Head of IAM and Cyber Platforms

• Help protect over 5 million Australians, making a real difference in their lives during their most challenging times. 
• Our competitive benefits package includes everything from financial literacy to health and wellness initiatives, designed with your well-being in mind 
• Every project you undertake will directly contribute to creating a positive impact on the lives of those who need it most. 

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. 

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. 

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. 

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer. 

The Head of IAM and Cyber Platforms is responsible for establishing and maintaining relevant cyber
capabilities that would protect TAL against the cyber threats targeting our business through managing and
uplifting the Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities as well as an array of other cyber security
platforms protecting infrastructure, network and applications.

This is a critical role within the Cyber Security and Technology Leadership Team, as it leads the charge of
ensuring our cyber platforms are delivering the best outcome for our employees and customers.

In this role you will:

• Build “fit for purpose” IAM capabilities with an appropriate operating model to provide trust to Executives, Board, Regulators and Partners that the controls against unauthorised access and data loss are effective and operating effective.
• Ensure that the IAM capabilities enable TAL to systematically transition from traditional perimeter-based security to zero-trust based security model.
• Lead the Customer Identity Program in uplifting the security posture of the existing customer-identity platform and expanding it to support the digital transformation activities.
• Expand the Privileged Access Management (PAM) capability to cover privileged service accounts and resolve the gaps in the privileged user accounts.
• Develop the User Access Management (UAM) program and drive the Application Role Modelling (ARM) for critical / sensitive applications and subsequent onboarding of those applications on to Access Governance platform for periodic User Access Reviews (UAR).
• Establish governance model to oversee and manage the Identity Infrastructure Platforms and roll out corrective measures to eliminate poor practices.
• Develop appropriate metrics for IAM capabilities to measure and monitor the KPIs and KRIs, and to ensure that the newly developed capabilities are sustained.
• Review the IAM technical roadmap on yearly basis and make relevant improvements based on the external and internal changes.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a combination of cyber, information security and IT (with at least three years in a Senior Manager and above role).
• Knowledge and understanding of APRA CPS234 regulatory requirements, NIST cyber security framework, and ISO 27K standards.
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills, the ability to manage multiple projects under strict timelines, as well as the ability to work well in a demanding, dynamic environment and meet overall objectives.
• Experience in managing various functions within the IAM, such as, Identity Infrastructure, identity
  Governance, Access Management, Customer Identity, and Privilege Access Management.

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be:  

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.   

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.  

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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