Senior Cyber Program Manager, Transport and Main Roads

The Queensland Government Cyber Security Unit (QGCSU) within the Department of Customer Services, Open Data and Small and Family is responsible for progressing Government cyber security capability. The team provides cyber security leadership, governance, policy and standards, advocacy, capability development, security incident coordination as well as managing a number of whole of Government security services. As a key member of the team, you will analyse critical cyber security needs of diverse government entities served by QGCSU.

As the Senior Cyber Program Manager, you will:

• Prepare, coordinate and deliver information and cyber security programs including the CSU engagement program and understand, analyse and document information and cyber security related posture, risks, needs and priorities of Queensland Government entities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders both directly and through events and communities of practice to maximise stakeholder awareness of cyber threats and opportunities to improve organisational security posture.
• Coordinate and deliver advice, training and awareness on information and cyber security both directly and through events and communities of practice to maximise stakeholder awareness of cyber threats and opportunities to improve organisational security posture.
• Collaborate with intra and inter-jurisdictional entities including the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Australian Signal Directorate (ASD) & Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) to ensure consistency of message, advice and approach and to coordinate joint events, training and communications.
• Support development of the Cyber Centre of Excellence (CofE) to share best practice in information and cyber security covering areas including data management, governance risk & compliance, policy, strategy, business continuity planning, incident response and recovery and the implementation of technical and process mitigations and controls.
• Support activities that enhance the security posture of all CSU stakeholders including participation at relevant conferences supporting the Queensland Digital Government Summit and other relevant Queensland Government events and forums.

About you

To thrive in this role, you will need to demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated program and project leadership including delivery of engagement programs and technical service delivery programs.
• Demonstrated experience with proven results in stakeholder engagement, business analysis, and delivery of advice and support services working across senior executive, management and technical stakeholders including in highly complex organisations.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and consolidate advice from subject matter experts and to understand technical complexity and to present this advice back to non-technical audiences.
• Application of analytical, conceptual and innovative problem solving, research and process analysis and improvement skills to identify optimal mitigations and responses to business risks associated with cyber threats.
• Highly developed communication, consultation and negotiation skills enabling issues to be discussed credibly to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Ability to prepare, manage and deliver events and communities of practice to promote awareness and capability in information and cyber security.
• In addition, this role requires the leadership capabilities of an Program Manager as outlined in the Leadership competencies for Queensland booklet.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.