Secure Design Manager, Deloitte Global Technology

10/22/26

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Job Type: Permanent Work Model: Remote Reference code: 135650 Primary Location: Toronto, ON All Available Locations: Toronto, ON

As part of the Secure Design team, you will lead the delivery and continuous improvement of Deloitte's Secure System Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) processes, supporting Deloitte Global's corporate and business support functions and ensuring cybersecurity requirements are embedded throughout the lifecycle of business applications, platforms and technology initiatives. You will manage a portfolio of secure design reviews, provide direction to team members, influence senior business and technology stakeholders, and help advance innovative AI-enabled capabilities that improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of Secure Design services.

Key responsibilities include:

SSDLC Operations & Delivery

• Lead Secure Design oversight for a portfolio of strategic enterprise platforms and vendor solutions, building trusted relationships with platform leadership teams and integrating security review activities into product roadmaps, delivery pipelines and release governance.

• Own the quality and timely delivery of cybersecurity design reviews and security assessments, ensuring solutions meet applicable cybersecurity standards, policies and control requirements.

• Apply risk-based judgement to complex design decisions, clearly articulate security risks and recommendations, and ensure actions, exceptions and remediation activities progress through the appropriate governance processes.

• Provide authoritative guidance on secure design principles and SSDLC requirements, helping delivery teams embed proportionate security requirements early and throughout the technology lifecycle.

• Manage competing priorities across multiple reviews and deploy team capacity effectively to maintain high-quality outcomes and stakeholder value.

People Leadership & Capability Development

• Set clear objectives, roles and quality expectations for team members, reviewing progress and providing timely, constructive feedback.

• Coach and develop colleagues through knowledge sharing and practical guidance that build current and future capability.
• Connect team members with specialists and wider networks across Deloitte to strengthen delivery quality and broaden technical expertise.

What will your typical day look like?

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build trusted relationships with senior business, technology, architecture and cybersecurity stakeholders across Enabling Areas and the wider Deloitte network, acting as the senior point of contact for Secure Design and SSDLC matters and translating cyber strategy into practical actions for delivery teams.

• Influence and align diverse stakeholders on scope, priorities, risk treatment and decisions, leading difficult conversations constructively and adapting your approach to stakeholder needs and organisational sensitivities.

• Communicate complex technical and security issues through concise, business-relevant narratives that support informed decision making.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead improvements to Secure Design processes, controls and ways of working, championing leading practices and challenging existing approaches where change will improve outcomes.

• Build stakeholder buy-in for new ways of working, managing ambiguity and helping the team adapt with resilience during periods of change.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of process documentation, standards, guidance, training materials and operating procedures.

AI Innovation & Enablement

• Provide leadership to the Secure Design AI programme by identifying and prioritising opportunities to use AI to improve cyber review processes, decision support and team productivity.

• Oversee the governance and security assessment of AI-enabled solutions within SSDLC processes, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity, privacy, data security, quality and risk management requirements.

• Monitor relevant technology trends, assess their practical implications, and translate insights into recommendations for Secure Design strategy and service improvement.

• Promote ethical and responsible use of technology, ensuring automation supports sound professional judgement and protects Deloitte and stakeholder trust.

About the team

Deloitte Technology works at the forefront of technology development and processes to support and protect Deloitte around the world. In this truly global environment, we operate not in what is but rather what can be to help Deloitte deliver and connect with its clients, its communities, and one another in ways not previously conceived.

Enough about us, let's talk about you

Required:

• 5+ years' experience leading SSDLC, secure design, application security, cybersecurity architecture, technology risk or related governance activities.

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple reviews, initiatives or workstreams from planning through delivery, including prioritisation, resource coordination, governance and escalation.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, secure-by-design practices, risk management, application security and modern technology architectures.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms, SaaS, enterprise platforms, modern application architectures, Agile delivery and DevOps or DevSecOps practices.

• Knowledge of AI technologies, associated security and governance considerations, and their practical application within cybersecurity and business processes.

• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, facilitation and communication skills, including the ability to engage confidently with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• People leadership experience, including setting expectations, coaching colleagues, providing feedback and creating an inclusive, high-performing team environment.

Preferred:

• Degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology or an equivalent discipline.

• Relevant cybersecurity professional qualification such as CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.

• Deep knowledge and practical experience of major enterprise technology vendors and platforms, such as SAP and Salesforce, and the security considerations associated with their architecture, configuration, integration and lifecycle management.
• Experience of cloud and enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Salesforce, or ServiceNow.

Total Rewards

The salary range for this position is $85,000 - $156,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.