Offensive Security Team Lead (Hive Leader)

Attackers don’t play by the rules. Neither do we. 

Traditional penetration testing is broken—limited scopes, periodic checklists, predictable playbooks. CovertSwarm focuses exclusively on offensive security, delivering constant, unlimited-scope, whole brand attacks via subscription. Our ethical hacking teams (“Hives”) swarm around targets relentlessly, always searching for a new way to compromise them. We aim to breach our clients before real adversaries can, every single day. 

CovertSwarm has been recognized by The Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to Work in 2025, and is ranks #23 on the Clutch 100 fastest-growing companies in 2024/2025. We continue to fundamentally challenge the Offensive Security industry. Our rapid expansion means we are looking for our next Hive Leader.

The role

CovertSwarm is looking for an Offensive Security Manager (Hive Leader) to lead a team of ethical hackers to fulfil our mission. A Hive Leader oversees the delivery of offensive security testing, leading a team with a varying and diverse range of skillsets and expertise. The key responsibilities for this role, include: 

• Being a primary point of contact for clients within their assigned hive.
  

• Managing client outcomes throughout their service delivery lifecycle, including oversight of planning, scheduling and quality management of assessments.
  

• Ensuring adherence to established methodologies and quality standards, whilst supporting our
  continual improvement.
  

• Performance management and leadership of their respective hive members; and supporting recruitment.
  

• Supporting development of CovertSwarm’s academy.
  

• Delivery and Operational Ownership 
  

• Supporting Business Development (Pre-Sales) 
  

The Hive Leader may be assigned additional responsibilities to help support the needs of the business and key strategic initiatives, as required. Whilst the Hive Leader is not expected to directly deliver client projects, they will be at least 50% utilised for client delivery each month: this accounts for the time they are engaged supporting their Hive on client or prospective client related work, such as advising and mentoring their Hive Members’ delivery, escalations, and general client management for briefings and pre-sales. As a Hive Leader you will be pivotal to helping drive our continued, strong growth. 

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an individual with experience in the delivery of constant cyber attack to our clients, you will have a number of Offensive Security accreditations already. Whilst not essential, CCRTM (CREST Certified Red Team Manager) accreditation would be highly favoured.

We are looking for someone with a significant level of experience, technical depth, information security understanding, and – critically – be able to lead people effectively and in line with our positive work culture. 

Prior experience in team management within the security industry is essential, and the core values that we at CovertSwarm instil in our team are vital for successful candidates to believe, echo and nurture.

We seek someone with the ability to oversee red team and regulatory testing, and articulate the Hive’s findings with clients at a business/commercial level – being sensitive to non-technical, senior audiences. You will therefore need a blend of technical and non-technical ‘soft’ skills. It is key that you are comfortable speaking with and briefing up to the Board-level of some of the world’s most progressive brands. 

Benefits

Aside from working with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry we can also offer you: 

• A fully remote (working from home – ‘anywhere in the world’) role with only the need to travel to client sites when in-person meetings are required, or we are running our meetups. 
  

• A culture born of vulnerability research and innovating the approach to security testing. We focus on the actual point of compromise and continually look for new ways to breach our clients. 
  

• Work when you want – That does not have to be a 9-5, but we ask that the job is done well, and core meetings are attended online. 
  

• Software, hardware, and research materials are not bound by strict limits. If you need a resource to deliver to the best of your ability, we will aim to accommodate this. 
  

• Unlimited Training – If it is relevant and will help you, your Hive team, and CovertSwarm to better breach and educate our clients, then you can do whatever training you need to fulfil this. 
  

• Unlimited Holiday – We all need downtime, take it, whenever you need it. There are no prizes for burnout. You work to live, not live to work. 
  

• Private Medical Insurance. 
  

• Company Salary Sacrifice Pension. 
  

• Access to our Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (UK residents only). 
  

• If you present at a major infosec event/hacker conference, then we will pay your expenses and give you a bonus to reflect this. We want to give back to this great community that continues to help us all. 
  

• No corporate politics – The continued growth of CovertSwarm as a business, the team, and the quality of our services depends upon us being radically candid with one another. Always. 
  

• Participation in our annual bonus scheme based on client retention and company performance.
  

• Referral bonuses for new clients and employees
  

• Company SwarmCon events, where we meet to celebrate, share knowledge, present, learn and collaborate in person with each other.
  

• The opportunity to attend the annual trip to DEFCON in Las Vegas every year to share, learn and grown with the best of our Swarm.
  

CompensationDependent on skills and experience