Cybersecurity Program Lead: Governance, Risk & Compliance (UAE)

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative in Dubai is seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to establish and maintain governance, controls, risk management, monitoring and incident response capabilities across the organization.

You will support UAE PDPL and DESC compliance, coordinate risk assessments and remediation, promote security awareness and drive continuous improvement of the organization’s cybersecurity posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT or related field with 2–4 years of relevant experience.
• Postgraduate qualification in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Risk Management or related discipline is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, maintenance and improvement of cybersecurity program and controls.
• Develop and execute the cybersecurity roadmap aligned to risk and priorities.
• Support PDPL and DESC compliance requirements and documentation.
• Coordinate vulnerability assessments and remediation with owners.
• Monitor security events, alerts and conduct investigations as needed.
• Coordinate incident response activities and post-incident reviews.
• Review and update information security policies and procedures.
• Prepare periodic risk, compliance and security posture reports for leadership.
• Act as day-to-day cybersecurity focal point and liaise with stakeholders.

Skills

Security governance

Risk assessment

Incident response

Compliance

Security monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related

Postgraduate qualification in Cybersecurity or Risk Management (advantage)

Tools

ISO/IEC 27001

NIST CSF

Job description

Dubai Careers - A Smart Dubai Initiative in Dubai is seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to establish and maintain governance, controls, risk management, monitoring and incident response capabilities across the organization.

You will support UAE PDPL and DESC compliance, coordinate risk assessments and remediation, promote security awareness and drive continuous improvement of the organization’s cybersecurity posture.