyber Security practice aligned to energy, power, renewables, and infrastructure markets
- Originating and winning search mandates across cyber leadership, architecture, engineering, risk, and governance
- Building long-term relationships with utilities, IPPs, developers, trading houses, infrastructure investors, and technology providers
- Advising clients on talent strategy within regulated and security-critical environments
- Collaborating with adjacent practices across investment, finance, legal, and trading
🔹Why Talisman?
Cyber is directly linked to:
- Energy Security & Infrastructure Resilience
- Regulatory Affairs & Compliance (NERC CIP, grid regulation, data protection frameworks)
- Market Fundamentals & Trading Infrastructure Protection
🔹Ideal Profile
- Proven 360 recruiter with experience in Cyber Security or Technology markets
- Strong business development capability and commercial ownership
- Interest in or exposure to energy, infrastructure, utilities, or critical assets
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build and scale a desk
🔹What We Offer
- Established sector relationships and brand credibility
- Autonomy to shape and grow a core vertical
- Collaborative, high-performance environment
- Competitive base salary plus commission
- Clear progression pathway as the practice scales
If you’re a commercially driven recruiter looking to build a market that sits at the intersection of technology, infrastructure, and national resilience, we’d welcome a confidential conversation: Kate.Drury@talismanap.com