Senior Manager

Job no: 498677

Work type: Permanent Full Time

Location: Sydney

Categories: IT

Your opportunity

Step into a pivotal leadership role where you'll shape and drive Scentre Group's enterprise‑level program to reduce data exposure and embed risk‑aware data handling across the business. As Senior Manager, Governance & Data Protection, you'll be at the forefront of partnering with senior leaders across HR, Legal, Privacy, Data Analytics, Enterprise Risk, Technology, and Cyber Security to define and operationalise protective controls for sensitive information across endpoint, on‑prem, SaaS, and cloud platforms.

This is a senior, stakeholder‑facing role with the opportunity to design and build from the ground up — implementing cutting‑edge technology and driving behaviour change across the organisation

Day-to-day you will be responsible for:

• Driving and maintain the Information Protection strategy and 12–24‑month roadmap aligned to business objectives and regulatory obligations

• Acting as the primary advisor to senior leaders on sensitive data risks, partnering to prioritise protections and gain support for mitigations

• Developing and running data governance related forums spanning technology and business functions.

• Developing and maintain policies, standards, and practical guidance for data handling, DLP/CASB usage, incident response, and acceptable use

• Overseeing technical delivery with engineering teams, ensuring effective deployment and tuning of DLP, CASB, and visibility tools
• Identifying and assessing data risks through discovery, mapping, and threat modelling, and provide regular assurance reporting to stakeholders
• Serving as subject‑matter expert during incidents involving data leakage or misuse, supporting investigations and remediation efforts
• Leading behaviour‑change initiatives, training, and mentoring to uplift data handling practices while managing junior analysts and vendors

What sets you apart

You will have extensive experience engaging senior leaders in medium-large organisations, with 8+ years in information security with some focus on data protection, and at least 3 years leading programs or teams. Skilled in DLP, CASB, and data protection approaches, you're familiar with platforms such as Zscaler, Varonis, and Microsoft Purview (or equivalent platforms), and excel at translating technical controls into clear business outcomes.

What You Will Bring

You bring strong knowledge of privacy and compliance requirements, proven program and project management capability, and excellent communication skills — producing clear executive reporting, policies, and training that drive adoption and behaviour change.

About us

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that 'Everyone Belongs'. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage.

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

Discover more about working with us.

For more information or if you have any questions, please email Kristy Araipu on

Applications close: 5th December 2025

Advertised: 28 Nov 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close: 05 Dec 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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