Cybersecurity Solutioning & Transformation Team Lead (VP/ED) CISO)

OCBC Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits

Community initiatives

Professional development

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

OCBC Group in Singapore is seeking a seasoned Cyber Engineering - Risk lead to drive cybersecurity initiatives, including Zero Trust and API/Cloud security, across infrastructure, cloud, and data domains.

You will coordinate governance, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications with senior management, ensuring on-time delivery and Day-2 readiness in a highly regulated financial services setting.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technology/cybersecurity or enterprise delivery.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale cybersecurity or technology transformation programmes in regulated environments.
• Strong governance, risk, and regulatory understanding (e.g. MAS TRM).

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of cybersecurity initiatives under the Cyber Defense Roadmap (CDR) and other programmes.
• Manage multiple concurrent cybersecurity projects across infra, cloud, network, identity, data, AI, and Zero Trust.
• Coordinate strategic cybersecurity initiatives including IGA, API security, cloud security, and automation.
• Translate objectives into delivery plans, budgets, timelines and outcomes.
• Governance, budgeting, risk management, and reporting for programmes.
• Ensure Day-2 readiness and clear ownership for new capabilities.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Programme management

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

PMP certification

CISSP

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

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.

What you do

• Lead the delivery of cybersecurity initiatives approved under the Cyber Defense Roadmap (CDR) and other strategic transformation programmes.
• Manage multiple concurrent cybersecurity projects across infrastructure, cloud, network, endpoint, identity, data, AI, Zero Trust, and security engineering domains.
• Coordinate delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives including Zero Trust Architecture, Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), API Security, Cloud Security, AI Security, Security Automation, and other cyber transformation programmes.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable delivery plans, resource requirements, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive programme governance, planning, budgeting, execution, risk management, and status reporting.
• Manage project financials, resource allocation, vendor engagements, delivery dependencies, and programme risks.
• Ensure new capabilities are delivered with clear operational ownership, supportability, and Day-2 readiness.
• Coordinate stakeholders across technology, infrastructure, security, operations, risk, audit, procurement, and business functions.
• Manage project steering committees, management reporting, programme risks, project escalations, and executive communications.
• Support delivery of emerging initiatives driven by technology innovation, regulatory requirements, operational resilience, AI adoption, evolving threat landscapes, or changing business priorities.
• Establish delivery standards, governance processes, and programme management best practices across the cybersecurity portfolio.
• Contribute to portfolio reporting, delivery metrics, resource planning, budget management, and transformation governance for senior management.

Who you are

• 15+ years of experience in technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise transformation delivery.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale cybersecurity or technology transformation programmes within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong programme and project management experience managing multiple complex initiatives in parallel.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, vendors, delivery schedules, resources, dependencies, and programme risks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior management, executives, and cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record of delivering programmes on time, within budget, and in accordance with agreed business outcomes.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, audit, and regulatory environments (e.g. MAS TRM, HKMA).
• Good understanding of modern cybersecurity architecture principles, including Zero Trust, identity-centric security, cloud-native security, API security, AI security, and automation-by-design operating models.
• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Cybersecurity certifications (CISSP, CISM, CRISC) are beneficial but not mandatory.
• Strong communication, leadership, negotiation, and influencing skills.

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.

Let's build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. 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. 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.

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world's highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody's and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients' goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.