Local Cybersecurity Officer

Pluxee Philippines; Makati; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pluxee Philippines seeks a Local Cybersecurity Officer to manage cybersecurity within the country, aligning with Pluxee's global strategy and local regulations. The role coordinates with local IT, business, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data Protection, and global teams to deploy policies and monitor cyber risks.

You will lead local incident response coordination, risk assessments, and awareness campaigns while ensuring governance and regulatory compliance across the local environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field.
• 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT security, or IT operations.
• Experience coordinating cybersecurity activities within a country or perimeter.
• Experience working with local leadership and global cybersecurity teams.
• Advantage for experience in regulated digital fintech/B2B2C environments.
• Strong understanding of controls, risk, incident response, vulnerability management, and governance.
• Knowledge of local regulatory privacy/digital service requirements is a plus.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001, Security+ or CySA+ are advantageous.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 is required.

Responsibilities

• Implement global cybersecurity policies and controls in the country.
• Adapt global requirements to local regulatory needs.
• Coordinate local action plans and remediation efforts.
• Ensure local teams understand and apply cybersecurity expectations.
• Identify and monitor local cybersecurity risks and compliance.
• Support local audits and regulatory requirements and follow up on findings.
• Escalate critical risks to regional/global leadership.
• Coordinate local incident response with SOC and IT teams.
• Contain, investigate, and remediate incidents; collect evidence.
• Promote cybersecurity awareness and training locally.
• Contribute to business continuity from a cybersecurity perspective.
• Advise local leadership and stakeholders on cyber topics.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Data Protection, HR and Communications.

Skills

Cybersecurity

IT security

Risk management

Incident response

Security governance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Cybersecurity/IT

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

The Local Cybersecurity Officer is responsible for managing cybersecurity activities within a single country, ensuring that local technology environments, business operations, platforms, and users are protected in line with Pluxee's global cybersecurity strategy and local regulatory requirements. The role acts as the country cybersecurity point of contact, coordinating the local implementation of global security policies, monitoring cyber risks, supporting incident response, and working closely with local IT, business leaders, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data Protection, and global cybersecurity teams.

Key responsibilities:

1. Local Cybersecurity Deployment

Implement global cybersecurity policies, standards, and controls within the country.

Adapt global cybersecurity requirements to local operational and regulatory needs.

Coordinate local cybersecurity action plans, remediation activities, and maturity improvements.

Ensure local IT and business teams understand and apply cybersecurity expectations.

2. Cyber Risk & Compliance Management

Identify, assess, and monitor cybersecurity risks within the local country environment.

Support local compliance with cybersecurity, data protection, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Coordinate local risk assessments, security reviews, access reviews, and audit follow-up.

Escalate critical risks, incidents, and exceptions to regional or global cybersecurity leadership.

3. Incident Response & Operational Coordination

Coordinate local response to cybersecurity incidents in collaboration with SOC, global cybersecurity, local IT, and business teams.

Support containment, investigation, remediation, evidence collection, and post-incident follow-up.

Ensure local incident escalation procedures are understood and applied.

Contribute to business continuity and crisis response activities from a cybersecurity perspective.

Act as the cybersecurity advisor for local leadership, IT teams, and business stakeholders.

Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Data Protection, HR, and Communications on cyber-related topics.

Deploy local cybersecurity awareness campaigns, training, and communication actions.

Promote a strong cybersecurity culture across the country.

5. Local Security Monitoring & Continuous Improvement

Monitor local cybersecurity KPIs, vulnerabilities, remediation plans, and recurring issues.

Ensure local security documentation, evidence, and reporting are maintained.

Identify opportunities to improve local security practices, processes, and control effectiveness.

Contribute local insights and lessons learned to regional and global cybersecurity communities.

About you

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Work Experience:

6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT security, infrastructure security, risk management, or IT operations.

Experience coordinating cybersecurity activities within a country or operational perimeter.

Experience working with local leadership, technical teams, and global cybersecurity functions.

Experience in regulated, digital, fintech, payments, or B2B2C environments is considered an advantage.

Skills & Certifications:

Strong understanding of cybersecurity controls, risk management, incident response, vulnerability management, and security governance.

Knowledge of local regulatory requirements related to cybersecurity, privacy, or digital services is an advantage.

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001, Security+, CySA+, or equivalent are considered an advantage.

Proficiency in Microsoft 365 is required.