About the Company
Davidson is partnering with a leading utilities provider on a multi-year cyber uplift that protects essential services for the region. You’ll join a modern Digital function delivering tangible, business-facing outcomes in a collaborative, values-driven environment.
About the Role
As a Cyber PM, you’ll run a cross-functional cyber program and coordinate internal teams, partners and vendors. The programis underway with the next six months being shaped; your focus is on planning, orchestration and stakeholder engagement.
Key responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery across multiple streams: SOC stand-up/implementation, SIEM uplift, vulnerability management and network segmentation.
- Plan and govern: scope, schedule, budgets/forecasts, risk/issue management, benefits tracking and reporting to boards/steerco.
- Coordinate consulting partners for testing and disaster recovery and ensure smooth transition into operations.
- Drive Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) initiatives and uplift against the Essential Eight (targeting Maturity Level 1), with alignment to broader frameworks (e.g., NIST).
- Lead change, communications and business readiness; partner closely with BA and Change resources.
- Bring IT and OT stakeholders together to improve the backend tech landscape supporting treatment plants and core operations.
About You
- Proven track record delivering cyber security projects/programmes in complex, business-facing environments.
- Confident vendor and consultancy management across SOC, SIEM, testing and DR.
- Strong stakeholder skills - human, engaging and constructive - with the ability to influence across Digital, Operations and Executive levels.
- Comfortable operating in a matrix with no direct reports; able to “bring the functions together” to get outcomes.
- Working knowledge of enterprise infrastructure (e.g., Windows administration) to guide delivery (not a hands-on admin role).
- Familiarity with OT/Utilities environments is a must!
- Certifications: Project Management (e.g., PRINCE2/PMP) required; Change (e.g., PROSCI) desirable.
The Benefits
- Impact that matters: safeguard critical services for the community.
- Hybrid working in Geelong(~3 days on-site; team anchor day Thursday).
- Flexibility and supportive leadership, with clear pathways to deliver outcomes.
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you have the relevant expereince listed above, please contact tara.gearon@davidsonwp.com, quoting reference JN -102025-41667. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
