FY26 - Risk Assurance - Manager - IT Cybersecurity

Job description

Line of Service Assurance Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Cybersecurity & Privacy Management Level Manager Job Description & Summary At PwC, our people in cybersecurity focus on protecting organisations from cyber threats through advanced technologies and strategies. They work to identify vulnerabilities, develop secure systems, and provide proactive solutions to safeguard sensitive data. As a cybersecurity generalist at PwC, you will focus on providing comprehensive security solutions and experience across various domains, maintaining the protection of client systems and data. You will apply a broad understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices to address diverse security challenges effectively. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same. Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to: Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system. Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables. Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same. Effectively mentor others. Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members. Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate. Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements. About the Role A career in our Cyber Security practice, within Risk Assurance. Helps business leaders protect and manage their risk related to information regarding technology, people, systems, processes, culture, and physical surroundings. We help clients’ understand their current capability and develop a plan to build cyber security resilience to identify, protect, detect and respond to cybersecurity threats, including advising on various regulatory and data privacy issues. You will be involved in the following tasks: Perform assessment / Design/ implementation related to cyber Security: Governance using various standards / frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27000 family, PCI-DSS, COBIT, CIS, and other established standards; or Various application security and various infrastructure security (e.g operating System, database, firewall, switches, API and other security devices). This includes security assessment on web applications / infrastructures / clouds / mobile applications; or Cloud security; or Red teaming exercise; or Cyber incident response, threat hunting and incident analysis; or Operation Technology security (preferably in energy, mining, utilities and oil & gas industry). Provide recommendations/ advice to the clients. Train, coach and upskill team members’ capabilities. Perform active business developments, marketing, proposal preparation process, and lead pursuit of IT-related security projects. Interacting with clients on solutions and executing projects on client engagements, forming client relationships and demonstrating an understanding of the client’s business. Preparing concise and accurate documents / report, leveraging and utilizing MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner to the group. Keeping leadership informed of progress and issues. About You To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future. General Requirements: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related area, preferably from Information Engineering, Information System, Computer Engineering, or other IT-related degree. Relevant experience in Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security, or Data Protection, Identity and Access Management. Related professional certifications are preferred, but not mandatory, such as CISSP, CEH, CCSP, GIAC, CIAM, CIST, CIMP, CISSP, CISA, SABSA, etc. Possess knowledge and understanding of risks and its impact to the business and have the ability to articulate the need and value of security solutions to an organization. Strong analytical, creative problem-solving and negotiation skills, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including both technical and business writing, documentation and presentation skills, with the ability to present ideas and results to technical and non-technical audiences. Experience required: - Manager: Solid experience, with a minimum of 7-10 years as a Cyber Security Risk Assurance and/or Cyber Security System Implementor. Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified) Degrees/Field of Study required: Degrees/Field of Study preferred: Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified) Required Skills Optional Skills Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Analytical Thinking, Azure Data Factory, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Framework, Cybersecurity Policy, Cybersecurity Requirements, Cybersecurity Strategy, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption Technologies, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Managed Services, Optimism, Privacy Compliance, Professional Courage {+ 13 more} Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified) Travel Requirements Up to 60% Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No Government Clearance Required? No Job Posting End Date