Director of Cyber Defense and Operations

Primary Details Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Employee The Opportunity:The Director of Cyber Defense and Operations will lead the development and execution of enterprise strategies and operations, ensuring the protection of information assets from potential threats and vulnerabilities. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to raise awareness, communicate risks and compliance issues, and propose effective solutions to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data across the organization. Additionally, the role is responsible for securing necessary funding and building a strong business case for security initiatives.Location: LondonWork Arrangement: Hybrid or Remote

Job Description

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.

Why QBE? At My Best?

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”.It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people. Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA.??

We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.??

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation (

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.??

To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit ourcareers website.

At My Best - QBE Benefits?

You are more than your work – and QBE is more than a workplace, which is why we provide you with the benefits, support and flexibility to help you concentrate on living your best life personally and professionally.? FOR UK ONLY: As well as the benefits below we also offer an extensive choice of other options to suit you!??

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.?

• Flexible working -balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.

• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.?

• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.??

• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.?