- Lead UBank's security team to align with NAB Group standards.
- Drive execution of security priorities and risk management practices.
- Ensure robust governance and compliance across the organisation.
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The Why
The Head of Security is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure UBank’s security posture aligns with NAB Group standards while addressing subsidiary-specific requirements. You will lead UBank’s security team, driving execution of security priorities and risk management practices and ensuring robust governance and compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop & maintain a high-level holistic version of Subsidiary capability alignment to NAB Group Security strategy including multiyear roadmap/ target state.
- Influence Non managed subsidiary security alignment. Represent a group-wide perspective on re-use and optimisation of security choices
- Proactively look for opportunities to decommission legacy technologies or to otherwise simplify our technology landscape and operating model.
- Collaborate with cross domain business / tech/ arch stakeholders to navigate trade-offs between achieving business value versus adhering to architectural guard-rails and our risk and regulatory obligations
- Influence tech debt reduction and legacy decom to reduce security impacts and elevated business threats
- Understand and communicate strategic themes and other key business drivers for security to various stakeholders
- Drive security leadership decisions via governance forums
Your Experience:
- 10+ years' Security leadership experience implementing similar functions in large, complex, and regulated organisation
- Strong business engagement and development experience, with significant stakeholder relationship management
- Track record of operating and delivering consistent results, influencing senior leaders across strategic & operational outcomes
- Knowledge of cyber-security processes and frameworks, such as ISO27000 series, NIST, COBIT
- Awareness of banking/finance compliance obligations and linkage to processes, including CPS234, PCI DSS
Why Ubank?
- Innovation with impact: From meaningful work to amazing benefits, we equip you with the tools and support to drive real change - so your ideas don’t just stay ideas, they become impact.
- Collaborative, supportive & fun: We believe innovation is a team sport. It comes from a special kind of culture that’s highly collaborative and gives people the support they need to thrive.
- Build something great: Ubank is where ambition meets opportunity. We don’t just talk about change - we give you the tools, trust, and support to make it happen.
- Freedom to be yourself: We celebrate individuality and give you the flexibility to work in ways that suit your style. Our hybrid working model lets you balance connection and autonomy.
- Accelerate your Career: With clear paths for career development, your potential won’t just be recognised, it’ll be accelerated.
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This Sydney-based permanent role requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.
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