Global Cybersecurity Director: Strategy, Risk & Ops

wecruit pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

wecruit pte. ltd. is seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to define and implement the group’s global operating model, architecture, and strategy across regions.

The role oversees vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response, coordinating across markets and external providers. The successful candidate will drive policy, standards, and controls spanning OT, cloud, data protection, and identity, with strong executive presence and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cybersecurity with 5+ years in leadership roles across multiple countries or regions
• Hands-on expertise across cybersecurity architecture, network security, cloud security, IAM, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, SIEM, EDR
• Proven experience transforming or maturing cybersecurity capabilities in distributed organisations
• Led major cybersecurity incidents from detection to remediation, with executive communication
• Experience leading a distributed Cybersecurity Incident Response Team and coordinating internal/external partners
• Ability to lead security standards across markets in a matrix organisation
• Knowledge of two major regulatory frameworks (China, GDPR, PDPA, PDPO)
• Experience securing OT/ICS or other asset-intensive environments
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in logistics/freight/shipping or related asset-intensive industries
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCISO, GIAC, OSCP are a plus

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the Group's global and regional cybersecurity operating model and governance
• Develop the Group's target cybersecurity architecture and strategic roadmap
• Establish global security-control baselines across systems and privileged environments
• Provide technical security oversight for platforms, cloud migrations, and digital transformation
• Lead vulnerability and exposure management including asset discovery and patching standards
• Oversee threat detection and security operations, SIEM/EDR, and SOC providers
• Lead a global Cybersecurity Incident Response Team with standardised playbooks
• Act as Incident Commander for major cybersecurity incidents and communications
• Strengthen cyber resilience with immutable backups and recovery testing
• Develop cybersecurity controls for OT and logistics environments
• Lead identity, cloud, and data-security initiatives including MFA, PAM, DLP
• Maintain Group cybersecurity policies aligned with ISO 27001, NIST, etc.
• Oversee security awareness and phishing-resilience programmes
• Translate cross-border cybersecurity and data protection requirements into controls
• Lead third-party cybersecurity risk management and post-acquisition security integration
• Build and grow a global cybersecurity team and report to CIO and risk committee

Skills

Leadership

Cybersecurity architecture

Network security

Cloud security

Identity management

Endpoint protection

Vulnerability management

SIEM/EDR

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Regulatory knowledge

Executive communication

Matrix leadership

OT security

Logistics/domain experience

Job description

wecruit pte. ltd. is seeking a senior cybersecurity leader to define and implement the group’s global operating model, architecture, and strategy across regions.

The role oversees vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response, coordinating across markets and external providers. The successful candidate will drive policy, standards, and controls spanning OT, cloud, data protection, and identity, with strong executive presence and stakeholder management.