PWC

Cybersecurity and Privacy, Manager

PWC$112K — $162K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in cybersecurity or related field
  • Strong client service skills with effective stakeholder management
  • Proficient written and oral communication skills
  • Experience with industry frameworks such as NIST CSF
  • Knowledge of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) activities
  • Experience with Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control System (ICS) cybersecurity
  • Desirable certifications include CISSP, CISM, CISA, ITIL.

Responsibilities

  • Lead account management by anticipating client needs and positioning PwC's services accordingly
  • Build trusted client relationships and understand stakeholder dynamics
  • Communicate PwC's strategic viewpoints on key cybersecurity issues
  • Develop strategic direction for client security programs
  • Identify and win business opportunities through existing relationships
  • Create differentiated cybersecurity service solutions for clients
  • Oversee project delivery, ensuring client expectations are met and projects stay within budget

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career advancement and skill development
  • Comprehensive total rewards package including variable incentive pay
  • Hybrid work environment promoted by PwC Canada
  • Access to technical competency teams for support in client projects
  • Exposure to diverse industries including financial services and technology
Full Job Description
Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Cybersecurity & Privacy

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
As a cybersecurity generalist at PwC, you will focus on providing comprehensive security solutions and experience across various domains, maintaining the protection of client systems and data. You will apply a broad understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices to address diverse security challenges effectively.

The Opportunity:

As a Cybersecurity and Privacy, Manager , unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that'll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn't limited to:

  • Account Leadership Anticipating, identifying and frame up client needs and positioning PwC's services to meet these needs and solve our clients' most important problems (be out ahead of our clients). This may integrate resources, processes, and various technical combinations.
  • Build trusted Relationships Identify the important client stakeholders within each account and assign relationship owners in addition to yourself. Understand motivations and drivers for key client stakeholders and understand client cultures and dynamics that influence how PwC engages successfully.
  • Establish and communicate PwC's strategic point of view on key cybersecurity issues, trends, and opportunities. Communicate strategic lessons learned to clients.
  • Maintain an informed opinion about our client's best strategic direction for their security program. Develop a "first to support" client strategy to stay ahead of our competitors. Engage our technical competency teams frequently to bring the right resources to support our clients.
  • Related to business development, you must Build Relationships in the Market.Draw from your existing client relationships to identify and win business opportunities.
  • Develop highly differentiated PwC cybersecurity service solutions to solve client problems and work with PwC's competency leads (e.g. Data security, IAM, TVM, Cloud Security, Network Security, Incident Response, EDR etc.) to showcase PwC's skills, solutions, and differentiated processes.
  • Related with project delivery, most build client engagement.Work with PwC and client teams to successfully achieve the desired outcomes as described in the SoW. Be confident about communicating expectations with clients, and any deviations that may affect the outcome of the engagement.
  • Passionately pursue "PwC-Quality" experiences and deliverables and maintain a meticulous understanding of your project financials, team consumption of hours, expenses, and run rates to bring projects on budget and profitable.
  • Bring projects before the deadline by anticipating situations that would cause delays. Anticipate potential situations that could cause program risks to occur.
  • Related to team leadership, you must set performance goals and expectations by level and hold them accountable to achieve performance goals and expectations. Coaching PwC team members to build their knowledge and skills. Designing the ideal practice to help team members be successful and conduct retention strategies for the practice.


What You'll Bring:

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

  • Strong client service experience with the ability to 'read the room' and manage a range of stakeholders successfully. Also, being able to understand how to achieve high client satisfaction.
  • Interpersonal skills and proven commitment to collaboration and teamwork; with proficient written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting in a business context.
  • Developing consulting methodologies and frameworks.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to manage client relationships.
  • Understanding industry frameworks and regulatory guidelines such as NIST CSF and OSFI B-13, and experience applying those in a business environment.
  • Experience with Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) activities including strategy development, target operating model and roles and responsibility definition, policy and standards development, control definition and testing, and risk measurement and monitoring.
  • Experience advising clients on Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control System (ICS) cybersecurity programs, including strategy development, governance, risk assessments, security architecture, regulatory compliance, and roadmap development within critical infrastructure and industrial environments
  • Demonstrated understanding of and thought leadership across cybersecurity strategy and risk topics including data protection; identity and access management; governance, risk and compliance; application security; asset management; network infrastructure and cloud security; vulnerability management; business resilience / business continuity; and third-party risk management. Knowledge should extend into transformative technologies such as AI.
  • Desirable Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, ITIL etc.
  • Cybersecurity depth working with clients in multiple industries including financial services, telecom, power sector, technology, and retail.
  • PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer.


This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $112,400 - $162,400. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Agile Methodology, Analytical Thinking, Azure Data Factory, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Framework, Cybersecurity Policy, Cybersecurity Requirements, Cybersecurity Strategy, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Encryption Technologies, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Managed Services, Optimism, Privacy Compliance, Professional Courage {+ 13 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements
Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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284,000 employees
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Founded
1998

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