Cyber Program Delivery Lead - 12 Month Max Term Contract

• A great opportunity to work with one of Australia’s largest general insurers 

• Looking for Delivery focused Project Management Professional to lead Cyber program

• Open to Sydney candidates only - Hybrid Flexible Opportunity

About Hollard

Hollard Insurance is part of the Hollard Group of Companies and one of largest General Insurer in Australia and New Zealand. We underwrite a broad range of general insurance products, including motor, home, contents, business, bicycle and pet, in proud partnership with some of Australia's biggest consumer brands and broker businesses. As an independent and privately owned company, we believe we can go further together – for our people, customers, communities and partners – through an innovative approach to providing insurance. 

Our state-of-the-art facilities in North Sydney reflect our commitment to providing innovative workspaces that support hybrid and remote work. 

Your Team

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary Cybersecurity team working closely with our Technology team, our business and our partners.  The Cybersecurity team supports all of Hollard’s diverse security technologies protecting our cloud, traditional on-premises platforms and custom-developed applications. At Hollard, we are undertaking a massive technology transformation program, so there’s lots of opportunity to make your mark as part of this dynamic and high-performing team.

Your Role

​As the Cyber Program Delivery Lead for the Cybersecurity Program, you will own and drive the delivery of the various streams within the Program. This is the part of our multi-year cyber uplift. Your job will be to make sure that work actually gets done, on time, and to the standard we have committed to our Steering Committee. You will be supported by a team of highly engaged and talented BAU cybersecurity team and additional capabilities you will require as needed through our network of partners. 

Your duties and responsibilities

• ​Own end-to-end delivery of the project stream, driving progress against plan and holding delivery teams and yourself accountable for delivering committed outcomes and milestones  

• ​Actively push to remove blockers and maintain momentum, escalating decisively where needed, chasing down dependencies, and creating a culture of accountability and follow-through across contributing teams  

• ​Facilitate work breakdown workshops with security and technology subject matter experts to define scope, activities, effort estimates and sequencing for each initiative  

• ​Develop, maintain and manage realistic delivery schedules, milestones and dependencies across the workstream, adjusting plans as circumstances change while protecting committed outcomes  

• ​Monitor and report on delivery progress, financials, effort and forecasts against plan, providing clear and honest status reporting to the CISO and the project steering committee

• ​Ensure delivery aligns with the program’s objective of returning Hollard to within cyber risk appetite, keeping outcomes and risk reduction, not just activity, front of mind 

About You

• ​Demonstrated experience leading delivery of technology or cyber security programs or workstreams, with a proven track record of driving initiatives to completion in complex environments  

• ​Strong core delivery and project management skills, including work breakdown, scheduling, milestone management, financial monitoring, progress reporting and risk and issue management  

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to motivate and hold accountable people who do not directly report to you, across both technical and business teams  

• Good understanding of cyber security and technology operations to grasp what is being delivered, prioritise issues sensibly, help unblock problems, and identify the right people to solve them (this is not a hands-on technical role) 

• Experience in general insurance, banking, superannuation, or another regulated financial services environment is preferred

Working at Hollard 

At Hollard, you’ll discover an environment where you can truly make an impact. We offer the best of both worlds – the opportunity, agility and creativity of a company growing with scale, alongside a focus on becoming a catalyst for enduring, positive, social change. 

We’re a tight-knit team, where authentic voices and unique perspectives matter. We work supportively, collaboratively and inclusively to help shape our future and create shared value for our communities. 

Hollard proudly promotes flexible work including remote work, non-traditional work patterns, and work-family balance. We’re also unapologetically committed to creating a workplace that values your diversity with a true sense of inclusion.  We actively seek to hire for your different lived experiences, including as it relates to disability, ethnicity, faith, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, gender diversity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity. 

We’re building something special. Working closely with our industry partners to reshape insurance for the better, we’re people changing insurance. 

Please note:  Even if you don’t meet all our selection criteria, we encourage you to apply.  

A full background check will be completed on the successful applicant. 

We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies and kindly request that no unsolicited resumes are sent to Hollard in relation to this role or others. Only direct applications will be considered. 

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