Head of Security Architecture and Consulting - South Bank, QLD

About this role

At*Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG)* our purpose is to 'open up the world for those who want to see'. Every day, we give people all around the world the opportunity to experience something amazing – travel!

As the Head of Security Architecture and Consulting, you will lead FCTG’s centre of excellence for security governance, architecture, and consulting. You will play a critical role in translating the CISO’s strategic vision into practical, scalable security frameworks that protect business assets, support innovation, and enable growth across a global organisation.

This is a highly influential leadership role where you will shape security standards, mentor security professionals, and guide enterprise-wide architecture decisions, including emerging AI security capabilities. You will collaborate with senior leaders across technology, privacy, risk, and business teams to strengthen FCTG’s security posture and drive best practice security outcomes.

Day to day

• Lead the security architecture and consulting function as the organisation’s security centre of excellence.
• Operationalise the CISO’s information security strategy and ensure alignment to business objectives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of cybersecurity professionals.
• Provide expert security architecture and consulting guidance to business stakeholders and external partners.
• Represent FCTG across industry forums, conferences, and cybersecurity working groups.
• Own, govern & maintain the enterprise security policy and standards framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and evolving threats.
• Design and maintain enterprise security reference architectures, including AI related security integration patterns
• Evaluate emerging security technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
• Own and develop the security architect community across business teams.
• Provide strategic oversight of cybersecurity risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities.
• Partner with privacy, enterprise security, risk, and technology teams to deliver secure business outcomes.
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all Flighties feel welcomed, respected, and supported to thrive.

You'll be perfect for the role if you have

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior security leadership and/or security architecture role
• Deep knowledge of security architecture frameworks such as SABSA, TOGAF, and NIST CSF
• Demonstrated experience applying architecture standards within complex global organisations, including AI security architecture
• Proven ability to author clear technical standards, requirements, and reference architectures
• Experience working within distributed global business environments and influencing diverse stakeholders
• Exceptional leadership, communication, relationship-building, collaboration, negotiation, and problem-solving skills

What you'll enjoy

🙋🏾‍♀️Culture: you will be employed by an inclusive company that offers a team culture like no other in the industry - Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certified Great Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd

👐🏽 Our People: FCTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability

🎉Development: Individualised Learning & Development pathway options

🔧Access to 'LinkedIn Learning' for ongoing skills development: over 24,500 courses in over 20 languages

🏆Exclusive Staff Discounts: Accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers, health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more

🌏Travel Discounts: Including family and friends - flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more

💎Brightness of Future: Career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe - we promote from within

🥦Corporate Health Discounts: Access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA, access to internal gym

🌞Mental Health: Support and Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

🎉Social: Regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Bangkok in 2026)

🙏🏼 Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility program supporting nominated charities through Workplace Giving, volunteering and fundraising; paid parental and volunteer leave

💚Sustainability: The protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment

💛 Be part of a workplace committed to reconciliation through our Reconciliation Action Plan - we proudly support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion, cultural safety, and dedicated cultural leave

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