Cybersecurity Generalist Senior Associate

PwC•Vancouver, BC

55d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. As a Cybersecurity Generalist Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency.

Requirements

Strong client service experience with the ability to ‘read the room’ and manage a range of stakeholders successfully.
Ability to achieve high client satisfaction.
Interpersonal skills and proven commitment to collaboration and teamwork.
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.
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.
Enhanced Security Clearance is required.
Security Clearance is mandatory for all personnel assigned to these roles.
Must meet eligibility requirements for Government of Canada Security Clearance.
Obtaining this clearance will be an employment condition should you receive an offer from PwC.

Nice To Haves

Cybersecurity depth working with clients in multiple industries including financial services, telecom, power sector, technology, and retail.
CISSP, CISM, CISA, ITIL etc. certifications.

Responsibilities

Anticipating, identifying and framing client needs and positioning PwC’s services to meet these needs and solve our clients’ most important problems.
Identifying important client stakeholders within each account and assigning relationship owners.
Understanding motivations and drivers for key client stakeholders and understanding client cultures and dynamics that influence how PwC engages successfully.
Establishing and communicating PwC's strategic point of view on key cybersecurity issues, trends, and opportunities.
Communicating strategic lessons learned to clients.
Maintaining an informed opinion about our client's best strategic direction for their security program.
Developing a "first to support" client strategy to stay ahead of our competitors.
Engaging technical competency teams frequently to bring the right resources to support our clients.
Drawing from existing client relationships to identify and win business opportunities.
Developing highly differentiated PwC cybersecurity service solutions to solve client problems and working with PwC’s competency leads to showcase PwC’s skills, solutions, and differentiated processes.
Working with PwC and client teams to successfully achieve the desired outcomes as described in the SoW.
Communicating expectations with clients, and any deviations that may affect the outcome of the engagement.
Pursuing "PwC-Quality" experiences and deliverables and maintaining a meticulous understanding of project financials, team consumption of hours, expenses, and run rates to bring projects on budget and profitable.
Bringing projects before the deadline by anticipating situations that would cause delays.
Anticipating potential situations that could cause program risks to occur.