Director of Cyber Defense and Operations

Your new role:

• Drive the development and preparation of the Enterprise Information Risk & Security Strategy.
• Oversee the delivery of enterprise technology initiatives to ensure completion within budget, timescale, and quality.
• Take the lead on security incidents, managing them and carrying out robust investigations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with business users and teams to ensure service delivery meets expectations.
• Provide information security project consultancy and coordinate security and risk requirements.
• Oversee the SOC to ensure efficient detection, analysis, and response to cybersecurity incidents
• Implement and manage data protection strategies to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss of sensitive information.
• Manage directly accountable vendor relationships to meet SLAs and track KPIs.
• Undertake regular vulnerability assessments across QBE's business and 3rd party providers.
• Implement and manage data protection strategies to safeguard sensitive information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or loss.

Required Qualifications:

• Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with security and risk-based standards such as ISO27001, ISO31000, NIST800, and PCI-DSS.
• Previous information security experience in a similar role.
• Regional experience required, global experience preferred.
• Experience working with outsourced service partners.

• Hybrid Working - a mix of working from home and in the office

• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis
• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%
• Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education
• Employee Network and Community - QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community

To learn more, click here: Benefits | QBE US.

At QBE, we're enabling a more resilient future - for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We're building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the center of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you'll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And our international scale means we're big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

Join us now, so you can be part of our success - and we can be part of yours!

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship.

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How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.