Cyber Security Manager

About WorkCover Queensland

At WorkCover Queensland our vision is to be the best worker's compensation insurer, to make a positive difference to people's lives and to keep Queenslanders working. Our flexible work environment allows you to be your best every day and contribute to the big picture.

Our organisation is made up of individuals who collaborate and seek to engage others, working together as One Team. We embrace diversity and value people who bring personal energy and authenticity to everything they do. If you're someone with a strong values-oriented compass and you want to achieve sustainable outcomes, you will find a great community at WorkCover.

About the Opportunity: Cyber Security Manager - Resilience

WorkCover is entering a new chapter, with a renewed strategic focus and strong executive leadership guiding our organisation's 2030 Strategy. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and as part of the CISO Group Leadership Team, you will lead the Resilience function, ensuring WorkCover can anticipate, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents while strengthening organisational security maturity.

This key role blends strategy, operational excellence, and people leadership. You will guide resilience initiatives, embed secure-by-design principles across enterprise transformation, and shape the cyber security roadmap, driving continuous improvement and aligning strategies to business priorities.

Your influence will extend beyond technology into culture, training, awareness, and industry engagement. You will champion a cyber-resilient culture across the organisation, work closely with senior leaders, and actively represent WorkCover in sector forums, panels, and industry groups. With strong presentation skills and an engaging, influential style, you'll inspire trust, foster security-conscious behaviours, and help position WorkCover as a trusted, secure partner for Queensland employers and injured workers.

In this role, you'll translate that vision into action by:

• Leading the Resilience function, developing and delivering the cyber resilience framework, roadmap, and initiatives that drive measurable maturity improvements across people, process, and technology.
• Embedding secure-by-design principles and proactive resilience strategies across business operations, adapting approaches to evolving organisational priorities.
• Overseeing incident response, scenario testing, and lessons-learned programs, ensuring organisational preparedness and continuous improvement.
• Leading cross-functional and unconventional initiatives beyond traditional cyber team remits, mentoring cyber talent, building stakeholder relationships, and fostering a culture of professional growth and excellence.
• Representing WorkCover in industry forums, advocating for best-practice cyber resilience, and managing risk, budgets, and vendor relationships to deliver sustainable outcomes.

A bit about you:

You are a strategic cyber leader who thrives in ambiguity, adapts quickly, and delivers tangible results while shaping long-term resilience strategies. You're comfortable operating without a tightly defined role scope and can flex to meet evolving organisational priorities. You combine a technical foundation with broader leadership, advocacy, and people influence. You're equally comfortable speaking to executives, industry groups, and technical teams, and you naturally enjoy being the outward-facing voice of resilience.

You will also bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in cyber security, IT, or a related field, plus certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA, with 10+ years' IT/cyber security experience, including leadership and/or consulting/advisory roles.
• Proven success delivering measurable cyber maturity uplift and aligning resilience strategies with business objectives in financial services, insurance, or professional services environments.
• Deep knowledge of security frameworks (NIST 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001, ACSC Essential 8) and regulatory requirements (Privacy Act, Cyber Act), with hands-on experience in policy development, exercises, drills, and incident simulations.
• Strong presentation, influence, and negotiation skills, with the ability to lead internal and external conversations, engage stakeholders, and advocate for best-practice cyber resilience.
• Flexible, agile, and adaptable mindset, capable of leading cross-functional or unconventional initiatives that sit outside traditional cyber team remits.

A bit about us

The Cyber Security team sits within our Digital and Technology Group and is built on collaboration, trust, and shared purpose. We work hard, have fun, celebrate achievements, and enjoy coming together for team lunches and shared wins. We foster continuous learning and bring energy, authenticity, and support to everything we do in an inclusive environment.

Working in a collaborative team environment within a supportive and engaged organisation, you'll enjoy a hybrid work model, access to personalised learning and development opportunities, and the holistic support of our health and wellbeing program. We offer industry competitive salaries, a generous superannuation scheme (including co-contribution), and study assistance. You can find out more about our Employee Benefits by visiting  Working at WorkCover Qld.

How do I apply?

Please submit your resume along with a covering letter of no more than two pages, explaining why you are a strong fit for this role. Highlight your motivations for applying, your approach to building cyber resilience, and how your experience and skills will help drive measurable outcomes for WorkCover. Applications close at 5pm, Tuesday 16th of September.

Pre-employment checks will be conducted on all prospective employees. This will include a Right to Work in Australia Check, Police Check, Employment History Check, Reference Check and where appropriate a Visa Check. The information provided will be treated as confidential in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).

We are committed to ensuring WorkCover reflects the diversity of the Queensland community. We welcome applications from First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTQIA+SB community, people of all ages, people who are neurodivergent, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our recruitment team during your conversation with them.

Agencies Please Note: WorkCover does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies and will not be liable for related fees. All recruitment is managed internally. Agencies must not represent or promote WorkCover roles without prior written authorisation.