Chapter Lead - Cyber Security

Chapter Lead – Cyber Defence | Auckland | Hybrid Working | Permanent
Are you an experienced cyber security leader looking for your next challenge?
We're partnering with a large enterprise organisation to recruit a Chapter Lead: Cyber Defence. This is an exciting opportunity to lead an established cyber security team, combining people leadership with hands-on involvement in security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and cyber defence.
This is not a role where you'll be building a function from scratch, you'll be leading a mature, high-performing team and helping drive continuous improvement across cyber defence capabilities.

What you'll be doing
  • Leading and mentoring a team of cyber security professionals
  • Acting as the technical escalation point during security incidents
  • Driving incident response, threat hunting, and detection improvements
  • Working closely with engineering and technology teams to strengthen cyber resilience
  • Helping shape the future direction of the Cyber Defence function
About you
We're interested in speaking with experienced cyber security professionals who have:
  • Leadership experience within a SOC, Cyber Defence, or Security Operations environment
  • Strong technical knowledge across incident response, threat hunting, DFIR, detection engineering, or threat intelligence
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience working within large or complex enterprise environments
What's on offer
  • Hybrid working (3 days in the office)
  • Excellent benefits package, including six weeks' annual leave
  • Additional on-call allowance
  • The opportunity to lead an established, collaborative cyber security team
  • Long-term career growth within a large enterprise environment
If you're interested in learning more, we'd love to have a confidential conversation.

Apply now or email your CV to caitlin@younity.co.nz or sian@younity.co.nz and let's have a chat!

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