Head of Cyber Strategy and Resilience

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 Show more Show less

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