Head of Cybersecurity & Cloud Security

Sciente International; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sciente International is seeking an experienced cybersecurity leader to drive the enterprise-wide security program in Singapore, aligning with digital transformation and ensuring resilience, security, and compliance across ICT systems and digital services.

This role guides strategy, governance, risk management, incident response, and security architecture, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to embed security by design and foster secure cloud adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a technology discipline.
• 8–10 years progressive cybersecurity leadership experience.
• CISSP certification.
• Proven experience leading cybersecurity initiatives across enterprise ICT environments.
• Strong expertise in security-by-design, DevSecOps, IaC, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise-wide cybersecurity function to support digital transformation while ensuring security and resilience of ICT systems.
• Develop, implement, and continuously enhance the cybersecurity strategy, policies, standards, and work plans, aligning with business objectives.
• Establish and maintain cybersecurity governance frameworks, ensuring policy and standard compliance.
• Provide cybersecurity leadership across cloud adoption initiatives (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Assess risks related to cloud-native technologies (containers, microservices, serverless).
• Lead enterprise cybersecurity risk management through threat-based assessments, risk treatment, monitoring, and reporting.
• Govern and enhance the enterprise cybersecurity posture with visibility of ICT assets, security architecture, and operational practices.
• Develop and sustain the Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan and playbooks.
• Develop and sustain an enterprise-wide cybersecurity awareness, education, and training programme.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Cloud security (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)

DevSecOps & IaC

Security architecture

Incident response

Risk management

Governance & compliance

Stakeholder management

Threat & risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering/Cybersecurity

CISSP

Job description

Sciente International is seeking an experienced cybersecurity leader to drive the enterprise-wide security program in Singapore, aligning with digital transformation and ensuring resilience, security, and compliance across ICT systems and digital services.

This role guides strategy, governance, risk management, incident response, and security architecture, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to embed security by design and foster secure cloud adoption.