Executive CISO & Security Strategy Leader

SecureTalent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

SecureTalent is exclusively engaged to appoint a Chief Information Security Officer for a growing technology and cyber security organisation. Reporting to the CEO and joining the Executive Team, this is not a traditional governance-led CISO role.

We seek a technically credible security leader who can build and lead a dedicated Security function while operating across technical security, executive risk, assurance and customer engagement.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership in cyber security across technical and governance domains.
• Hands-on background in application security, offensive security, pen testing and vulnerability research.
• Proven ability to build or transform security functions and teams.
• Strong ISO 27001/ISMS, risk management and assurance capability.
• Experienced with executive and board-level stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own the organisation's security strategy and build a dedicated security function.
• Lead across security research, vulnerability management, threat intel and assurance.
• Oversee application security, security engineering, cloud security and incident response.
• Drive governance, risk, internal audit and government assurance programs (IRAP/ISM/PSPF).

Skills

Senior cyber security leadership

AppSec & pen testing

Vulnerability research

Security engineering/architecture

ISO 27001 / ISMS

Executive stakeholder experience

Threat intelligence & gov assurance

Job description

SecureTalent is exclusively engaged to appoint a Chief Information Security Officer for a growing technology and cyber security organisation. Reporting to the CEO and joining the Executive Team, this is not a traditional governance-led CISO role.

We seek a technically credible security leader who can build and lead a dedicated Security function while operating across technical security, executive risk, assurance and customer engagement.