At Water Corporation we're shifting our focus to the next phase of our strategic plan - building on strong foundations to strengthen capabilities, modernise systems, and accelerate innovation across the business. This phase is about elevating how we deliver technology services: making them faster, more responsive, and more closely aligned to the needs of our people, our operations, and our customers. To support this evolution, we're recruiting for key roles that will be pivotal in strategically shaping a modern, collaborative, and customer‑centric Information & Technology Group. If you're excited about leading innovation, finding smarter ways of working, and making a meaningful impact, now is the perfect time to join us.

About the role

Water Corporation is seeking an experienced cyber security leader to lead our Identity function and shape the future of Identity and Access Management across the organisation. As Manager, Cyber Security Identity, you will provide strategic direction, governance, operational oversight and delivery leadership for our identity services and technologies. You will lead a team of seven and work closely with senior leaders, technology teams, business stakeholders, managed service providers and strategic vendors.

This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide security outcomes, strengthen operational resilience and deliver identity capabilities that support our people, customers and critical services.

Reporting to the Manager, Cyber Security, you will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, operation and continuous improvement of Water Corporation’s Identity and Access Management capabilities.

You will establish a clear identity roadmap, oversee the delivery and operationalisation of identity services, and ensure these services align with cyber security priorities, regulatory obligations and broader technology strategies.

You will also act as a trusted adviser and the primary point of contact for identity-related priorities, risks, investments and outcomes.

Real benefits that matter





- Real flexibility with options to work from home or negotiate versatile work hours
- An additional 2 well-being days each year
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution
- Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What the role will involve:

Identity strategy and governance

- Define and maintain the strategic roadmap for Water Corporation’s identity capabilities and services.
- Align identity initiatives with organisational objectives, cyber security priorities and technology roadmaps.
- Establish effective governance for delivery risks, issues, dependencies and escalations.
- Define measurable objectives, business requirements and success measures for identity programs and services.
- Influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities and negotiate outcomes that maximise business value.
- Coordinate delivery across internal teams, project resources, managed service providers and technology vendors.

Identity operations and service management

- Lead the operationalisation of identity capabilities, including service design, support models, operating procedures and transition into operations.
- Ensure identity solutions meet established security, operational and service-management standards.
- Monitor service performance, availability, risk and continuous-improvement activities.
- Establish and monitor performance indicators covering areas such as:
- Identity provisioning and deprovisioning accuracy
- Access review completion
- Privileged access governance
- Conditional access
- Zero Trust principles
- Audit and remediation performance
- Act as product owner and organisational champion for designated identity products and services.
- Manage the full lifecycle of identity services to achieve c

📌 Cyber Security Identity Manager (Australia)
🏢 Water
📍 Australia