Senior Cyber Resilience Programme Lead

Oliver James Associates Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Associates Limited is seeking a Senior Technical Programme Manager to lead an enterprise-wide Cyber Resilience Programme. You will oversee end-to-end delivery from architecture through regional rollout, recovery testing and handover, coordinating with security, infrastructure, cloud teams and external partners.

The role requires 15+ years’ experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation programmes within regulated industries such as insurance, strong governance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business or a related discipline.
• 15+ years’ experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation programmes.
• Experience managing complex, multi-country initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and vendors.
• Proven experience delivering infrastructure or resilience programmes across design, implementation, testing and operational transition.
• Experience within insurance, financial services or another regulated industry.
• Strong programme governance, financial management, stakeholder engagement and delivery leadership skills.
• Strong working knowledge of cyber resilience, cyber recovery, disaster recovery, enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, storage, and backup and recovery solutions.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage external partners and deliver through teams without direct reporting lines.
• PMP, PRINCE2, PgMP, MSP or equivalent certification.
• Familiarity with ITIL practices and service transition.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end programme delivery across all workstreams, including pilot deployments and regional rollout.
• Drive completion of cyber recovery implementation and testing across corporate functions and local business entities through designated delivery owners.
• Develop and manage an integrated programme roadmap covering commitments, dependencies, design approvals, implementation milestones, testing and acceptance criteria.
• Monitor risks, issues and dependencies, driving corrective actions and escalating challenges through programme governance.
• Translate business-defined minimum viable operations, Important Business Services and impact tolerances into recovery scope, priorities and delivery acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate implementation across cyber security, infrastructure, cloud and technology teams.
• Drive architecture reviews, design approvals, recovery testing and operational readiness through responsible technical owners.
• Ensure alignment with technology standards, security requirements and resilience objectives, with exceptions resolved or formally accepted.
• Ensure recovery testing meets approved acceptance criteria, with defects and gaps closed or formally accepted before rollout or handover.
• Act as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders, implementation partners and vendors.
• Manage vendor performance, deliverables, dependencies and escalations.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and cross-functional decision-making.
• Provide regular updates to senior management and programme sponsors through governance forums.
• Manage programme financial planning, forecasting and funding submissions in partnership with IT Finance.
• Support business case development, procurement and resource onboarding.
• Establish governance structures, executive reporting and PMO controls.
• Maintain RAID logs, dependency tracking and benefits realisation reporting.
• Manage stage-gate readiness, consolidate assurance evidence and secure approvals from designated decision owners.
• Ensure operational handover includes documentation, confirmed ownership, business and operational acceptance, and supporting audit evidence.

Skills

Programme governance

Financial management

Stakeholder engagement

Delivery leadership

Vendor management

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business or related

PMP/PRINCE2/PgMP/MSP certification

Tools

ITIL practices

Job description

Oliver James Associates Limited is seeking a Senior Technical Programme Manager to lead an enterprise-wide Cyber Resilience Programme. You will oversee end-to-end delivery from architecture through regional rollout, recovery testing and handover, coordinating with security, infrastructure, cloud teams and external partners.

The role requires 15+ years’ experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation programmes within regulated industries such as insurance, strong governance,