Job Description

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together
In today's rapidly evolving digital world, cybersecurity is of utmost importance. While many cybersecurity management roles focus on maintaining the status quo, this position at TELUS is a unique opportunity to shape the future. We are looking for a visionary leader to drive the strategic transformation towards automated, data-centric, and intelligent security capabilities, fully integrated with Cloud and AI. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to be at the forefront of technological transformation, redefining the future of technology.
We collaborate with industry leaders and empower a distributed network of Canada's most talented security professionals. Our high-performance team thrives on inspiring excellence and driving transformational thinking to create the next generation of cyber defense capabilities.
As Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering within the CSO Security Platforms organization, you will be the architect of TELUS's cybersecurity future, defining strategic direction and executing forward-thinking strategies that anticipate tomorrow's security landscape. Your leadership will inspire excellence across our national team while pioneering the integration of cutting-edge Cloud and AI technologies into our defense infrastructure.
Most significantly, as a trusted advisor, your strategic insights will directly influence executive decision-making. You'll become a strategic storyteller whose expertise guides TELUS's security investments and priorities, ensuring your voice carries substantial weight in shaping our digital transformation at the highest organizational levels.
What You'll Do

• Lead & Inspire: Lead and empower a national team of cybersecurity professionals through your unique vision and strategy, fostering a culture of high performance and strong engagement.
• Define Strategy & Vision: Proactively define the internal cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and vision for TELUS, and create strategic programs to execute on that mandate.
• Manage Critical Platforms: Leverage your expertise to manage the strategic cybersecurity platforms, applications, and systems that are critical to protecting TELUS.
• Collaborate & Deliver: Work with architecture and operations teams to deliver the cybersecurity roadmap and manage the lifecycle of our platforms, partnering with stakeholders to ensure resiliency and reliability.
• Oversee Projects & Finances: Provide project coordination and management, prioritize resources for competing projects, and manage the team's capital and operating expenses budget.
• Manage Vendor Relationships: Partner with vendors on maintenance and support requirements, develop vendor scorecards, and provide regular feedback on their performance.

What you bring

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience in domains such as IAM, network security, cloud security, and Zero Trust architecture
• Hands-on expertise with cybersecurity technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, SSE, PAM, Anti-DDoS, Email security, Web security, and endpoint protection
• Proven experience in DevSecOps, including securing CI/CD pipelines and knowledge of application security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) and container security
• Familiarity with leveraging AI/ML in cybersecurity platforms (e.g., UEBA) and an understanding of securing AI/ML workloads
• A passion for leading a diverse technical team to solve complex cybersecurity challenges
• Acknowledged strength in project or program management, financial management, and business case development
• A known ability to communicate complex technical topics and data insights to diverse audiences, including executives
• Skill in developing execution plans that align with strategy and a defined roadmap
• A result-driven mindset with the ability to take initiative and ownership of complex issues through to resolution

Great-to-Haves

• Cloud experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• An understanding of information technology (IT) and data center environments
• Professional security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or SANS certifications

Salary Range: $110,000-$166,000
Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 20%
Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience.
A bit about us
We're a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.
You'll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We're committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you're helping us make the future friendly.
Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.
Cybersecurity
We're passionate about driving cyber resilience and rapidly adapting to the evolving cyber threat landscape. If you've ever envisioned what the future of enterprise security looks like, visualized cutting-edge strategies to better protect emerging technologies (including AI) and enjoy driving programs that reduce cyber risk as part of a highly engaged Canadian cybersecurity team, we want you to be part of the organization that makes it happen.
We are honoured to be recognized
Team TELUS at a glance
1.4M
Days volunteered in our communities
$1.3
Billion contributed to charitable and community organizations since 2000
15.2
Million customer connections
Accessibility
TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

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