Head of Cyber Strategy and Resilience

بنك مسقط; Muscat; On-site; OMR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank Muscat in Oman invites an experienced executive to head the Cyber Strategy and Resilience function. You will own the cyber strategy, multi-year roadmap, and governance across third-party risk, resilience, and remediation, translating enterprise risk appetite into funded initiatives.

The role requires 10-15 years in cyber leadership, with a track record in regulated financial services, and hands-on experience with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and crisis management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10-15 years, including at least 5 years in cyber leadership, strategy, resilience or portfolio governance.
• Demonstrated experience in a regulated, high-availability or financial-services environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the cyber strategy, target-state operating model and multi-year roadmap, and lead the annual strategy refresh cycle.
• Govern portfolio prioritization, business cases, benefits, dependencies, OpEx and CapEx, and provide executive-level performance reporting.
• Maintain the cyber resilience strategy and crisis-management framework and oversee exercises, cyber recovery readiness and lessons learned.
• Oversee the first-line third-party cyber risk programme and ensure supplier risks are assessed and treated through the procurement lifecycle.
• Establish central remediation governance, risk-based prioritization and escalation for overdue or SLA-breaching security issues.
• Set objectives, service measures and accountability across strategy, resilience, remediation and third-party risk teams.

Job description

Job Title: Head of Cyber Strategy and Resilience

Department: IT Department

Reporting to: Head of Cyber Security

Main Role: Lead the organization’s cyber strategy, security investment portfolio, third‑party cyber risk, remediation governance and cyber resilience capabilities. The role converts enterprise priorities and risk appetite into a funded multi-year roadmap and ensures that critical services can prepare for, withstand, respond to and recover from significant cyber disruption.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1. Core Accountabilities

• Own the cyber strategy, target‑state operating model and multi‑year roadmap, and lead the annual strategy refresh cycle.
• Govern portfolio prioritization, business cases, benefits, dependencies, OpEx and CapEx, and provide executive‑level performance reporting.
• Maintain the cyber resilience strategy and crisis‑management framework and oversee exercises, cyber recovery readiness and lessons learned.
• Oversee the first‑line third‑party cyber risk programme and ensure supplier risks are assessed and treated through the procurement lifecycle.
• Establish central remediation governance, risk‑based prioritization and escalation for overdue or SLA‑breaching security issues.
• Set objectives, service measures and accountability across strategy, resilience, remediation and third‑party risk teams.

2. Governance Stakeholder and Reporting Responsibilities

• Maintain clear operating procedures, evidence, service metrics and management reporting for the assigned security services.
• Coordinate with IT operations, architecture, application, risk, compliance, audit and business stakeholders to resolve control gaps and delivery dependencies.
• Escalate material risks, incidents, SLA breaches and control weaknesses through the approved governance and incident‑management channels.
• Support regulatory examinations, internal and external audits, risk assessments and management committees by providing accurate evidence and subject‑matter input.

Personnel Specification

1. Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline; a relevant master’s degree is advantageous.
• 10-15 years, including at least 5 years in cyber leadership, strategy, resilience or portfolio governance.
• Demonstrated experience in a regulated, high‑availability or financial‑services environment is strongly preferred.

2. Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Cyber strategy, operating‑model design, portfolio governance and executive reporting.
• Cyber resilience, crisis management, BIA, IT disaster recovery and cyber recovery.
• Financial planning, investment prioritization, supplier governance and benefits realization.
• Enterprise risk management, third‑party risk and regulatory expectations for financial services.
• Working knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001 and the control lifecycle from design through operation and assurance.
• Ability to translate business, regulatory and risk requirements into measurable security outcomes, procedures and service metrics.
• Strong analytical, written communication, stakeholder‑management and evidence‑management skills in a regulated environment.

3. Operational and Behavioral Skills

• Sound judgement, integrity and the ability to handle sensitive information and high‑pressure situations appropriately.
• Ability to prioritize risk, manage competing demands and deliver clear decisions, actions and escalation.
• Strong collaboration, influencing and communication skills across technical, business and executive audiences.
• Commitment to measurable service quality, continuous improvement and disciplined documentation.
• Ability to work effectively with internal teams, external suppliers, auditors and regulators.

Desired Certifications

• CISSP or CISM
• CRISC or CGEIT
• ISO 22301 Lead Implementer or CBCI/MBCI
• PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner