Director Enterprise Technology and Cybersecurity

Plan International - Plan

Staff Closes 22 Jul 2026 9 days left

Overview

This role provides strategic direction and oversight for enterprise cybersecurity and technology across more than 80 countries, ensuring technology platforms, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations remain secure, resilient, scalable, and aligned with organisational priorities.


Key Responsibilities
  • Lead Plan International's global cybersecurity strategy and enterprise cyber risk management approach.
  • Define and govern enterprise architecture, technology standards, and technology roadmaps.
  • Set strategic direction for infrastructure, cloud services, networks, enterprise platforms, and IT operations.
  • Drive technology investment planning, demand management, and IT financial governance.
  • Lead global functional teams and provide matrix leadership to Regional and Country IT leaders.
  • Establish effective governance frameworks that balance global consistency with local flexibility.
  • Oversee strategic technology partners and outsourced service providers, ensuring strong performance, security, value, and innovation.
  • Advise senior leaders on technology strategy, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, organisational resilience, and enterprise risk.
Required Experience

Significant senior leadership experience across enterprise technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and IT operations. Deep expertise in cybersecurity strategy, governance, and enterprise risk management. Strong experience in enterprise architecture and technology governance. Proven success leading global, multicultural, and geographically dispersed teams. Experience influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment across matrixed or federated environments. Strong commercial acumen, including vendor management, outsourcing, contract negotiation, and technology investment oversight. The ability to translate organisational goals into technology strategies that deliver measurable business value. Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills. Desirable: Experience within the international development, humanitarian, non-profit, or multilateral sector. Experience operating in complex, high-risk, or resource-constrained environments. Knowledge of safeguarding, data protection, and ethical approaches to technology governance.

Other Details
Languages Required
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Languages Preferred
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Contract Duration
Permanent or maximum fixed term contract
Work Modality
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Remuneration
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