Senior Manager Information Security & Operations

BE THE DIFFERENCE

At AIA we don’t simply believe in being ‘the best’. We believe in better – because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to make a difference by helping people embrace Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. And every one of our people has an important part role to play. If you want to make a difference by helping shape a healthier, better-protected Australia, read on.

The Opportunity:

AIA Australia is undergoing a large-scale digital transformation together with several major technology initiatives to address the dynamics of the market. As part of the transformation, we are scaling out rapidly, increasing demand on our current team, requiring additional capacity and capability.

We are seeking a highly experienced information security professional to build and mature new and existing capabilities with a primary focus on incident management, security governance, and cyber awareness.

The successful candidate would be responsible for:

• Enhance, implement, and operate the cyber security program for the local AIA Business Unit that spans detection, prevention, and response, in collaboration with Local and AIA Group teams.
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure security is prioritized and given appropriate focus by the business and technology teams.
• Oversee the management and review of threat analysis activities performed by staff members to identify important trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Review and improve operational processes and ensure they are up to the industry standards.
• Recommend courses of action based on analysis of both existing and emerging threats. Deliver reports, briefings, and assessments to leadership to facilitate their understanding of emerging issues.
• Provide leadership of incident response activities and develop strategies to contain the issue and eradicate the threat, and to ensure the recovery of operations.
• Develop and implement continuous IT security awareness to contribute to the improvement of AIA Australia’s risk culture.
• The role requires strong partner engagements skills to lead various collaborators across multiple project streams. You will work alongside Business and Technology teams in the Melbourne office. As a key market of Asia’s leading life insurer with technology, operations, and leadership across the region, you will develop close working relationships with off-shore colleagues in Malaysia and Hong Kong, as well as your peers in Business Units in the 18 markets across the region.

To be successful in this position, you will have:

• Extensive experience in IT Security gained in financial services or insurance
• Excellent technical skills in security technology across major cloud, Networking technologies
• Hands-on experience in App Sec and Vulnerability management.
• Have full understanding on DevSecOps and implementation and operational strategies around the topic.
• Detailed knowledge of common security threats and vulnerabilities
• Strong understanding of security standard methodologies in hybrid IT environments
• A passion for building a strong security risk culture
• Excellent communication skills – must be effective working with development teams and managers
• CISSP certification or equivalent is desired
• Tertiary education in Cyber Security, Accounting or majoring in related fields would also be highly regarded
• A passion for building a strong security risk culture.
• Excellent team working and collaborative skills.
• Be adaptable, able to interact and build strong relationships with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Why choose AIA:

• At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people
• AIA Australia is part of the larger regional Asia AIA Group, which is the largest public listed life insurance company in the Asia-Pacific region
• Access our training and development to build on your current skills
• Career development through internal mobility opportunities
• Work for a business helping millions of Australians and make a difference to someone’s life everyday
• Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself
• Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you
• Work with supportive and inclusive working environment
• Flexible working arrangement

At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. Through life and health insurance, financial wellbeing and our total wellbeing ecosystem that includes AIA Vitality – the world’s leading science-backed wellbeing programme – we’ve started a movement to make Australia the healthiest, best protected nation in the world. As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group with a presence in 18 markets in Asia-Pacific – it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.  Lots of companies like to say they’re different.

What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives.

AIA is different. Are you?