Cybersecurity Project Manager (AVP/VP, CISO)

OCBC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Flexible benefits

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives across the Bank. You translate objectives into executable plans and coordinate technology, security, risk, operations, procurement, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver agreed outcomes with governance and financial control.

The role requires 8+ years of project/programme management experience in banking or regulated environments, strong governance and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project or programme management experience in technology/cybersecurity.
• Experience delivering projects in banking/regulated environments.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity projects under the Cyber Defense Roadmap and other transformation programmes.
• Develop and maintain project scope, plans, milestones, budgets, and risk logs.
• Coordinate delivery across cybersecurity engineering, infrastructure, cloud, data, risk, audit, procurement and operations teams.
• Manage governance bodies, status reporting, and escalation of material risks or decisions.
• Track delivery outcomes, vendor commitments, and inter-project dependencies.
• Ensure security solutions are delivered with architecture, testing, and operational handover artifacts.

Skills

Project management

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder management

Governance

Education

PMP/PRINCE2 certification

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.

Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why Join

Protecting our customers’ assets and data is at the heart of everything we do at OCBC. As a Cyber Engineering - Risk professional, you’ll play a critical role in safeguarding our systems and networks from cyber threats. You’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of cybersecurity in the financial industry.

How you succeed

We are seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives across the Bank.

The role translates approved cybersecurity objectives into executable plans and coordinates technology, security, risk, operations, procurement, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver agreed outcomes with clear governance, financial control, and operational ownership.

What you do

• Lead delivery of cybersecurity projects under the Cyber Defense Roadmap and other approved transformation programmes.
• Develop and maintain project scope, delivery plans, milestones, budgets, resource requirements, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision logs.
• Coordinate delivery across cybersecurity engineering, architecture, infrastructure, application, cloud, identity, data, risk, audit, procurement, and operations teams.
• Manage project governance, working groups, steering committees, status reporting, executive updates, and escalation of material risks or decisions.
• Track delivery outcomes, financials, vendor commitments, resource utilisation, and inter-project dependencies.
• Drive timely resolution of project risks, issues, control gaps, and delivery blockers with clearly assigned owners and target dates.
• Manage vendor delivery, statements of work, commercial milestones, acceptance criteria, and supporting evidence for payment and closure.
• Ensure security solutions are delivered with documented architecture, testing, control evidence, operational ownership, support procedures, and Day 2 readiness.
• Support regulatory, audit, and risk-management requirements by maintaining complete and traceable project artefacts and evidence.
• Facilitate requirements, design, testing, implementation, transition, and project-closure activities.
• Promote consistent project standards, delivery discipline, lessons learned, and transparent reporting across the cybersecurity portfolio.

Who you are

• 8+ years of project or programme management experience, including delivery of complex technology or cybersecurity initiatives.
• Proven experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, vendors, dependencies, risks, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience delivering projects in banking, financial services, or another highly regulated environment.
• Good understanding of cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, identity, application, data, or security-platform delivery.
• Strong governance, planning, problem-solving, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex delivery issues clearly and drive decisions, ownership, and follow-through.
• Experience with audit, risk, procurement, financial control, and operational transition requirements.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project-management certification is strongly preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Cybersecurity certifications or prior delivery experience across Zero Trust, cloud security, IAM, API security, AI security, or security automation are beneficial

Who we are

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.

Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation.
But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.

We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.