About the Position

Cyber Leader – Director

Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Type: Full-time, On-site
Department: Consulting | Technology | Cyber

About the Role

As a Cyber Leader, you will be a senior delivery-focused professional, trusted by executives and boards to help design, implement, and run cyber-enabled business and technology outcomes.

While Auckland will be your primary base, you will be part of a national Cyber practice to deliver complex, high-impact programmes.

This role suits someone who is collaborative, and who enjoys combining client delivery, thought leadership, and team development.

Responsibilities

Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders in client organisations
Identify and convert new opportunities to support clients achieving their business outcomes through applying effective cyber expertise
Lead and deliver cyber engagements from shaping through to implementation
Take accountability for programme outcomes, timelines, and budgets
Contribute to the growth and direction of Deloitte’s national Cyber practice including bringing new cyber services and offerings into delivery with clients
Apply strong commercial acumen to contribute to running of the practice effectively and profitably
Work closely with our Technology & Transformation leaders to deliver integrated outcomes
Support and develop high-performing delivery teams across the Cyber practice

The Work You’ll Be Involved In

Our Cyber team delivers across advisory, implementation, and operations, including:

Cyber strategy and operating model design aligned to transformation agendas
Secure cloud and digital platform enablement
Identity and access modernisation programmes
Cyber resilience, readiness, and response for critical services
Regulatory, risk, and trust uplift initiatives
Secure adoption of data, AI, and emerging technologies

This role has a strong emphasis on leading delivery and seeing work through to completion, not just advisory design, strategy or account management.

Requirements

Experience: 15+ years’ experience, with senior leadership experience in cyber, technology, or digital transformation
Client-facing Delivery Leadership: Strong experience in client-facing delivery leadership roles, ideally within consulting or professional services
Relationship Building: A proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders
Business Development: Experience contributing to business development, account growth, or practice leadership
Cyber Capability: Broad cyber capability, with depth in one or more areas (e.g. cyber strategy, identity, cloud security, resilience)
Programme Delivery: Proven programme or project delivery experience, achieving outcomes on time and on budget
Preferred: Experience working with organisations in Financial Services and/or the Consumer industry, such as banking, insurance, retail, or consumer products

We Offer

Flexible work arrangements
Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
Subsidised health insurance
Income protection insurance
22 days annual leave
Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
A focus on wellness and well-being
Community focused volunteer days
A focus on the environment and sustainability

About the Company

Join us. But be you. At Deloitte, you’ll do more than just join something, you’ll add something. You’ve found a place that values your curiosity, passion, and desire to work alongside brilliant people on the things that really matter. There really is only one question: What impact do YOU want to make?

Join an award-winning global consulting and implementation practice
Rapidly build your career alongside high-performing colleagues and clients
Work on issues that matter for New Zealand

Make an impact that matters

At Deloitte, our purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Cyber capability is central to how organisations build trust, enable transformation, and sustain growth. As part of Deloitte’s global Cyber practice, we partner with organisations to navigate disruption, embrace innovation, protect what matters most, and embed safety and resilience into large-scale transformation initiatives.

We are seeking an exceptional leader, based in Auckland, to be a key part of our national Cyber leadership who together, lead a mighty team who achieve extraordinary outcomes for our clients and communities. We are a high energy and fast paced team who love to learn and grow, solve complex problems, and live by our mission to enable business and government to thrive through trust, safety and resilience.

About Deloitte Cyber

Deloitte operates one of the world’s largest Cyber practices, recognised by leading analysts including Gartner for the breadth and maturity of its capabilities across cyber strategy, identity, cloud security, cyber defence, and managed security services.

In New Zealand, Cyber is not a standalone capability. We are closely integrated within Deloitte’s Technology & Transformation practice, working alongside specialists in:

Digital and cloud transformation
Enterprise and solution architecture
Data, AI, and emerging technologies
Technology delivery and operating model transformation

This enables us to deliver exciting multi-disciplinary transformation programmes across New Zealand, embedding cyber into delivery from design through to implementation, and then to operate these capabilities on our clients’ behalf.

Next Steps

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

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Cyber Leader – Director

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