Director, Cyber Incident Response & Readiness

Job description

Optus is a leading telecommunications company delivering innovative solutions that connect Australians every day. As we continue to evolve as a technology-driven organisation, cyber resilience is critical to maintaining trust with our customers, partners and communities. We’re looking for a Director, Cyber Incident Response and Readiness to play a pivotal leadership role in strengthening Optus’ capability to prevent, prepare for, detect, respond to and learn from cyber incidents at scale. What You’ll Do: Partnering closely with the Cyber and Risk leadership teams, and senior leaders across Optus, you will be responsible for: - Leading the Cyber Incident Response and Readiness Centre of Excellence , establishing clear operating models, standards and best practices across incident management, crisis coordination and operational preparedness - Owning and evolving Optus’ cyber incident response framework , including playbooks, escalation models, governance, and assurance mechanisms - Driving organisational readiness and resilience , including tabletop exercises, simulations, control testing, and continuous improvement of response maturity - Providing technical and operational leadershi...