• Employment Type: full time continuing role as Cyber Security Risk Manager
• Excellent salary package including superannuation
• Based Kensington, Sydney. Hybrid options available

Join Our High-Performing Cyber Security Team at UNSW

At UNSW, we’re driven by a bold vision: to deliver academic excellence, foster social engagement, and create global impact. Central to achieving these goals is our commitment to building a resilient and forward-thinking cyber security capability.

Over the past three years, our Cyber Security team has grown significantly and now comprises approximately 40 permanent experts across Governance, Engineering, Identity, and Incident Response. Additionally, 30 professionals contribute to our dedicated Cyber Security Program team. Together, we work as a cohesive unit to safeguard the University’s information assets and support its strategic priorities.

We believe that great teams are built through investment in people. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment and team structure to provide development and learning opportunities that enable our team members to build lasting, impactful careers in cyber security. Beyond technical excellence, we emphasize the importance of communication, negotiation, and influencing skills—the attributes that elevate a good cyber security professional into a trusted advisor and leader. With a strong focus on coaching, training, and professional certifications, we ensure every team member has the resources to thrive and grow.

In collaboration with industry-leading technology and service providers, we’ve made significant strides in enhancing our cyber security maturity. Our efforts were recognized in October 2024 when we achieved certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2022. But we’re not stopping there. The dynamic threat landscape, emerging technologies, and increasing regulatory demands present ongoing challenges—and opportunities—for us to innovate and excel.

To continue building on our strong foundations, we are excited to announce several new opportunities in our Cyber Security team. These roles will focus on advancing our governance, compliance, controls assurance, and risk management capabilities, as well as helping to lead our engineering and incident response functions.

If you’re a cyber security professional with a growth mindset and a proven track record of delivering outstanding results, we’d love to hear from you. This is your chance to join a high-performing team that’s passionate about making a difference.

The Cyber Security Risk Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership in developing and continuously improving the University’s cyber security risk management practices, ensuring that risks are continually identified, assessed, prioritised, monitored, and mitigated in line with UNSW’s Enterprise Risk Management framework. Key responsibilities include managing cyber security risk registers, leading risk remediation efforts, and developing risk mitigation strategies with measurable key risk indicators (KRIs) and key performance indicators (KPIs). The role also oversees vendor security risk management and annual threat assessments, while delivering regular risk updates to senior leadership and governance forums. The Cyber Security Risk Manager reports to the Head of Cyber Security Governance & Assurance and has direct reports.

Skill and Experience:

• Extensive experience (7+years) in cyber security risk management, with demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments, managing risk registers, and overseeing vendor security risk management programs
• Proven experience in developing, implementing and operationally running the cyber security risk management practice in large and complex organisations.
• Hands on experience with security tools and platforms for monitoring, managing, and reporting on cyber security risks such as Protecht GRC tool, CyberGRX, UpGuard, and BitSight is highly desirable.
• Certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CRISC, AWS Security Speciality, Azure Security or related certifications are highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of cyber risk management principles, methodologies, frameworks, such as ISO 27001, ISO 31000, NIST 800-53, FAIR and other industry standards.
• Proven experience in managing vendor security risk and developing operational metrics for risk management
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple initiatives and deadlines.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to develop effective relationships and influence key stakeholders at all levels in the organization
• Ability to present with credibility and translate technical and complex information concisely for diverse audiences using strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experience in presenting risk reports and providing strategic advice on cyber security risk management to senior leadership.
• High level of motivation, resilience, and ability work independently and within a team setting
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.

Applying for a Role!

To ensure your application stands out, please:

• Submit a concise CV (2–3 pages) that highlights your career history, key responsibilities, and major achievements.
• Include a cover letter that explains why you’re applying for the position and how your skills and experience align with the role.

Before applying, we encourage you to carefully review the position description to understand the key requirements. This is your opportunity to demonstrate why you’re the candidate we should be talking to.

Take the next step in your career—join UNSW’s Cyber Security team and help us shape the future.

More Information: visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Contact

Jen MacLachlan, email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au

Applications close: Sunday Jan 12th at 11.30pm

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible hybrid working
• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices
• Discounts and entitlements 

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.