Leading Cyber Security Professional

A leading role in Cyber Security awaits an experienced professional who can drive growth, deliver exceptional risk advisory and broking services, and set Aon's Cyber Risk strategy for Australia.

• Lead the Cyber Solutions practice for Australia
• Work collaboratively across Specialties Solutions to drive growth and deliver exceptional risk advisory and broking services
• Set and execute Aon's Cyber Risk strategy for Australia
• Role can be based in Sydney or Melbourne

The Cyber Solutions team is a vital part of Specialty Solutions business. Comprising two distinct streams, the team provides risk consulting and insurance risk transfer to Aon's clients across Financial Services, Global Corporate, and National. As a constantly evolving risk, Cyber is a key component of Aon's client value proposition and an area of continued growth and opportunity.

This senior leadership role reports to the Head of Specialty Solutions Australia with enterprise-wide leadership impact across all parts of Aon Australia and other Aon Regions (Pacific, APAC, Global).

Aon is committed to making better decisions that protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

You will be responsible for the overall growth of the Cyber practice in Australia, incorporating new client acquisition, growth of existing clients, and identifying organic and inorganic growth opportunities across segments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of the Cyber Insurance and Cyber Risk consulting services pipeline
• Lead and manage the conversion of identified new business targets for cyber insurance and consulting
• Prepare and present proposals to clients for risk consulting and/or insurance
• Own the Cyber content in tender proposals and participate in tender pitches
• Engage with insurers around maximising their offering and contribute to incident response panel
• Deliver insurance risk transfer solutions to clients through strong insurer connectivity and broker negotiations
• Lead the team to execute and manage Cyber Risk consulting services including cyber incident readiness assessments, threat simulations, resilience evaluations and/or risk profiling
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure they and their clients/prospective clients are aware of their Cyber risk exposures and the value of Aon's offerings in helping to protect organisations
• Promote and deliver to clients Aon's Cyber Risk Analyser and other data and analytics tools
• Drive operational efficiencies and support digital transformation initiatives through data utilisation and innovation including the use of Aon digital tools (AI, Analysers) to optimise strategic and client outcomes.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Experience engaging with senior executives and developing relationships with the media and clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the highest standard of presentation
• Strong time management skills and proven experience working in a high-pressure professional environment
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in team environment
• Engaging and enthusiastic personal style
• In-depth knowledge and experience working within the Cyber risk space; whether this has arisen from an IT security, legal, fraud, risk accounting or compliance background
• Exposure to P&L management
• Confident in presenting to Boards and 'C' suite executives on Cyber resilience and risk prevention strategies.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package and encourage a diverse workforce. Our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two