Technology Risk Manager

• Employment Type: full time continuing role  as a Technology Risk Manager
• Exceptional salary package including generous superannuation
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)

About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

UNSW IT is part of the Operations Division at UNSW. The IT team at UNSW plays a critical role in enabling the University’s teaching, research and industry engagement. Our priorities are to drive innovative technology architectures and be a trusted advisor and service partner to the University to enable its ambitious digital aspirations. The Technology Risk Manager leads the technology risk practice, providing strategic leadership in developing and continuously improving UNSW IT’s risk management practices, and assisting the organisation to navigate through the digital complexity with efficiency and security. The Technology Risk Manager will work closely with the Cyber Security Risk Manager and reports to the Deputy Chief Information Officer – Planning and Governance. This role has no direct reports but will collaborate with and influence IT Leadership and business technologists to ensure risks are continually identified, addressed, prioritised, monitored, and mitigated in line with UNSW’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Build & lead the technology risk practice within the UNSW IT division.
• Lead initiatives to implement the University’s risk management framework for technology risk at the University.
• Work with various risk owners to:  Ensure the timely identification, improvement, and response to risks, including those from advances in technology. Manage and undertake proactive technology risk and controls assessment and mitigation, enhancing the end-to-end risk management process.  Ensure that the relevant IT team records the threat, risk and control libraries on the GRC platform.
• Compose and present risk reports at governance forums, including the IT Committee and Safety & Risk Committee, while also serving as a subject matter expert on IT risk management.
• Develop and implement training and communications plans to support the rollout of new templates, reports, risk appetite statements, and 3 Lines of Defence model across UNSW IT.
• Collaborate with business technologists outside of UNSW IT to establish monitoring measures for distributed IT and put in place associated monitoring controls.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the psychosocial or physical health and safety of yourself or others.
• Ensure hazards and risks psychosocial and physical are identified and controlled for tasks, projects, and activities that pose a health and safety risk within your area of responsibility.

Skills and Experience:

• Tertiary qualification with expertise and extensive experience in managing technology risk within a complex environment.
• Strong leadership skills, with significant experience in influencing or mentoring stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, with proven ability to develop effective relationships and influence key stakeholders at all levels in the organisation including key partners, vendors and advisers.
• Foundational knowledge of cyber security risk; deep knowledge will be leveraged from the Cyber Security Risk Manager.
• Relevant risk management certifications are highly desirable.
• Understanding and knowledge of the tertiary education sector, trends and challenges are highly desirable.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health & safety (psychosocial and physical) responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.

More Information: visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Contact

Jen MacLachlan, email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au

Applications close: 7th of November at 11.30pm

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible hybrid working
• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices
• Discounts and entitlements 

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.