Kia ora!
Cyber security is about more than protecting systems, it is about enabling confidence, innovation, and trust across every journey. As our Senior Cyber Business Partner, you will help shape the future of Air New Zealand by partnering with leaders across the business to strengthen our security posture while supporting bold digital ambitions.
Air New Zealand is on an accelerated journey to become the world's leading digital airline. Working across our Digital team, you will be a trusted advisor who brings together business priorities and cyber security expertise to influence strategic decisions, manage risk, and deliver secure outcomes. Recently voted New Zealand's most attractive employer, Air New Zealand continues to earn global recognition for its culture, customer service, and innovation. Join us to help shape the future of secure aviation while growing your own career.
How you'll make an impact
- Partner with senior business leaders to embed cyber security into strategic initiatives and technology decisions
- Provide expert guidance on security risk, governance, compliance, and assurance across enterprise programmes
- Influence secure design and delivery, ensuring business outcomes are achieved while protecting critical information and services
- Lead security reviews, drive continuous improvement, and support compliance with recognised industry standards
- Build trusted relationships across technical and non-technical teams, translating complex cyber concepts into clear business advice
- Identify emerging security risks and opportunities, helping shape long-term cyber strategy and resilience
- Champion a strong security culture through collaboration, coaching, and stakeholder engagement.
What we're looking for
- Extensive experience in information security within large, complex organisations, including senior stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrated success influencing business leaders and delivering strategic cyber security outcomes
- Strong understanding of security governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, or similar
- Experience leading complex security initiatives and driving meaningful organisational change
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to build credibility and influence decision making across all levels
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or equivalent are highly regarded
- A collaborative mindset, commercial thinking, and a passion for helping people make secure decisions.
If you bring most of this experience, along with transferable skills and the drive to grow, we'd love to hear from you.
What we can offer you
- We want our people to live their best lives and access great benefits that support their lives outside work.
- Discounted travel for you and your whānau across Air New Zealand, with access to standby travel on many international airlines
- FlexiLeave, giving you the option to purchase up to four extra weeks of leave each year
- A learning culture that supports your development through meaningful experiences and on the job growth
- Great everyday perks, including discounts on hotels, retail, banking, insurance, gyms, and more
- Access to wellbeing support, including our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and other health and wellbeing initiatives.
Take flight and apply now
If you're excited by the opportunity to influence enterprise cyber strategy, build trusted partnerships, and help protect one of New Zealand's most iconic brands, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your expertise, curiosity, and fresh perspective, and help us create a more secure future for our customers, our people, and our business.
Please kindly note this role is classified as safety sensitive. The successful candidate will be required to complete additional vetting checks and must meet and maintain the standards required for operational safety and regulatory compliance throughout their employment.
Applications close Sunday, 13th September
Additional InformationAt Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."
Skills Required
- Extensive experience in information security within large, complex organisations
- Proven senior stakeholder engagement and ability to influence business leaders
- Experience delivering strategic cyber security outcomes and leading complex security initiatives
- Strong understanding of security governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2 or similar)
- Outstanding communication skills; translate complex cyber concepts into clear business advice
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA (highly regarded)
- Collaborative mindset, commercial thinking, and passion for enabling secure decisions
- Ability to complete and maintain safety-sensitive vetting checks and regulatory compliance standards
What We Do
Kia Ora, Ni Hao, Gidday, konnichiwa, Talofa, Bula, Hello and Welcome to Air New Zealand, your journey starts here. Air New Zealand is one of the world's leading airlines, known around the world, not just for our name and our innovation but also for our reputation. We are recognised as "New Zealand's Most Reputable Organisation" for our strong leadership, customer service orientation, innovation, brand, corporate values, and our role as a strong ambassador for New Zealand. Each year we make sure our passengers who fly to, from and within New Zealand enjoy our uniquely Kiwi way of doing things. At Air New Zealand, we are all about people. Ambitious, helpful, proud, down-to-earth, caring people, who look after the needs of more than 13 million people every year. We look at ways of making the experience better for our customers and allowing people to experience our New Zealand. Our people drive us to be among the world's best, frequently winning awards in all aspects of our operations, testament to the Air New Zealanders living this culture daily, in the way they deliver customer experience. Whilst it's led from the top, it is delivered by thousands of people, constantly doing things that make a big difference!
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